Petraeus talks to officers at Fort Leavenworth
Story by The Associated Press
2:23 p.m. Monday, September 22, 2008
Fresh from relinquishing command in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus had some words of wisdom to offer to officers during a closed-door session at Fort Leavenworth.
Lt. Gen. David Petraeus was stationed at Fort Leavenworth before moving up ranks in the Army. On July 10, 2008, the Senate handily confirmed him as the top commander in the Middle East.
Petraeus was the commanding general of Fort Leavenworth's Combined Arms Center when he was chosen by President Bush to become the top U.S. commander in Iraq. While in Kansas, Petreaus oversaw the development of the Army's counterinsurgency manual, which he used as the blueprint for ending violence in Iraq.
Officers who heard his presentation today said the biggest message they got was that the Army is continually learning. The Iraq operations are a good example of that, they said, as the military learned how to fight an insurgent war by getting out among the population.
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