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Lucinda

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14. He was embedded with the 101st - had access to HQ, and even ran with Petraeus. I would be very
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 06:07 PM
Nov 2012

surprised to hear they only met once.


"As Pentagon correspondent for The Washington Post, I had briefly embedded with the 101st Airborne Division under Petraeus’s command in northern Iraq in the fall of 2003, and found the general — and what he’d accomplished — impressive and inspiring. Mosul, and much of his sector in the north, were largely pacified, and Petraeus granted me unfettered access to his command headquarters and his battalion commanders. We even went running together around one of Saddam’s demi-palaces in Mosul, where his command was bivouacked."


You seem to have some agenda that you want to push with these statements that I find to be inaccurate.
Have at it. Unless you have a link saying Loeb only met Petraeus one time, I'm done.

Her LinkedIn information (for those who do not use LinkedIn): The Straight Story Nov 2012 #1
Maybe... MynameisBlarney Nov 2012 #2
This NOT very smart person got a shitload of advantage--it's very curious. MADem Nov 2012 #3
Why do you assume she can't write? Lucinda Nov 2012 #6
Because her co-author--the ghostwriter--a guy named Loeb who works for the WAPO--said so. MADem Nov 2012 #7
This is what he said about working with her: Lucinda Nov 2012 #8
He said he "recast" her original material--that's a polite way of saying putting a load of MADem Nov 2012 #10
If you had read the article linked in the link you gave me Lucinda Nov 2012 #12
He did not "know" him--he met him ONCE. That was in the quote I provided. MADem Nov 2012 #13
He was embedded with the 101st - had access to HQ, and even ran with Petraeus. I would be very Lucinda Nov 2012 #14
I don't mean to be rude, but you should have a look at the words that came out of his mouth. MADem Nov 2012 #16
Books are time-consuming and difficult Spike89 Nov 2012 #9
Look, I've written a thesis or two. Of course they aren't easy, but if you've done as much MADem Nov 2012 #11
Paula D. Broadwell, National Finalist for the 2008-2009 Class of BUSH White House Fellows !! Coyotl Nov 2012 #4
Who wants a bit of a laugh? Note the date of this piece.... MADem Nov 2012 #5
how innovative. i should do my thesis on using 12yo kids in combat. aletier_v Nov 2012 #15
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