Holly Petraeus: Cuts could affect troops’ finances

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The wife of retired Gen. David Petraeus said the automatic cuts to military budgets could push military families into financial trouble with creditors looking to take advantage of them.

Holly Petraeus, the assistant director of service member affairs for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, spoke Friday in Nashville to attorneys general from the South. Petraeus, whose husband resigned as the CIA director after admitting to an affair, declined to take questions from reporters regarding her personal life.

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