WACC SPEAKER SERIES PROGRAM

General David Howell Petraeus
Commander, U.S. Central Command

ONLINE RESERVATIONS ARE CLOSED. PLEASE CALL 704-687-7757 TO MAKE RESERVATIONS. LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE.

Date: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Location: Westin Charlotte
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Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Cost: $ 50 (WACC members); $ 65 (non-members) - Lunch included

RSVP Information: Please call 704-687-7762 or go to www.worldaffairscharlotte.org to reserve your seat at this program.  We encourage you sign-up as soon as possible as we expect this program to be oversubscribed.  

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General David Howell Petraeus is the 10th and current Commander, U.S. Central Command. Petraeus previously served as Commanding General, Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I) from January 26, 2007 to September 16, 2008. As Commander of MNF-I, Petraeus oversaw all coalition forces in Iraq.

Petraeus was the General George C. Marshall Award winner as the top graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College—class of 1983. He subsequently earned a M.P.A. degree (1985) and a Ph.D. degree (1987) in International Relations from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He later served as Assistant Professor of International Relations at the U.S. Military Academy and also completed a fellowship at Georgetown University. He has a BS from the U.S. Military Academy—class of 1974—from which he graduated as a distinguished cadet (top 5% of his class).