David Petraeus
Delphi Economic Forum IX to discuss Ukraine, Middle East, Western Balkans
Geopolitics, security and diplomacy will be some of the main issues discussed at this year's Delphi Economic Forum (DEF) scheduled to take place from April 10 to April.
Talks will focus on the developments in Ukraine and in the Middle East as well as on the Western Balkans EU course, the transatlantic relations and others.
Meet the venture capitalist who launched a kickstarter for war
It was December in northern Syria and the temperature was dropping fast. Local militias fighting the Islamic State had suffered heavy casualties after a tough battle, and U.S. special operations forces urgently needed to get blankets to their partners. They turned to a small charity run by Jim Hake, a former venture capitalist who made his fortune on tech startups in California.
Trump taps 'Mad Dog' Mattis for defense secretary
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Dec. 1 that he has picked the tough-talking retired general James Mattis to be his defense secretary as he kicked off his post-election "thank you tour" by railing against globalization, promising the return of manufacturing jobs to American workers, and vowing to shut U.S. borders to some Middle East migrants.
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Ex-CIA boss Petraeus would serve Trump if asked
BELGRADE - Retired U.S. general David Petraeus indicated on Wednesday that he would serve in President-elect Donald Trump's administration if he was offered a job, according to an interview on Britain's BBC radio.
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Ex-CIA director: KKR could invest more if reforms continue
KKR Global Institute chairman David Petraeus says this investment fund has invested USD 1.5 billion in telecommunications in the former Yugoslavia.
Petraeus sentenced to 2 years' probation for military leak
Former CIA Director David Petraeus, whose career was destroyed by an extramarital affair with his biographer, was sentenced on April 23 to two years? probation and fined $100,000 for giving her classified material while she was working on the book.
US 'weighs criminal charges for Petraeus'
The Justice Department is weighing bringing criminal charges against former CIA Director David Petraeus over the handling of classified information, a U.S. official said Jan. 9 night.
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Serbian Leader Defuses Row Over TV N1
Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia's likely next Prime Minister, on Tuesday told David Petraeus, chairman of the Global Institute of the KKR investment firm, that its first direct Balkan investment - a new cross-border TV station, N1, - was welcome in Serbia.
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Vucic: Serbia open to new investments
BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday in talks with David Petraeus, chairman of the Global Institute of the KKR investment firm, that Serbia is open to new investments, adding that the country will ensure an environment that would be even more conducive to business.
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Pro-Govt Serbian Tabloid Blasts New TV Station
The Serbian tabloid Informer on Monday accused the US of trying to subvert Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia's likely future Prime Minister, by setting up a new regional TV station, N1.
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