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Senate Intelligence Committee to Probe Petraeus Affair

Ask Saxby Chambliss, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, if his panel is going to investigate former CIA Director David Petraeus’s affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, and he sounds downright regretful.

By Nov. 13, 2012
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FILE - NOVEMBER 9, 2012: David Petraeus submitted his resignation as director of the CIA on November 9, 2012 citing an extramarital affair. WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 15: Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, testifies during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee March 15, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Petraeus is in Washington to give his assessment of military progress that would allow the U.S. to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)