WASHINGTON — David H. Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, resigned on Friday after issuing a statement saying that he had engaged in an extramarital affair.
The sudden development came just days after President Obama won
re-election to a second term. Mr. Petraeus, a highly decorated general
who had led the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, had been expected to
remain in the president’s administration.
Instead, Mr. Petraeus said in the statement that the president accepted
his resignation on Friday after he had informed him of his indiscretion a
day earlier.
“After being married for over 37 years, I showed extremely poor judgment
by engaging in an extramarital affair,” Mr. Petraeus wrote. “Such
behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an
organization such as ours. This afternoon, the president graciously
accepted my resignation.”
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