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| David Petraeus to join USC as former general inches back into public life | David Petraeus to join USC as former general inches back into public life |
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| Some travel, some teaching and perhaps a bit of lucrative consulting on the side: the outlines of David Petraeus' post-government life are taking shape, with the announcement on Thursday by the University of Southern California that the former four-star general is joining the school as a part-time teacher. | Some travel, some teaching and perhaps a bit of lucrative consulting on the side: the outlines of David Petraeus' post-government life are taking shape, with the announcement on Thursday by the University of Southern California that the former four-star general is joining the school as a part-time teacher. |
| In addition to his teaching duties, Petraeus will mentor students who are military veterans and help out with the school's ROTC program, the university said. | In addition to his teaching duties, Petraeus will mentor students who are military veterans and help out with the school's ROTC program, the university said. |
| "His presence will have a profound impact on our students across many disciplines," said USC president CL "Max" Nikias in a statement. | "His presence will have a profound impact on our students across many disciplines," said USC president CL "Max" Nikias in a statement. |
| Last week the City University of New York announced that Petraeus would join the school as a visiting professor. Petraeus resigned as director of the CIA last November after the revelation that he had conducted an extramarital affair with his biographer. He had run the intelligence agency for just more than a year, after a four-decades-long army career that culminated with the command of allied forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. | Last week the City University of New York announced that Petraeus would join the school as a visiting professor. Petraeus resigned as director of the CIA last November after the revelation that he had conducted an extramarital affair with his biographer. He had run the intelligence agency for just more than a year, after a four-decades-long army career that culminated with the command of allied forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
| Petraeus also is in talks with KKR & Co, the New York-based private equity firm, to possibly sign on as an advisor, Bloomberg Businessweek reported on Wednesday. | Petraeus also is in talks with KKR & Co, the New York-based private equity firm, to possibly sign on as an advisor, Bloomberg Businessweek reported on Wednesday. |
| Petraeus has exceptionally close ties to academia for a former army general. He holds a doctorate from Princeton University, served as a professor at the US Military Academy (his alma mater) and completed a fellowship at Georgetown University. His academic work on counter-insurgency won him the job of trying to salvage the Iraq war in 2007. Petraues was asked to reprise the effort in Afghanistan, with lesser results, as Fred Kaplan and others have documented. | Petraeus has exceptionally close ties to academia for a former army general. He holds a doctorate from Princeton University, served as a professor at the US Military Academy (his alma mater) and completed a fellowship at Georgetown University. His academic work on counter-insurgency won him the job of trying to salvage the Iraq war in 2007. Petraues was asked to reprise the effort in Afghanistan, with lesser results, as Fred Kaplan and others have documented. |
| Petraeus' biographer, Paula Broadwell, spoke publicly about the scandal for the first time on Tuesday, saying she was "trying to look forward". Broadwell spoke with a local TV station after a YMCA prayer breakfast in Charlotte, North Carolina. | Petraeus' biographer, Paula Broadwell, spoke publicly about the scandal for the first time on Tuesday, saying she was "trying to look forward". Broadwell spoke with a local TV station after a YMCA prayer breakfast in Charlotte, North Carolina. |
| "The mission today, the prayer breakfast today, was to speak about redemption and slowing down in life and finding purpose," she said. "… I've made some mistakes in the past, but I'm trying to look forward with my family." | "The mission today, the prayer breakfast today, was to speak about redemption and slowing down in life and finding purpose," she said. "… I've made some mistakes in the past, but I'm trying to look forward with my family." |
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