David Petraeus Quotes
The president and I sat down in the Oval Office, and he expressed very clearly that what he wants from me is my best professional military advice. 
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The art of coalition command, whether it is here in Afghanistan, whether it was in Iraq or in Bosnia or in Haiti, is to take the resources you are provided with, understand what the strengths and weaknesses are and to employ them to the best overall effect.
- David Petraeus
President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that was plunged into 30 years of war, into an advanced, industrialized, Western-style democracy. What we want to achieve is Afghanistan's capacity to secure and govern itself.
- David Petraeus