After yesterday's announcement that General David Petraeus will take over (assuming confirmation) for ousted General Stanley McChrystal, all speaking Petraeus engagements have been canceled.
That includes tonight's appearance in New York at a Hudson Institute dinner to receive the 2010 James H. Doolittle Prize.
In a note from Hudson:
We are pleased however, to inform you that the dinner will proceed to celebrate the awarding of the prize to the General, which will be accepted on his behalf by his former Executive Officer and friend, Colonel Mike Iverson.
The distinguished guest speakers at the dinner will be H.E. Ambassador Husain Haqqani, Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States, and The Honorable Raymond W. Kelly, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department.
We look forward to celebrating this award with you and joining together to recognize, at this most critical time for our country at war, the courage, patriotism and sense of duty that General David H. Petraeus personifies.
This is the second recent conservative think tank award for Petraeus. Last month, AEI presented Petraeus with the 2010 Irving Kristol Award.
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