Topic - David Petraeus

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  Officials: Long-term commitment for U.S. forces in Afghanistan

  Top U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials Thursday downplayed talk of an early American pullout from Afghanistan, saying U.S. combat forces will stay there until the end of 2014, and there is a commitment for much longer than that.

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  Inside the Ring

  U.S. intelligence agencies threw cold water on the President Obama's thus-far-unsuccessful effort to "reset" relations with Russia by making concessions to Moscow.

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  Afghan Taliban deny they're ready to talk peace

  The Taliban denied Wednesday that the movement is planning direct talks with the Afghan government to end the 10-year-old war, while a leaked NATO report suggested the insurgents are confident they will regain power after international troops leave.

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  Intelligence chief: Growing risk of Iran attacking U.S. targets

  There's a growing risk that Iran might launch terror attacks against U.S. targets, including in the homeland, as tensions rise over Tehran's nuclear program and the U.S.-led sanctions against the Islamic regime, according the U.S. intelligence chief.

• Inside the Ring

  CIA Director David H. Petraeus recently replaced the agency's director of support, a senior manager who also runs the agency's massive worldwide logistics, including the security office.

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  Ex-CIA officer charged in leak case

  A former CIA officer was charged Monday in federal court with leaking classified information to the media about two other CIA officers, including disclosing the name and contact information of one involved in the capture of al Qaeda terrorist Abu Zubaydah.

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  Call rises again to close Guantanamo lockup

  A decade after the first terrorism suspects arrived at Guantanamo Bay and three years after President Obama pledged to close the facility, the prison remains a lightning rod for politicians and human-rights advocates, as well as a thorn in the side of the administration.

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  Inside Politics

  The Obama administration has hit two men with sanctions for suspected laundering money on behalf of Mexican and Colombian drug cartels.

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  U.S. exit from Iraq leaves a power void

  The Iraqi government lost more than a fighting ally when the last U.S. troops left the country Sunday.

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  HANSON: A tale of two surges

  From 2007 to 2009, a surge of 20,000 troops under the leadership of Gen. David H. Petraeus saved a mostly lost war in Iraq. Gen. Petraeus' counterinsurgency doctrine helped win over the population, as the surge in troops gave greater security to Iraq's government and military. Despite occasional violence, fewer Americans have been killed in Iraq in 2011 (53 in the most recent count) than in any year since the invasion - a quiet that could end with the departure of all American troops soon.

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  EDITORIAL: Yes, Mr. Biden, victory in Iraq

  Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said the Obama administration is "not claiming victory" in Iraq. That's good, because the administration had nothing to do with it.

• Hezbollah deals blow to CIA network

  Hezbollah has partially unraveled the CIA's spy network in Lebanon, severely damaging the intelligence agency's ability to gather vital information on the terrorist group at a tense time in the region, former and current U.S. officials said.

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  Key general: Iraq pullout plan a 'disaster'

  President Obama's decision to pull all U.S. forces out of Iraq by Dec. 31 is an "absolute disaster" that puts the burgeoning Arab democracy at risk of an Iranian "strangling," said an architect of the 2007 troop surge that turned around a losing war.

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  Petraeus tells CIA analysts to heed troops on war

  David Petraeus, the former general who led the Afghanistan war and now heads the CIA, has ordered his intelligence analysts to give greater weight to the opinions of troops in the fight, U.S. officials said.

• Despite Karzai's pledge, government graft eludes prosecution

  A major investigation into an influential Afghan governor accused of taking bribes has been shut down and its top prosecutor transferred to a unit that doesn't handle corruption cases, Afghan and U.S. officials said.

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