This week, we talk with the commander of United States Central Command General David Petraeus about military issues in the Middle East, from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, to drones, to cybersecurity. Gen. Petraeus is the 2010 recipient of Princeton’s James Madison Medal, the highest honor conferred upon a Princeton graduate alumnus. Nick Tagher and Naomi Nix are the co-hosts for this episode. Nikki Leon is the executive producer. Andrew Saraf contributed research.

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Web Extra: Aaron Smargon interviews General Petraeus about his Princeton dissertation and ROTC.

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Thanks to our friends at Daily Princetonian Multimedia and The Prox for cross-posting this interview.

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Recorded on February 20, 2010