With U.S.C. Speech, David Petraeus Is Back In Public Eye

Petraeus Back In Public Eye
US General David Petraeus, outgoing US commander in Afghanistan and designate Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), gives a joint press conference with German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere (not in picture) on July 19, 2011 in Berlin. Germany forms the third-largest foreign contingent in Afghanistan with some 5,000 troops. AFP PHOTO BARBARA SAX (Photo credit should read BARBARA SAX/AFP/Getty Images)
US General David Petraeus, outgoing US commander in Afghanistan and designate Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), gives a joint press conference with German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere (not in picture) on July 19, 2011 in Berlin. Germany forms the third-largest foreign contingent in Afghanistan with some 5,000 troops. AFP PHOTO BARBARA SAX (Photo credit should read BARBARA SAX/AFP/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON — Since he resigned as director of the Central Intelligence Agency last November after acknowledging an extramarital affair, David H. Petraeus has all but vanished from the national scene.

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