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General Petraeus And The Road Out Of Iraq
Steve Coll's most recent book is <em>The Bin Ladens.</em>
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Journalist Steve Coll discusses "The General's Dilemma" his profile of General David Petraeus, which appears in the Sept. 8, 2008 issue The New Yorker.
Coll is a two-time Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist who has written for The Washington Post (where he also served as managing editor) and The New Yorker. He is the author of six books, including Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001.
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