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Petraeus quits CIA, citing (ahem) undercover stuff

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By Pat Cunningham

I don’t know what kind of political fallout, if any, will result from THIS, but it’s a bit of shocker anyway:

David H. Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, resigned on Friday after issuing a statement saying that he had engaged in an extramarital affair.

The sudden development came just days after President Obama won re-election to a second term. Mr. Petraeus, a highly decorated general who had led the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, had been expected to remain in the president’s administration.

Instead, Mr. Petraeus said in the statement that the president accepted his resignation ...

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