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Their teams, some of whom are going to be shuffling their own lives, whether its the cia or in afghanistan, all of you have done outstanding work, and im grateful for your service to our nation. and once again, let me thank the families of the individuals here, all of them make extraordinary sacrifices. michelle can attest to that. we know that none of us could be successful where it not for your extraordinary support. so thank you very much. >> there you have it, the president used the word shu...

Quickly, move fast. the president had a conference call with top officials like craig fugate, the fema director, to make sure that this administration is on top of the situation. in fact, were told by aides that before the president starts talking about national security at this convenient in a few moments hell address the storms and talk about the victims as well before he gets into the important national security changes as well, brooke. >> lets talk about the changes. barbara, weigh in first ...

Petraeus in charge of the job in afghanistan is the presidents choice to replace panetta over at the cia. i want to bring in two of my colleagues, ed henry, waiting for the president at the white house, and barbara starr at the pentagon. ed, before we talk about the changes in national security, we have to talk about the horrific storms, weve learned that the president i believe along with craig fugate, fema director, will be going to alabama tomorrow. what more do you know about his schedule? >...

Confirmed and were also looking at the retirement of general petraeus. >> you know, panetta would take over at the pentagon for retiring secretary bob gates on july 1st. now, general petraeus is going to hang around there in afghanistan for that transition until at least september. so there will be a little more leeway there and there will be some kind of temporary interim director appointed at the cia to take panettas place. both of these appointments are getting very marks, will be easily conf...

Of the office of budget and management, the om brb, the off of management and budget, over the next year or so will be instituting some very strict budget cuts here. also whos going to take panettas place at the cia? president obama is expected to announce that he will nominate general david petraeus, the man currently leading the fight in afghanistan will now be nominated to take over the intelligence side. thats key because general petraeus has been working with a lot of those cia station agen...