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By Justin Duckham & Miles Wolf Tamboli-Talk Radio News Service

Cencom Commander General David Petraeus appeared to pass out during a Senate Armed Services hearing on Afghanistan Tuesday.

Petraeus slumped over suddenly during an exchange with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). He seemed to recover several moments later and was escorted from the room. The Committee called a brief recess.

The General returned shortly after and told Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) that he “just got dehydrated,” joking that the incident was not caused by Senator McCain's questioning.

Petraeus fainted shortly after Senator McCain asserted that the General was, "one of America's great heroes."

Despite Petraeus’s return to the witness table and insistence that he was in good health and completely competent to continue the hearing, Levin "overruled" his claims and stated that the Committee would reschedule Tuesday’s meeting for the following day.

Those in attendance applauded as Petraeus departed.