President Obama suffered his first setback since re-election yesterday when General David Petraeus, the Director of the CIA, resigned after confessing to an affair.
The news came out of the blue, shocking the CIA and the intelligence community. General Petraeus, who was appointed Director last year, had always enjoyed a reputation for probity and integrity. He met his wife, Holly, when he was a student at the West Point military academy. The couple have two grown-up children.
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