Retired Gen. David Petraeus said he was “pleased” to see that President Trump will defer to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and not bring back the use of torture.

Petraeus, who was in charge of more than 27,000 detainees when he commanded the surge in Iraq, said torture is not called for when interrogating the vast majority of detainees.

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