David Petraeus - Obama Presidency Oral History Back David Petraeus Index / People Transcripts Mark Lippert ...other, I think, famous moment was the [David H.] Petraeus interaction in Iraq, because, you know... ...in Iraq, because, you know, Obama and General Petraeus had a friction-filled interaction o... ...happen. And, all of a sudden, there was General Petraeus . He couldn't have been more gracious... ...the other point here is that, clearly, General Petraeus had an objective to convinc... Ryan Crocker ...the tea leaves, you know, when Dave [David H.] Petraeus got selected—you just could feel i... ...you, it was a very rough experience for Dave Petraeus and for me, really going to the surge... ...I know you're talking to Dave, Dave Petraeus . You know, that critical fact is ofte... Colin Kahl ...aligning myself with: the more kind of [David H.] Petraeus and Jim Mattis and H. R. McMaster vie... ...Ryan Crocker, who people know as David Petraeus 's battle buddy from the surg... Ash Carter ...And I was over there talking to Dave Petraeus and talking to Stan McChrystal, an... Martin Dempsey ...changes, that happen around that time— [David] Petraeus to the CIA; General John Allen... William McRaven ...also need to add, Central Command under General Petraeus was in there, Fifth Fleet was also ... Hillary Clinton ...that I worked on with Panetta and [David] Petraeus , that we took to the president, whic... Tom Donilon ...in all of these, as were people like Dave Petraeus . He and I got to be very good friend... ...very closely with the Pentagon, with Dave Petraeus and General John Allen, who was th... Antony Blinken ...of the people we were meeting with was General David Petraeus , who was responsible for the region... ...there was the issue of Afghanistan, and General Petraeus and others were trying to either kee... ...But in the briefing that took places as General Petraeus made the presentation, includin... Leon Panetta ...Iraq. The problem with that—that's why [David] Petraeus was moved to Afghanistan, was with th... ...looking at Petraeus to take my place, General Petraeus . I just thought, a four-star general... ...would be secretary of defense. I think General Petraeus was announced as CIA director. I thin... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Democrats Democrats go to the Russia Russia go to the Agriculture Agriculture go to the Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa go to the Labor Labor