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What happened this week. the different statement to make the point that mika made earlier. yes, this guy is a lone waco who should be ignored but he is not. the secretary of state is talking about him. general petraeus is talking about him. you had the secretary of defense making a direct phone call to this pastor in florida begging him to not burn the koran. >> has to be something we dont know. >> you cant turn your back on that. >> from what i understand i dont think the pentagon is picking up...

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Unanswered. the new assignment is a step back for general petraeus. as the head of the central command, he overseas all military forces in the middle east including iraq and afghanistan before. that, he was the commander of the multinational force in iraq, a favorite of president bush and the architect of the surge that took place in 2007. he has a long history in iraq, commanding the 101st airborne during the 2003 invasion and later leading the training of the iraqi army. hes a graduate of we...

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Meanwhile, vice president joe biden went down to new orleans, was visiting earlier today, and he has just finished a touring of central command, and he had just said, quote, i just came to say thanks. i appreciate it. youre probably missing out on vacation, end quote. so the vice president down there in had new orleans and with him. we also have our reporter, cnn correspondent, allen chernoff, who is there following the vice president. allen, youre on the phone with us right now. what is the vic...

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From centcom to controlling whats happened or is happening in it afghanistan as somebody put it earlier? he wrote the book on counter-insurgency. >> well, here at my left, we have a medal of honor recipient, retired colonel jack jacobs. jack and i have a side bet on how this will work out and who will fill these vacancies. but i think the centcom job, while crucial and vast, will be handled. the word rock star has been used so often. when people ask who dave petraeus is, i always say he married ...

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