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Official: Petraeus’s Last Days Strained

ROUGH TIMES

Had clashed with Pentagon over Benghazi.

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General David Petraeus wasn’t doing so hot during his last days. The CIA was embroiled in scandal over its role in Benghazi, and criticism was coming from all sides at the general, a senior official told The Wall Street Journal. Apparently, Petraeus wanted aides to publish a timeline of the events in Libya, even after the Pentagon objected. His Army background also didn’t mesh with the relaxed attitude at the CIA, according to agency officers, who said Petraeus was surprised when disagreed with, and was controlling.

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