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>> u.s. troops in afghanistan have a new war commander, general petraeus was confirmed by the full senate in a unanimous vote. supreme court nominee elena kagan is moving closer to her confirmation as her hearings near an en. today was day three. she is expected to sail through. police in cypress are hunting an alleged russian spy wanted in the united states. the suspect was arrested there yesterday but has disappeared after being released on bail. and hurricane alex is dumping rain on south tex...

Also were near the end of a very bloody month in the afgh afghanistan war. petraeus is going to go before senators tomorrow, hoping to be confirmed as the new war commander. he may pale in comparison to the damages that he could face in the weeks and months ahead. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr, she is here with a preview in what this means. hey, barbara. >> a lot of pleem tell you, the biggest challenge for general petraeus may be trying to show the senators he can make progress in th...

To end a career like mcchrystals? michael hastings has never served his country the way mcchrystal has. >> is this going to prompt the military in general, the commanders in afghanistan in particular, to be more wary of journalists? >> of course. because you -- what you see is not what you get. clearly youve got someone who is making friends with you, pretending to be sympathetic and then take what you say. when you start an article with general mcchrystal making obscene gestures, you arent even...

Funding from bp and all of the institutions are engaged in developing proposals and research projects to go assess the impact of this horrible tox i toxic plume. >> thank goodness. a gem of the gulf coast, you gays are busy these days. good luck. >> thank you. were very busy and redistracted with this but its very important work for sure. >> shepard: ill say. moten marine laboratories, google it. appreciate your time. >> thank you. the oil spilling in the gulf, fairing of the war commander in ...

Mcchrystal a hearing. thats what we are getting from the president. that type of tone. that he is going to be fair. hes going to make up his mind after he gives a sense from the general himself. everybody around him, john, and kiran, have alreadyensly said look, all the options are on the table. but the option it seems to be very clear is he hes not going to survive. we are going to see just whether or not the president will give him another shot at this. so far, this is a story thats still deve...

President obama says mcchrystal created division and says he wont tolerate that. new reaction to the decision to sack his general. will critics who think he has been too weak be satisfied? and the main system for capturing gushing oil in the gulf breaks down. well tell you what went wrong and how this mishap could make the worst spill in u.s. history even worse. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." were told general stanley mcchrystal wont even return to afghanistan to pack his bags. ...

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United states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off. im suzanne malveaux. youre in "the situation room." top military leaders are rallying behind the presidents decision to fire his afghan war commander this week. general stanley mcchrystal was forced out after he and his aides mocked administration officials in a rolling stone magazine interview. general david petraeus, the head of u.s. central command, now is poised to take over. and the president is vowing to move forward with his war s...

Thats why they are calling on the republicans to rally on this. >> thank you, dan. well, now con confirmation hearings for supreme court pick elena kagan and the soon to be war commander in afghanistan, general petraeus. now, kagan is getting the tougher grilling of the two, as we saw. the ranking republican on the committee pounds her about her decisions as dean as harvard law school. heres how she explained it. >> senator sessions, i have repeatedly said that i believe that the dont ask, don...