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"No evidence" of classified information breach in Petraeus case: Obama

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1 of 2. U.S. President Barack Obama addresses his first news conference since his reelection, at the White House in Washington November 14, 2012.

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WASHINGTON | Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:08pm EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday said no one has provided any evidence so far to indicate that classified information was disclosed as a result of the sex scandal that cost retired General David Petraeus his job as head of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Obama, speaking in his first formal press conference in eight months and his first since being re-elected last week, also said he is not supposed to meddle in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's probe of the Petraeus matter, and he will not prejudge the investigation's results.

"General Petraeus had an extraordinary career," Obama said, but by Petraeus' own assessment, the former top commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan no longer met the standards to keep running the CIA.

(Reporting By Dan Burns; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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bassist7 wrote:
“General Petraeus had an extraordinary career,” Obama said today in his press conference. This is the same Petraeus that had multiple affairs which violated his code of conduct, not to mention his marriage vows, plus he leaked tons of classified information. What is Obama thinking? I guess by his standards all of that is okay.

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