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Paula Broadwell
Figure in Petraeus scandal
Paula Dean Broadwell (née Kranz; born 9 November )[1] is an American writer, academic and former military officer. Broadwell served in the US Army on both active and reserve duty for over 20 years (including time as a military school undergraduate).[3][4] In , she co-authored, with Vernon Loeb, All In: The Education of General David Petraeus,[5] a biography of then-International säkerhet Assistance Force commander David Petraeus.[6][7][8][9][10] She is the co-founder and co-director of the Think Broader Foundation,[11] a media consulting firm that focuses on addressing gender bias in the media and society.[12] Broadwell is most notable for her involvement in the Petraeus scandal. Consequently, her career ended in disgrace.
Early life and education
[edit]Broadwell was born in Bismarck, North Dakota on 9 November She at
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Petraeus' biographer Paula Broadwell: Who is she?
- Petraeus resigned Friday after admitting affair
- FBI discovered relationship by monitoring e-mail
- The book began as research for Broadwell's dissertation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Paula Broadwell first met fellow West Point graduate David Petraeus in the spring of , when she was a graduate student at the Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
He was a lieutenant colonel working on a counterinsurgency manual that would be tested during his command in Iraq. The university had invited him to give a speech.
Broadwell was in the Army Reserve after being recalled three times to active duty since the Sept. 11 attacks to work on counterterrorism issues and intended to return to active duty or get into the policy world, according to the preface of the Petraeus biography she would later write with a Washington Post editor.
Petraeus, who held much-praised military commands in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday after admitting he had an
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All In: The Education of General David Petraeus
Afforded extensive access by General Petraeus, his mentors, his subordinates, and his longtime friends, Broadwell reported on the front lines of fighting and at the strategic command in Afghanistan to chronicle the experiences of this American general as they were brought to bear in the terrible crucible of war. All In draws on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with Petraeus and his top officers and soldiers to tell the inside story of this commander's development and leadership in war.
When Petraeus assumed command in Afghanistan in July , the conflict looked as bleak as at any moment in America's nine year