David Petraeus apologizes for affair that led to his resignation as head of the CIA

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David Petraeus, the hero of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, gave his first public speech since his resignation on Tuesday night (March 26, 2013). The head of the CIA apologized to an audience of veterans for the conduct that led to his stepping down following the disclosure of an extramarital affair. He made the comments to a group of about 600 people, including  many uniformed and decorated veterans at the University of Southern California's annual ROTC dinner. He once told his staff he was guilty of "extremely poor judgment" when his affair with the retired four-star general's biographer Paula Broadwell was discovered, "Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours." Since resigning, David Petraeus has remained largely in seclusion and spent much of that time with his family.