Petraeus Affair and Escalating Crisis in Syria

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This column is designed to offer a platform to discuss national stories on a local level. Share your opinion in the comment section! ---------- I'm sure you've heard by now that David Petraeus, director of the CIA, resigned over an extramarital affair.  Reports have surfaced that the affair was discovered by investigating his emails. Questions arise, but I'm sure we'll find out more about who, what, when and where. The Chicago Tribune reports that the woman was a journalist and his biographer.  While the public has questioned why he would resign over an affair -- when even presidents have had affairs and remained in office -- the FBI expected him to resign "rather than risk the possibility that he could be blackmailed to give intelligence …

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