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Subject: RE Leaving now

&I calling him.

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Sent: Wednesday, October 05,2005 3:14 PM

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Subject: Leaving now

! Guys: I'm on the cell phone only between now and about 5 pm, on the way to the studio. Please let me know
if we can get Petraeus. Many thanks. Best, Jed.
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Sent: Wednesday, October 05.2005 322 PM
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Jed, ltg petraeus will do the show. I'd like to suggest he be your first guest coming
you think the flow is good). There are no call-ins, right. .
right out of the news at the top of the hour. He can go for 15 minutes la littke more if
.I is withe leg and
has the contact info you've given me. We need the studio line. Thanks, eric
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Subject: Re: Hugh Hewitt stations

Prefer any time within 6-7 pm KDT. I'd be grateful for any length segment, but would like
at 1 s t 1 i n with h i m e can chat before to limit topica if he's uneasy.
From: Ruff, Erlc, SES, OASD-PA
Sent: Wednesday October 05,2005 2:49 PM
To: 'jedbabbrna
Subject: Re Hugh Hewrtt stations

I t h e a preferred time or are we wide open?

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Sent: Wed Oct 05 14 39:10 2005
Subject: Re: Hugh H e w ~ t t stations
Eric: Many thanks. Producer's name ie Duane Pattereon. His cell number is Ij.
Don't have the call-in number handy but will gat it for you asap. Best, Jed.

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Re Hugh Hewm stations

CIV, OASD-PA

Jed, glad to broach this. Meantime. what is the call-in U for the studio, what is the
producer's name and what is the back-up phone # ? Thanks.
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Guys: Here's the broadcast list for Hugh's show. Please let me know if we can get
Petrams. Many thanks. Best, Jed.

Hugh Hewitt: Station List

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hem are the confirmed for today's call with petraeus:

Confirmed Retired Military Analysts:
Colonel Ken Atlard (USA. Retired)
Mr. Jed Babbin (USAF, JAG)
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Cucullu (USA, Retired)
Colonel (Tim) J. Eads (USA, Retired)
Colonel Jeff McCausIand (USA, Retired)
Lieutenant General Thomas Mclnemey (USAF. Retired)
General William L.Nash (USA, Retired)
Lieutenant General EN Rokke (USAF. Retired)

Confirmed Civilian Defense Experts:

, Posen..Professor of Political Science. MassachusettsInstitute of Technoloev
Mr. Ban-v
Walter B. Slocombe, C a p h & Drysdale, ~ha&red
Mr John Wobensmith, American Foreign Policy Council
Michael Horowitz, Hudson Institute

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Guys: Here's the broadcast list for Hugh's show. Please let me know if we can get Petmeus. Many thanks. Best,
Jed.

Huch Hewitt: Station List

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Subject: FW conference Call TODAY

led wants petraeus on radio. any chance?

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From: ledBabbine'nffi3B[mallto;~ed~abtin(t((3IBB
Ent Wedmeday, October 05,2005 9:27 AM
Subject; Re: ConferenceCall TODAY

Thanks, I'll be there. Doing the Hugh Hewitt show today. Any chance of getting Petraeus on for a five or
ten minute segment? I know it'd be almost impossible (we're on 6-9 pm, which is 2-5 am Baghdad time) but I
have to ask. Thanks.

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From: - 1 CIV, OASD-PA
Sent: Wednesday, October 05,2005 9'41 AM
To: Ruff, Eric, SES. OASD-PA
Subject RE ConferenceCall TODAY

here's the latest info i have for him ....

Dr. Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr.
Executive Director
The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
1730 Rhode Island Avenue..NW., Suite 912
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone:
Fax:
Email: m w

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TO: Vmsm, civ. OASD.PA
Subject: RE ConferenceCall TODAY

do you have a # for krepenevich? thanks.

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MEMORANDUM
To: Retired Military Analysts

From: Dallas Lawrence

Director, Community Relations and Public Liaison
Office of the Secretary of Defense

Date: October 5,2005

Re: Conference Call with Senior DoD Officials

We invite you to participate in a conference call. Today, October 5,2005, fmm2:30pm to3:OOpm

Lieutenant General David H.Peiraeus will brief you on progress and operations from his time in Iraq.
His biography is anached for your review. Your host for this call will be I

To participate in this conference call, please dial [far and ask the operator
to connect you to the Analysis conference call.

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 United States Army
Lieutenant General DAVID H.PETRAEUS

Enroute to: Commanding General

United States Army Combined Arms Center and Fort
Leavenworth
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 6ç027-230
since: October 2005

SOURCE OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE USMA

MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED

Infamrv Officer Basic and Advanced Courses
~ ~ ~Advanced
~ course
~ i f i ~ ~ ~
Unncd Staics Annv Command and General StaffColleae
Senior Service college Fellowship -Georgetown university

EDUCATIONAL DEGREES
- -
United States Military Academy BS No Major
Princeton University - MPA - International Relations
Princeton University - PHD. - International Relations

FOREIGN LANGUAGES) None recorded

PROMOTIONS DATES OF APPOINTMENT

2LT 5 Jun 74
1LT 5 Jun 76
CPT 8 Aug 78
MAJ 1 Aug 85
LTC lApr91
COL l Sep 95
BG 1 Jan 00
MG 1 Jan 03
LTG 18 May 04

MAJOR DUTY ASSIGNMENTS

rn pJ ASSIGNMENT
May 75 Jan 79 Platoon Leader. C Company, later S-4 (Logistics), later S-1 (Personnel),
509th Airborne Battalion Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy
Jan 79 Jul79 Assistant S-3 (Operations), 2d Brigade, 24th Infantty Division
(Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia
111179 May 81 Commander, A Company, later S-3 (Operations), 2d Battalion, 19th
Infantry, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewan, Georgia

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Lieutenant General DAVID H.PETRAEUS

May 81 May 82 Aide-de-camp to the Division Commander. 24th Infantry Division

(Mechanized). Fon Slewan, Georgia
May 82 Jun 83 Studem. United Stales Am> Commano and General StaffCollege. Fort
Lcavcnwonh,Kansas
Jim 83 Jim 85 Student, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Jul 85 Jun 87 Instructor, later Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, United
States Military Academy, West Point,New York
Jun 87 Jun 88 Military Assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Supreme
Headquarters, Allied Powers Europe, Belgium
Jun 88 Aug 89 S-3 COoerationsl. 2d Battalion. 30th Infantry. later 1st Brieade. 3d Infantry
Division (Mechanized), United Stales Army Europe, German)
Aug 89 Aug91 Aide/Asststant Enccutive Officer to the Chief of Slaff United States
Army, Washington, DC
Commander, 3d Banalion, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division(Air Assault),
Fort Campbell,Kentucky
0-3 ( ~ p c r a i i o n s ) / ~ i & oofPlans,
r Training and Mobilization, IOlsl
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell. Kentucky
Aug94 Jan95 Senior Service Collerc Fellow. Georeciown Univcrstiv. Washinnon. DC
Jan 95 Jun 95 Chief Operations officer, UN Mission in Haiti, OPERATION UPHOLD
DEMOCRACY. Haiti
Jim 95 Jun 97 Commander, 1st Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North
Carolina
Jun 97 Sep 97 Executive Assistant to the Director of the Joint Staff, The Joint Staff,
Washington, DC
Oct97 Aug 99 Executive Assistant to thechairman, Joint Chiefs ofstaff, Office of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. Washinnon. DC
ug99 Jul 00 Assistant Division ~ o i m i n d e(Operations),
r 82d Airborne Division, Fort
Bragg, North Carolina and Commanding General. Combined Joint Task
Force-Kuwait, OPERATION DESERT SPRING, Kuwait
Jul 00 Aug 00 Actmg Commanding General, 82d Airborne Division. Fort Brace, North

Aug 00 Jun Ol Chief of Staff. XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg. North Caroltna
Jun01 Jun02 Assistant Chiefof Staff for Operations, SFOR an0 Deputy Commander. United
Stales Joirn Interaaency Counter-Terrorism Task Force. OPERATION JOINT
FORGE, ~arajevo,~o&~erzcgovina
Jul02 May 04 .
Commandins General. 101a Airborne Division /Air Assauhland Fort Camobcll..
Fort ~ a m ~ & tKeni~ck)
l. and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM,Iraq
May 04 Sep05 Commander, Multi-\ational Scci-nty Transition Command-Iraq/Commander,
hATO Training Mtssion.Iraq. OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. Iraq
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS M
Military Assistant to the Supreme Allied Commandei Jun 87 - Jun 88
Major
Europe, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers
Europe, Belgium (Cumulative Joint Credit)

Chief Operations Officer, UN Mission in Haiti, -

Jan 95 Jun 95 Lieutenant Colonel
OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY, Haiti
(No Joint Credit)
Lieutenant GeneralDAVID H.PETRAEUS
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Executive Assistant to the Director, The Joint Staff, later Jun 97 Aug 99 Colonel
Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff, Washington, DC

Commanding General, Combined Joint Task Force- Aug 99 - Sep 99 Colonel

Kuwait, OPERATION DESERT SPRING, Kuwait
(No Joint Credit)

Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, SFOR and Deputy Jun 01 - 111102
Brigadier General
Commander, United States Joint Interagency Counter-
Terrorism Task Force, OPERATION JOINT FORGE,
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (No Joint Credit)
Commander, Multi-National Security Transition Command- May 04 Sep 05-
' Lieutenant General
Iraq/Commander, NATO Training Mission-Iraq,
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq

US DECORATIONS AND BADGES

Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Distineuished Service Medal
~ e f e n s Superior
e Service Medal (with Oak Leafcluster)
Lemon of Mem (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters)'
Bronze Star ~ e d awithl "V" Device
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Joint Service Commendation Metal
Army Commendation Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Expert Infantryman Badge
Master Parachutist Badge
Air Assault Badge
Ranger Tab
Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
Army Staff Identification Badge

As of 10 April 2008

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