Most of the questioning focused on the activities of the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center.

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After the war, he visited Iraq, getting involved in similar technology activities in the Middle East.

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He moves into the top job just as Barclays faces another investigation into its practices, this time into its capital-raising activities in the Middle East in 2008.

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As commander of Central Command, Petraeus will oversee U.S. military objectives and activities in a broad swath of the Middle East and Central and South Asia.

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