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E >> today is the day we pause during our holiday weekend celebration to remember the men and women who have served and continue to serve in the united states military. this year we have more to be thankful for than most with the death of the terror mastermind osama bin laden still the fight goes on particularly in afghanistan where more than 100,000 of our brave soldiers, sailors marines and airmen continue to fight. it is from afghanistan that we are very pleased to welcome the highest ranking...

About that. >> are we winning? can we look forward to a day where it is a tourist destination for men and women? >> i spend the majority of my time and energy on the security lines of operation so we focus on the security piece and from a security perspective we are standing up training manning equipment afghan and national security forces by the numbers. they are taking on battle space they are taking on responsibilities, and that is part of the transition. i think we are doing pretty good at i...

About that. >> are we winning? can we look forward to a day where it is a tourist destination for men and women? >> i spend the majority of my time and energy on the security lines of operation so we focus on the security piece and from a security perspective we are standing up training manning equipment afghan and national security forces by the numbers. they are taking on battle space they are taking on responsibilities, and that is part of the transition. i think we are doing pretty good at i...

Division headquarters, the gladiators. on behalf of a grateful nation, welcome home. of course our thoughts and prayers are with general campbell, command sergeant major schroeder and all the screaming eagles and troops that are still risking their lives in theater. and i am so pleased that ann campbell and marla schroeder and some of the inspiring military spouses are here. where are they at? right over there. we are grateful to you. god bless you. there they are. thank you so much.

>> 2.3 1/2 would be just fine. again he has got all kinds of stuff going on, a lot of movies hes got his hand in and the a.m. bum his seventh coming out this summer. its 25 minutes past the hour. hello, command sergeant major lloyd with 3rd infantry, iraq. happy fathers day to my father, clayton lloyd jr., happy fathers day. love you. >> im sergeant justin shomanski. >> and im lance korcorporal. >> happy fathers day to our dad in tennessee. >> we love you, see you soon.

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Media savvy as you become older and a very high ranking officer and you dont need a public affairs officer to stand next to you to tell you not to say or permit your people to say stupid things in front of any reporter, particularly one from the "rolling stone." but this whole thing goes deeper than that. a question of indiscipline in the highest ranks. and you cant have that and the president of the united states is going to have to deal with that. theres also, theres also an ancillary issue he...

Enlisted man wherever he goes, particularly when he goes down to viz that troops. but if that is his command sergeant major and he has accompanied him eight time zones back to washington for a 20-minute meeting i think the presidents decision is a foregone conclusion. that indicates to me that there is going to be an enormous shakeup in the headquarters there. >> let me bring in general mccaffrey. i read so many articles last night in conference and people wondering if general mcchrystal, if thi...