Trump Expands Secretary of State Search as Petraeus Defends Past
- Former general says he paid “very heavy price” for misdeeds
- Fresh names emerge, including Huntsman, for top U.S. diplomat
Is David Petraeus Front-Runner for Secretary of State?
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President-elect Donald Trump is widening his search for a secretary of state even as one of the contenders, former General David Petraeus, defended his qualifications for the role.
Petraeus, who resigned from the helm of the Central Intelligence Agency for mishandling classified information, has been considered for the job, despite Trump’s lambasting of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for her handling of classified material on a private e-mail server.