but that never happened. they did come together after stanley mcchrystal stepped down because of the unformnate comments he made to rolling stone magazine and general petraeus put the differences aside and went to battlefield and served as commanderer on the ground in afghanistan. president singled him out and praised him saying he is one of the outstanding general officers of his generation. helping our military adapt to new challenges. leading the men and women in the uniform through a remarkable period of service in iraq and afghanistan. where he helpe helped the natiot war on path to responsible end. director of the centralgency hed with characteristic and intellectual rigor. dedication and patriotism. that is from the president. feinsteidianne feinstein is tont saying while she does not excuse the general behavior, she regrets that the president accepted the resignation because she thinks he is critical in that job. so important in that job.
the last thing the white house wanted to do is search for new c.i.a. director. bret: we ll head back in a minute. thank you. of course, general petraeus was one of the first to brief lawmakers following the deadly attack on the u.s. mission in libya two months ago. chief intelligence correspondent herron has the latest to than investigation. good evening. reporter: thank you, bret. fox news told that the c.i.a. director will not testify next week. this is expected to be one of the most intense hearings on capitol hill on the benghazi scandal. at the white house briefing, spokesman jay carney pushed back on allegation the administration was not forthcoming on the benghazi attack. specifically what happened on september 11 at the white house as the president met with defense secretary and joint chiefs. made aware of the developments throughout the evening and days ensuing. i m not sure what your question is specifically. while they are not independent investigations,
we want to understand what was happening. was there a failure if intelligence information? i have had conversations with petraeus. people are still upset that the misleading comments that were made were made. bret: they told fox news there was genuine shock among the agency employees over sudden and abrupt departure of petraeus. on capitol hill, the lawmakers were, flabbergasted at the resignation and question whether they may still call or subpoena petraeus to testify now that he is a private citizen. bret? bret: we re justing more about this. the petraeus affair apparently was with his biographer. woman by the name of paul ab broadwell. was revealed there is a picture of her. in the course of an f.b.i. the f.b.i. was investigating a broader case unrelated to this. and in the course of that investigation, broadwell name came up. the f.b.i. followed that lead in doing so. petraeus s name came up. the f.b.i. for some reason was concerned that perhaps