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Sufficiently as we can and get out of bureaucratic review process. >> so are those conversations happening with the administration? >> were sending the message out. certainly, you know, and the frustration of it really is -- kiran, is that i think many of the local municipalities have gotten to the point everyone on the ground, coast guard, bp, local municipalities, other agencies working in conjunction with the local municipalities, the local governments, are getting the message. the pro-proces...

That the issues with general mcchrystal that culminated in my decision yesterday were not as a result of a difference in policy. i want to be very clear about that. he was executing the policy that i had laid out, that he was executing the orders that i had issued. and that were reflective of the review process that took place last year. >> translator: ill try to be even briefer than my colleague, mr. president. you know, i hope that i have quite friendly relations with president obama, but i tr...

Policy. i want to be very clear about that. he was executing the policy that i had laid out that he was executing the orders that i had issued and that were reflective of the review process that took place last year. >> translator: even briefer than my colleague mr. president, you know, i hope that we have friendly relations with president obama, but i try not to give pieces of advice that cannot be fulfilled. this is a hard topic, a difficult one. i can say only two things, first of all, we bel...

>> larry: colonel, whens your side? >> i agree with the captains assessment of the situation but theres i think mitigating issues. look at world war ii. general patton survived two incidents of slapping troops and saying outlandish things to the press, as well. precedence is there. i dont want to defend general mcchrystals bad actions but im here to say the president has to consider whens best for his strategy and, larry, let me be painfully clear here. for the strategy, break, break, if you go ...

Heads with people in that department. we know that they have been fighting ever since the review process. i think i had even read that mcchrystal had speck expect tichl. i dont feel we learned that much about mcchrystal thinks about people and certainly what he thought about biden. the key point is there was very little substantive critique in the article of the policy. mcchrystal is executing the policy as the white house directed it. i think the thing that people should focus on is what is goi...

From the force. i said this is not about whether, but about how, and that continues to be our position. frankly, i believe to legislate before this review is done would send a very negative signal to men and women in uniform, that their views on this and how it should be done dont matter. and i think thats a very bad signal. i want to do this right. i want to do it in a way that makes as little impact on the readiness and capability of our forces as possible in the middle of two wars. so i reall...

President should force that issue? >> you know, its not my -- i have so many issues in my own company and our own situation at a im not an expert. people went through tough times and i think having a thorough review process, what the right answer is, i dont have the specifics. theres a lot of complexionties and people dont under what went wrong but im glad the economy appears to be getting better or were feeling that, advertising and other things are getting stronger and you just reported some t...

And he can -- i take that quote based on what you said and thats his point of view. >> the nbc deal, youre buying a majority stake in nbc from ge and i feel compelled to ask you, msnbc and the dust up over donny deutsche, whose program was shelved after an unflattering mention of a prominent anchor there. if you were running the place right now, would you let that happen? >> you know, honestly, i dont know about any -- that specifics at all. as you know, when youre trying to buy a company, you g...

Petition we ought to have a place to put that detain knee unhomeland security control so they are not released on the streets of the united states. there are 48 at gitmo according to this administration found to be enemy combat tans held without trial and we need statute that will give them an annual review process legitimize the fact that you can hold somebody without trial. >> greta: doesnt it still create the problem, lets say we go through the procedure as you suggest. someone guess back to ...

Petition we ought to have a place to put that detain knee unhomeland security control so they are not released on the streets of the united states. there are 48 at gitmo according to this administration found to be enemy combat tans held without trial and we need statute that will give them an annual review process legitimize the fact that you can hold somebody without trial. >> greta: doesnt it still create the problem, lets say we go through the procedure as you suggest. someone guess back to ...