yet another one reaches retirement age. welcome back. time for the buried lead. a story we don t think is getting enough attention. there are few things americans love more than a comeback story, but is the man who used to run the cia ready to play the prodigal son? tonight former general david petraeus comes out of the shadows after a damaging affair with his biographer, one that cost him his job and shook the obama administration. here to talk about this attempt at rehabilitation is a communications counselor who has worked for fortune 500 companies and plenty of elected officials, dan mcbegin. mr. mcgin, thank you for joining us. big question here, petraeus speaking tonight at the university, a copy of the speech obtained by the new york times. quote, needless to say i join
you keenly aware that i am regarded in a different light now than i was a year ago. something of an understatement. dan, can he repair led an amazing the right way. he has accepted responsibility. he did admit his faults. he did resign and he s taken an enormous toll for that. and what he s doing by coming out now and speaking at this group is the right thing. i just make a point, look, we re a culture that wants to forgive and, second, we re a culture where reputations can be inflated and destroyed faster than ever before. what is necessary for him to be forgiven? what does he need to do in order to come back in public life? well, when you use the phrase forgiven, that relates to his family, to his friends. that s the personal side of it. this is a man with enormous talents. he s 60 years old. the tragedy would be if he isn t