There’s more
to these women that are being reported thus far.
The two women
at the center of the David Petraeus scandal — the biographer with whom he had
an extramarital affair and the socialite who received worrisome emails that led
investigators to uncover the illicit relationship — visited the White House on
separate and apparently unrelated occasions. Neither woman met with President
Barack Obama during their visits.
Petraeus
resigned as CIA director last week after acknowledging an affair with writer
Paula Broadwell. In briefings Friday with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the
retired four-star general was apologetic and regretful and insisted that his
resignation was related only to his personal behavior.
Paula Broadwell,
who was writing a book about Petraeus and eventually became his paramour,
attended meetings in June 2009 and June 2011 on Afghanistan-Pakistan policy in
the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which is located in the White House
complex, a White House official said.
Jill Kelley,
the Tampa, Fla., socialite who initiated the investigation that revealed the
affair, and her twin sister had two “courtesy” meals at the White House mess as
guests of a midlevel White House aide in September and October, the official
said. Kelley and her family also received a White House tour on the weekend
before the Nov. 6 election.
The White House
visits by Broadwell and Kelley illustrate the wide-ranging access both women
enjoyed because of their ties with Petraeus, Gen. John Allen and others in the
close-knit military community. The White House official discussed their visits
on condition of anonymity because the visitors logs being cited have yet to be
made public.
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