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Theyre swearing, so we cant put those on tv for you. >> steve: good idea. >> gretchen: its interesting because it seems like were kind of seeing a cross section of people upset. thanks very much. its not just republicans or democrats or young people or old people. its crossing through all different sects of people who find this very offensive. >> steve: remember, this is the same magazine, rolling stone, that essentially with that scorching profile back in 2010 of stanley mccrystal called the ru...

Worried about that. this plays again into the tense things that were talking about. back to the pr point, the pentagon spent some $4 billion a year on broadly speaking border relations. how many are there in a good month? probably much lower than that. how many reporters are there in the press corps? theres this total imbalance and the tremendous amount of resources that the pentagon has to shape the message. the new york times bureau is not $4 billion. it wouldnt even come close to what the pen...

Things that were talking about. back to the pr point, the pentagon spent some $4 billion a year on broadly speaking border relations. how many are there in a good month? probably much lower than that. how many reporters are there in the press corps? theres this total imbalance and the tremendous amount of resources that the pentagon has to shape the message. the new york times bureau is not $4 billion. it wouldnt even come close to what the pentagon is spending on this message. >> have you paid ...

Picks. >> and the white house was worried about that. this plays again into the tense things that were talking about. back to the pr point, the pentagon spent some $4 billion a year on broadly speaking border relations. how many are there in a good month? probably much lower than that. how many reporters are there in the press corps? theres this total imbalance and the tremendous amount of resources that the pentagon has to shape the message. the new york times bureau is not $4 billion. it would...

His. and story and arcticle that brought down mcchrystal is called the run away general. some are say petraeus being be the run away general why? >> i dont know why the media cover the fact three years in 200divide when petraeus was on capt captain hill, the democrats and main stream media was highly critical. they went after him and now you see any pieces about the general and how karl levin voted against a resolution to support him. there is a collective hush on the media to let him go. >> i...

His. and story and arcticle that brought down mcchrystal is called the run away general. some are say petraeus being be the run away general why? >> i dont know why the media cover the fact three years in 200divide when petraeus was on capt captain hill, the democrats and main stream media was highly critical. they went after him and now you see any pieces about the general and how karl levin voted against a resolution to support him. there is a collective hush on the media to let him go. >> i...

General david petraeus to take command in afghanistan which will allow us to maintain the momentum and leadership that we need to succeed. i welcome debate among my team, but i wont tolerate the vision. >> that action taken by the president, the result an article in rolling stone magazine about general stanley mcchrystal and his team. top commander in afghanistan. it was titled the run away general, the article describes mcchrystal and his inner circle as being at odds with pretty much every off...

Stone" article the run away general. mcchrystal and his inner circle have become disdainful of authority calling themselves team america believing they only know how to run the war. author michael hastings got stuck with mcchrystal in europe because of the volcano in iceland and he ended up spending a month with the general and his advisors. >> i think the frustration is that the military feels like they are doing everything and they are not getting the same support from the civilian side. obama...

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So-called run-away general, general stanley mcchrystal, commander of troops in afghanistan just wrapped up his face-to-face with the commander in chief after disparaging comments made by his aides about top ofl officials. the question is wl will he stay or go? he was seen leaving the white house after a meeting with president obama. the white house made is clear the president was angry. earlier, stanley mcchrystal met at the pentagon with robert gates and joint chiefs chairman admiral mullen. 33...