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Didnt know about mcchrystals background. thats it. >> and intimidated by the military establishment that he was meeting for the first time. and there was also a line about vice president, who is that? >> that is directly attributed to mcchrystal. >> bill: its attributed to him but they are joshing around and its set up like mcchrystal has one view of afghanistan and biden has another. well understand that. thats on the record. when biden name is mention mcchrystal just who is that? come on. >> b...

President seemed unprepared. didnt know about mcchrystals background. thats it. >> and intimidated by the military establishment that he was meeting for the first time. and there was also a line about vice president, who is that? >> that is directly attributed to mcchrystal. >> bill: its attributed to him but they are joshing around and its set up like mcchrystal has one view of afghanistan and biden has another. well understand that. thats on the record. when biden name is mention mcchrystal ju...

Background. thats it. >> and intimidated by the military establishment that he was meeting for the first time. and there was also a line about vice president, who is that? >> that is directly attributed to mcchrystal. >> bill: its attributed to him but they are joshing around and its set up like mcchrystal has one view of afghanistan and biden has another. well understand that. thats on the record. when biden name is mention mcchrystal just who is that? come on. >> bill, the important thing here...

Military. >> the president is not interested in reigniting the debate about afghanistan. he is invested in this strategy. this is the strategy they are not going to do another review at this point until the end of the year. they want to see how kandahar goes. theyre not -- yes, they have delayed this offensive, and it is not in what they had planned on early on. yes, marjah, as general mcchrystal called it, a bleeding ulcer in that article, which is probably the two most important words as far a...

Record? were they comfortable voicing those things knowing you were a reporter? >> -- before i began the profile. and it was my understanding that it was all on the record. and thats why i continued to report on them for the following number of weeks. >> michael, i know that in the piece -- i mean general mcchrystal comes across as incredibly impolitic but not in an unflattering light. you definitely portray him as a true believer in counterinsurgency. but counterinsurgency means military force ...

Walking papers, dont even let him resign but fire him, theres going to be serious questions about this policy. this is chaos. even general mcchrystal, who was described as a model operation, now describes it as a bleeding ulcer. the fact of the matter is, this strategy is not working. its in very big trouble. the last thing that you need if youre an administration asking for more money is this kind of debaulk kell. >> do you think he stays or goes, mary? >> i think he goes. its not just what you...

Afghanistan in july of 2011. >> but this week on capitol hill, commander general petraeus parsed the date. >> its important that july, 2011, be seen for what it is. the date on which a process begins based on conditions, not the date where the u.s. heads for the exits. >> delays in southern afghanistan have put coalition and afghan forces behind schedule in the two most critical and dangerous prices in the country. in february the u.s. launched a major military offensive to drive the taliban out...

July of 2011. >> but jits important july of is seen what it is, not the date when the u.s. heads for the exits. >> delays in southern afghanistan put coalition and afghan forces behind schedule in the two most critical and dangerous places in the country. in february, the u.s. launched a major military offensive to drive the taliban out of marjah. but there have been set backs. mcchrystal described marjah as a bleeding ulcer. and then the heart of the taliban, military officials seek fall as a m...

That. he also says december, theyll take a look, it is conditions based and do you think the administration made their mind up about further surges already. >> chris: no, i dont think about further surges, i think what they are concerned about and that is probably one of the reasons that secretary gates came on fox news sunday, there is a growing narrative in the media and here in washington that the surge in afghanistan is failing. they went into marjah, the town of 80,000 and mcchrystal, the u...

At least 18 people, more than 171 people were hurt in that collision. today, rescue crews are searching for more victims there. in the bottom box, a health scare for new jersey senator frank lawsuitenberg, the 86-year-old democrat in the hospital with a bleeding ulcer, he was taken to the hospital after feeling light headed and falling yesterday at his home. harris: she went to target practice. just before a deadly shooting rampage that claimed three lives at the university of alabama. amy b...