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David Petraeus on Office Hours

| Dec. 05, 2016 Series: Office Hours

U.S. Army General (ret.) and former CIA Director David Petraeus speaks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about ISIS, America’s other challenges in the world, how he gets his news, and his ideal vacation.

David H. Petraeus is a retired four-star Army general and former director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Currently, he is a non-resident senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs where he is working with Center Director Graham Allison to explore renewed U.S. and North American competitiveness. Their work focuses on major technological, scientific and economic dynamics that are spurring renewed U.S. and North American competitiveness, exploring in particular the impact of the ongoing revolutions in energy, information technology, advanced manufacturing, and life sciences.

Petraeus spent 37 years in the Army, including roles as commander of U.S. and international military forces in Afghanistan, commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), and commanding general of the multi-national force in Iraq.

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