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National security team. general david petraeus will be dominated to lead the ceo. the four star general will take over for leon panetta who will take over the pentagon. this is the fluid nature as the war in afghanistan grows all the more deadly. the taliban is claiming responsibility for an insurgent attack yesterday by an afghan pilot that left eight americans dead. retired major general james marks joins us. thank you for being here. apparently the taliban was able to infiltrate the veteran r...

It is a proposition that could warrant american military intervention. the question is up front, if you say, look, heres the things youre not doing, were not going to but boots on the ground, were not going to target gadhafi or go beyond the u.n. resolution, if you have tepid to nonexistent arab support, so far what weve heard is four aircraft may or may not be deploying to the mediterranean. this is say u.s. military operation command by a u.s. army four star general with uk and french particip...

Ronald reagans 100th birthday. reagan 100 opening banquet is being hosted by the young americas foundation at reagans former ranch in california. palin expected to reflect on the presidents time for choosing speech. and draw comparisons between america then and now. and those are your headlines. >> all right. meanwhile, lets tell you a little bit about something that happened a couple of nights ago in washington, d.c. theyve got this great, big black tie event called the alfalfa dinner and there...

No new oil, and, any other impact from that? >> reporter: yes. bps ceo, this morning, saying that they have noticed over the past two-and-a-half days, because of the stopping of the cap, so snug down on the bottom, that they are skimming much less on top and actually seeing zero new shoreline impacts over the past 24 hours, and, there are -- they are finding less oil available for them to do above-the-surface burning, so, it is having an immediate effect, with the cap on according to bp. >> eric...

President urging iraqi leaders to finish what they started and form a new government that includes all main political blocks. general david petraeus taking command of u.s. and coalition forces in afghanistan today. petraeus calling it a critical moment in the war. the four star general saying the afghan government and coalition forces are engaged in a "contest of wills with the taliban." petraeus replaces general stanley mcchrystal who was fired after criticizing the obama administration in a ma...

>> shepard: just in, the white house reports general stanley mcchrystal will be allowed to retire as a four star general, the rank at which he resigned. before he made unflattering remarks in an interview. he served more than three decades but he would have to serve three years as a four star officer to retain that rank. now continuing coverage of the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico on day 71. the vice president making his first visit to the gulf coast. this morning, vice president biden tour...

General petraeus is considering some type of minor alteration to help our troops in the field, shep. >> shepard: general petraeus replacing general stanley mcchrystal who resigned after, well, really mocking the presidents national security team in that "rolling stone" article. we got an update today on his retirement plans. >> well, thats right. there has been some question about whether or not he could keep his fourth star as a four star general because he had only been in the role for about a...

Subjects, how americans feel about his handling of the economy or the oil spill or the war in afghanistan, and his ratings dip below 50%. and i think what he gained last week in terms of looking strong and reacting assertively to the challenge posed by general mcchrystal and replacing him with a star general, he benefited from that marginally, but now the american people notice that were in the midst of a war thats not going well, so he loses points there. so the president is up against a lot of...

Oh, but it comes at a critical moment. >> the cap is back on the oil leak but not after hundreds of thousands of gallons of extra crude was released into the gulf yesterday. details of another major setback on bps part live from the gulf coast. alive and kicking. team america surviving to see another day. landon donovans goal against algeria with only moments remaining, lifting the u.s. to the next round of the world cup play while touching off wild celebrations across the soccer crazy usa. ...

Many of their phone calls, wanted to read into this a dispute about sub tstance. in response to the observation about the in-fighting, i would say theres politics involved in absolutely everything, including in the most senior levels of the military. >> and, michael, what about the fear that this would turn into, and i hate this phrase, the political hot potato, that this somehow would be politicized and critics would use this against the president? have we now passed that with the naming or wan...