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Petraeus plans affair apology in comeback speech

Decorated military general, 60, to offer his ‘deep regret’ for affair with biographer that led to his resignation as CIA director David Petraeus, one of America’s most decorated generals, is expected to make his public comeback Tuesday night with an apology for the extramarital affair that led to his resignation.…

White House dismisses talk of Petraeus for VP

WASHINGTON — The White House Tuesday knocked down a report that President Barack Obama feared that Republican Mitt Romney wants CIA chief and Iraq war hero David Petraeus as his running mate. “Be mindful of your sources,” White House spokesman Jay Carney told a reporter who queried him on the…

British aid worker ‘may have been killed by US rescuers’

A British aid worker who died in a failed US operation in Afghanistan may have been killed by a grenade detonated by her rescuers and not by her kidnappers, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday. Cameron said a full investigation would now be launched into the death on Friday…