CIA Director David Petraeus resigns

Gen. David Petraeus poses for a photo on June 17, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq. Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair.

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