KKR & Co. the private-equity firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, is in discussions with former Central Intelligence Agency Director David Petraeus about a role at the company, according to a person with knowledge of the talks....
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Retired Army General David Petraeus, pictured as the top U.S. commander in Iraq, in 2007.
Petraeus ‘All In’ for Private Equity?
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General David Petraeus speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for reappointment and commander of the U.S. Forces in Afghanistan in Washington, D.C.
Crowdfunding Site Offers Professor Petraeus as Prize
First it was Mark Sanford running for Congress. Then it was Anthony Weiner floating a New York City mayoral campaign. Now, David Petraeus is putting himself out there post-scandal — as both a university professor and one lucky philanthropist’s work0ut buddy. Former...
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The new website of Hillary Clinton in Washington.
Gridiron’s ‘Hillary’: ‘Will You Select Me, Will You Elect Me, When I’m 69?’
The president tends to hog the headlines when he shows up at the Gridiron Club’s spring dinner — as President Barack Obama has done only twice since moving to the White House. This year, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal managed to...
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, with his golden retriever dog Bravo, during an interview at the Pentagon.
Panetta Says His Dog, Unlike Petraeus, Proved Soul of Discretion
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta today suggested his dog Bravo turned out to be a better keeper of secrets than David Petraeus, who resigned in disgrace as CIA director last month after acknowledging a sexual affair. Panetta appeared surprised when asked...
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Gen. Davis Petraeus with biographer Paula Broadwell, co-author of 'All In: The Education of General David Petraeus' on July 13, 2011.
Broadwell: No Cyber-Stalking Charge
Paula Broadwell, the biographer and mistress of former CIA Director David Petraeus, will not face charges for cyber-stalking, according to federal prosecutors. In a Dec. 14 letter to Broadwell’s lawyer, U.S. Attorney Robert O’Neill advised the West Point graduate that...
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Secretarty of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, and White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew, watch President Barack Obama's at the NATO Summit in Chicago.
Defense and Scandal: Reshuffling Top 100 Most Influential in the Field
There’s nothing like a sex scandal to weaken the standing of a Washington power broker. Take David Petraeus, the former CIA director and a retired star general of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The once-widely admired Petraeus was slated to...
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey briefs the media at the Pentagon.
Generals Slide, Fall From `The List’ — Defense Industry Awaits Full Roster
Never mind Hollywood’s Golden Globe nominations. Defense industry bigwigs in Washington want to know who made The List. Two sister trade publications, Defense News and Army Times, are compiling their first Top 100 Most Influential People in Defense. The list,...
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President Barack Obama with Speaker of the House John Boehner during a meeting on Nov. 16 to discuss deficit reduction. Photograph by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images
Washington Daybook: Living on the Edge
In “The Final Problem,” Sherlock Holmes battled his nemisis Professor Moriarty to the death on a cliff. President Barack Obama meets House Speaker John Boenhner for talks over the “fiscal cliff” today in a confronation that hopefully won’t end as...
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President Barack Obama arrives in the East Room of the White House on Nov. 14, 2012, for his first post election day news conference. Photograph by Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo
Obama: Election Soon `Forgotten’
On Day One of his presidency, Republican Mitt Romney liked to say in his TV ads, he’d start taking care of all sorts of business. He promised an ambitious agenda, starting with the repeal of “Obama-care.” On Day One after...
Read more »Obama: No Security Breach in Petraeus Affair
President Barack Obama said today that he has seen no evidence of a breach of national security in the FBI investigation of e-mails involving retired Army General David Petraeus and a woman with whom the former CIA director was having...
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