Jill Kelley

Gen. John Allen turns down NATO post, set to retire

2013-02-19 12:27:00

WASHINGTON — Gen. John Allen, who was top commander in Afghanistan until Feb. 10, announced Tuesday that he is retiring from the Marine Corps due to his wife’s chronic illness, turning down a White House offer to nominate him to be the supreme...

Newly cleared, Gen. Allen to command NATO

2013-01-23 13:35:00

WASHINGTON — The White House will go ahead with nominating Marine Gen. John Allen to be top U.S. commander in Europe, following an investigation by the Pentagon inspector general that found his emails with a Florida woman were not improper....

McManus: Petraeus, the comeback general

2012-11-25 00:00:00

Gen. David H. Petraeus, long the most famous overachiever in the U.S. Army, is already on his way to a new career distinction: breaking the land speed record for rehabilitation from a scandal. It was only two weeks ago that Petraeus resigned from his...

The Petraeus affair: unscripted and simply scandalous

2012-11-17 08:49:00

It's "Homeland" meets "The Real Housewives" — and it's hands down the best serialized show on TV. It's "Dallas" in military drag, in which a ridiculously retro social order (who knew that "socialites" and "hostesses" even existed anymore, never...

Titillation of Petraeus affair comes at a high cost for America

2012-11-16 05:02:00

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was lucky there was no such thing as email during the Second World War. His romantic relationship with his lovely Irish driver, Kay Summersby, did not come to light for decades and did not keep him from leading the D-Day...

‘Saturday Night Live’ ridicules Florida in Petraeus scandal

2012-11-18 16:40:58

Dave Barry's 2012 Year in Review

2012-12-30 00:00:00

It was a cruel, cruel year — a year that kept raising our hopes, only to squash them flatter than a dead possum on the interstate. Example: This year the "reality" show "Jersey Shore," which for six hideous seasons has been a compelling argument...

Obama Gloating, Biden Buffing, Fiscal Cliff Looming, And So Much More

2012-11-30 10:02:06

It's been a busy few weeks, what with the election, the Petraeus scandal, the Thanksgiving holiday, and UConn being dissed yet again by the ACC, so I thought I might provide a quick rundown of what's been going on with some of the major players....

American complex

2012-11-28 09:21:00

WASHINGTON -- As events have unfolded in what shall ever be known as "The Petraeus Affair," one cannot escape noticing that the women in this sordid saga have been handed the short end of the shtick, as though the men are mere victims of ambitious,...

After silence during military scandal, Kelley defends herself

2012-11-28 06:13:00

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jill Kelley wants the world to know that she didn't do anything wrong when she befriended top military brass. The Tampa socialite at the center of a scandal involving Gen. David Petraeus has hired a top Washington attorney and...

COLUMN: Petraeus, the comeback general

2012-11-26 22:11:00

Gen. David H. Petraeus, long the most famous overachiever in the U.S. Army, is already on his way to a new career distinction: breaking the land speed record for rehabilitation from a scandal. �It was only two weeks ago that Petraeus resigned from his...

'SNL's' Strong returns to improv team for show

2012-11-26 13:56:00

Of the three new “Saturday Night Live” cast members hired from Chicago for this season, Cecily Strong (a.k.a. “The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party,” featured on “Weekend Update”) has made...

Clockwise from upper left: CIA Director Gen. David H. Petraeus, his biographer Paula Broadwell, General John Allen and socialite Jill Kelley.

2013-01-22 15:39:21

A combination photo shows Jill Kelley (L), a friend of former U.S. General David Petraeus' family and Petraeus' biographer Paula Broadwell.

2012-11-17 00:00:00

In this file photo from Jan. 30, 2010, from left, Natalie Khawam, David Petraeus, Scott Kelley, Jill Kelley and Holly Petraeus watch the Gasparilla parade in Tampa, Fla. The FBI informed the Pentagon that it had uncovered what may be inappropriate emails between Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S.

2012-11-14 08:23:44