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The cylindrical magazine was called a Broadwell drum after L. W. Broadwell, an agent for Gatling's company.

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The cylindrical magazine was called a Broadwell drum after L. W. Broadwell, an agent for Gatling's company.

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"But he knew he was ultimately responsible for making the intemperate remark," a candid admission, through Broadwell, of his lapse in judgment.

David Petraeus Almost Resigned Over Obama's Decision To Withdraw Surge Forces From Afghanistan, New Book Claims 2011

Broadwell does acknowledge that Petraeus rubs some people the wrong way.

David Petraeus Almost Resigned Over Obama's Decision To Withdraw Surge Forces From Afghanistan, New Book Claims 2011

"He had wanted to hand Marine Corps Gen. John Allen ... a war that had taken a decisive turn," Broadwell writes of what had been Petraeus' goal for his successor.

David Petraeus Almost Resigned Over Obama's Decision To Withdraw Surge Forces From Afghanistan, New Book Claims 2011

"Petraeus later expressed his displeasure to all of them for betraying his confidence," Broadwell wrote.

David Petraeus Almost Resigned Over Obama's Decision To Withdraw Surge Forces From Afghanistan, New Book Claims 2011

He accepted a cut in authority and pay to lead the Afghanistan war campaign when Gen. Stanley McChrystal was forced to resign after a Rolling Stone article that "scorched the general McChrystal and his aides, caricaturing them as testosterone-addled frat boys as they insulted Obama" and other officials, Broadwell writes.

David Petraeus Almost Resigned Over Obama's Decision To Withdraw Surge Forces From Afghanistan, New Book Claims 2011

"They want you to be bigger than you are, so they magnify you," Galvin said in an interview with Broadwell.

David Petraeus Almost Resigned Over Obama's Decision To Withdraw Surge Forces From Afghanistan, New Book Claims 2011

On January 18, 1898, Embree married Virginia Broadwell.

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Broadwell adds that the problem, according to Petraeus, was less McChrystal's order than how it was even more strictly re-interpreted by lower commanders.

David Petraeus Almost Resigned Over Obama's Decision To Withdraw Surge Forces From Afghanistan, New Book Claims 2011