very close to general mcchrystal. will general petraeus feel comfortable keeping him on or will he make a change in the intelligence structure which is so vital to this counterinsurgency strategy? >> i want to go to capitol hill. dana bash, our senior congressional correspondent is getting reaction. also new information about the confirmation process. the senate armed services committee is going to have to approve general petraeus for this new command position. >> reporter: that's right. i just spoke to the chairman of that committee who said this was a reasonable decision that the president made to get rid of general mcchrystal but also told me that he spoke with the president and he promised the president he would move as quickly as possible. he even wants to have these hearings early next week. he told me early next week to confirm general david petraeus and get him in place as the new commander of forces in afghanistan. with regard to general petraeus, as i'm sure you and all my colleagues have been talking about, there's no question that the reaction here is as expected