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"It's a lot easier when you dislike the guy
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"That is not my recollection" of what Petraeus initially said, King said today.
The congressman suggested that pressing Petraeus was awkward at times.
"It's a lot easier when you dislike the guy," King said.
Petraeus resigned last week after disclosing an extramarital affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell.
He expressed regret for his affair during his opening statements before the Senate, but the committee was more interested in finding out what Petraeus learned from his trip to Libya in the days after the killings.
1|2 Next Page?President Barack Obama meets Friday with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to discuss how to keep the economy growing and how to reduce the deficit,Timberland Roll Top Boots. In the short-term, that means figuring how to avoid the "fiscal cliff," meaning that troublesome combination of tax increases and deep spending cuts set to kick in automatically at the end of the year.
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Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner also will attend both meetings,Miu Miu Bags.
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Up on Capitol Hill, former CIA Director David Petraeus,Miu Miu Handbags, who resigned last week after admitting to an extramarital affair, is expected to testify Friday before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the Sept,Cheap Timberland Boots. 11 Benghazi attack. Both hearings are closed.
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And then there is this: Republican Sen. Marco Rubio headlines Iowa Governor Terry Branstad's annual Birthday Fundraiser on Saturday. (Has the 2016 race for the White House already started?)
And this: Howard Dean turns 64 on Saturday. Wonder if he will celebrate with the "Dean Scream" he introduced after coming in third in the 2004 Iowa Caucus?
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