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The commanding general is saying that the president sides with the vice president, he cant support the policy? thats insubordination. so obama meets with mcchrystal on the tarmac at copenhagen and decides that mcchrystals been a little bit naive. thats what he figured, hes a gung ho soldier. hes going to stick with him, doesnt want to fire him right after firing general mckearnan earlier in 2009. he gets back in what was described to me as a cold fury. he dresses down mike mullen, the chairman o...

The commanding general is saying that the president sides with the vice president, he cant support the policy? thats insubordination. so obama meets with mcchrystal on the tarmac at copenhagen and decides that mcchrystals been a little bit naive. hes going to stick with him, doesnt want to fire him right after firing general mckearnan earlier in 2009. he gets back in what was described to me as a cold fury. he dresses down mike mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and makes it clear...

May not reach any final decisions on what to do about mcchrystal until after those other meetings later in the day. gretchen? >> all right, molini wilks live in washington, d.c. thank you very much. >> you have general stanley mcchrystals four star career hanging by a thread today. what will the president of the united states do? you know, yesterday, if you were watching cable tv, you saw a lot of people say that well, you know, clearly this is insubordination. hes got to go. when you think abou...

A short time later, the president flanked by the vice president, the defense secretary, and the chairman of the joint chiefs came to the podium and announced the resignation. >> the conduct represented in the recently published article does not meet the standard that should be set by a commanding general. it will undermines the civilian control of the military that is at the core of our democratic system. and it erodes the trust thats necessary for our team to work together to achieve our object...

And mcchrystal says not to be glib, but no. and the white house, theyre livid over this. the commanding general is saying that the president sides with the vice president, he cant support the policy? thats insubordination. so obama meets with mcchrystal on the tarmac at copenhagen and decides that mcchrystals been a little bit naive. hes going to stick with him, doesnt want to fire him right after firing general mckearnan earlier in 2009. he gets back in what was described to me as a cold fury. ...

On tonight. an amazing moment in history. heres president obama on why general mcchrystal had to go. lets listen. >> conduct represented in the recently published article does not meet the standard that should be set by a commanding general. it undermines the civilian control of the military that is at the core of our democratic system, and it erodes the trust thats news for our team to work together to achieve our objectives in afghanistan. >> did it have the snap of authority? >> it did, and i...

>> david gregory, id like to play another clip of what the president said. lets listen in. >> the conduct represented in the recently published article does not meet the standard that should be set by a commanding general. it undermines the civilian control of the military that is at the core of our democratic system. and it erodes the trust thats necessary for our team to work together to achieve our objectives in afghanistan. >> how do you think the presidents speech will be following what gen...

Hows it going bagram? well, you know, it turns out that the american people, they let me use this plane called air force one and so i thought id come over and say hello. a couple of people i want to thank in addition to sergeant major eric johnson for the outstanding introduction and his great service. i want to thank major general mike scaparetti. thank you for your great work as commanding general. i want to thank ms. dawn liberi, whos the ssh civilian representative regional command

Well, you know, it turns out that the american people, they let me use this plane called air force one and so i thought i would come over and say hello. a couple of people i want to thank in addition to sergeant major eric johnson for the outstanding introduction and his had great service. i want to thank major general mike scaparetti, thank you for your great work as commanding general. i want to thank ms. dawn liberi, who is the senior civilian representative of regional commandees for her out...

Is under way in iraq after a parliamentary election that should lead to a new government. bombers killed more than three dozen people on election day, but u.s. officials say on the whole things went very, very well and u.s. troops continue their preparations for a complete withdrawal. and joining us now from baghdad, u.s. army general ray odierno, the commanding general u.s. forces in iraq. general, thank you very much for joining us. are you ready to declare the elections in iraq a success? >> ...