Petraeus' New Gig: University Professor

Retired general to lecture at City University of NY
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Apr 24, 2013 3:17 AM CDT
Updated Apr 24, 2013 5:28 AM CDT
Petraeus' New Job: University Professor
David Petraeus speaks at the annual dinner for veterans and ROTC students at the University of Southern California last month.   (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Ex-CIA director David Petraeus is replacing one kind of intelligence work with another. Macaulay Honors College at City University of New York says the retired four-star general has been named a visiting professor for public policy, starting in August. Petraeus, who left the CIA after an extramarital affair was exposed last fall, has a doctorate from Princeton University and has written widely on international relations, military strategy and tactics, and national security issues. He says in a statement released by Macaulay that he's pleased to teach at the college, where most students are the children of immigrants. He says he looks forward to leading a seminar on the global economic slowdown. (More David Petraeus stories.)

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