(16 Mar 2011) HEADLINE: US general reveals son served in Afghanistan
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CAPTION: Challenged by a congressman to "be honest" about how long American troops might have to fight in Afghanistan, Army Gen. David Petraeus revealed that his son, Stephen's recent combat tour was kept "very quiet." (March 16)
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[SOT/:Gen. David Petraeus/US, Nato Afghan Commander]
I'll tell you that my son is in uniform. Lt. Petraeus just completed a tour in Afghanistan, which thankfully we were able to keep very quiet and redeployed in November after serving as an infantry platoon leader. We're very proud of what he did. He thinks he was doing something very important. I candidly, I understand the impatience of the US people. I'm impatient. I remember one of your colleagues actually who came to Iraq, we were about six months into the surge, it was the height of the violence, it was extraordinarily difficult and she told me, 'up front' she said that 'general, you need to know that I am a member of the out of Iraq caucus.' And I said congresswoman, so am I and I just want us to get out under the right conditions. And I think that's what we're trying to do here, of course is to achieve our objectives, gradually to transition tasks to our Afghan counterparts, so we can indeed hand off something to them that is sustainable.
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