{"59084":{"#nid":"59084","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CISTP Welcomes General Petraeus to Speak on Campus","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EU.S. CENTCOM Commander and Army General David H. Petraeus will speak on campus January 19 at 2:30pm in Georgia Tech\u0027s Ferst Center.  A Colonel Leslie Callahan Memorial Endowment Lecture, Petraeus\u0027 speech was arranged by the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP) within the Ivan Allen College\u0027s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESeats are no longer available, but the event can be watched via live webcast at the link provided at the bottom of this article.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs Commanding General of the Multi-National Force \u0022\u0022 Iraq, Petraeus was the architect and leader of the June 2007 \u0022surge\u0022  in Iraq where a change in tactics backed by an influx of about 30,000 additional troops seized the initiative from the insurgents.  He assumed command of the United States Central Command in October 2008 and oversees a \u0022whole government approach\u0022  to operations in the Middle East and Central Asia. CENTCOM has been the main American presence in many military operations, including the Gulf War and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring his time on campus, Petraeus will focus on interactions with Georgia Tech students.  He will meet with senior ROTC Air Force, Army, and Navy cadets and midshipmen and their unit leadership.  Petraeus will deliver a speech \u0022Update from CENTCOM\u0022  followed by a moderated Q\u0026amp;A with students from across campus.  Petraeus will also meet with Georgia Tech President G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022  Peterson, Ivan Allen College Interim Dean Ken Knoespel, Acting Chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Brian Woodall, CISTP co-Director Adam Stulberg, Georgia Tech Research Institute Director Steve Cross, College of Engineering Dean Don Giddens, Associate Vice President for Communications \u0026amp; Marketing James Fetig, and CISTP Program Coordinator Angela Levin.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPetraeus was commissioned in the Infantry upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1974. He holds MPA and PhD degrees in international relations from Princeton University\u0027s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EColonel Leslie Callahan, for whom the memorial endowment is named, joined the Georgia Tech Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) faculty in 1969 after a twenty-five year military career. He established the Callahan Endowment in 1993.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"U.S. CENTCOM Commander and Army General David H. Petraeus will speak on campus January 19 at 2:30pm in Georgia Tech\u0027s Ferst Center.  A Colonel Leslie Callahan Memorial Endowment Lecture, Petraeus\u0027 speech was arranged by the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP) within the Ivan Allen College\u0027s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.  \n\nSeats are no longer available, but the event can be watched via live webcast at the link provided at the bottom of this article or on GTCN Channel 19.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Update From CENTCOMM\u0022"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2010-01-13 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:50","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-01-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-01-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59085":{"id":"59085","type":"image","title":"tpl21601.jpg","body":null,"created":"1449176211","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:56:51","changed":"1475894512","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:52","alt":"","file":{"fid":"190844","name":"tpl21601.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tpl21601_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tpl21601_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":50012,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tpl21601_0.jpg?itok=FY2BM565"}}},"media_ids":["59085"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cistp.gatech.edu\/petraeus\/","title":"Webcast link"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cistp.gatech.edu\/","title":"CISTP"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8178","name":"CENTCOMM"},{"id":"795","name":"CISTP"},{"id":"8179","name":"petraeus"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rkeane3\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}