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Political reasons. dove,hawk, idealist, whatever your view, no reasonable person thinks it's intelligent to say we'll get out july 2011 if you are going to spend more troops. it was for domestic political reasons and biden was for adding it and i hope he repents for that, too. yesterday he said on tv, the july 2011 deadline, where we begin to draw down, it could be as few as a couple thousand troops. he was quoted saying you can count on us getting out of there after 2011. thank god, general petraeus is in charge of the afghanistan policy more than president biden. >> bret: afghanistan officia...

Political reasons. dove,hawk, idealist, whatever your view, no reasonable person thinks it's intelligent to say we'll get out july 2011 if you are going to spend more troops. it was for domestic political reasons and biden was for adding it and i hope he repents for that, too. yesterday he said on tv, the july 2011 deadline, where we begin to draw down, it could be as few as a couple thousand troops. he was quoted saying you can count on us getting out of there after 2011. thank god, general petraeus is in charge of the afghanistan policy more than president biden. >> bret: afghanistan officia...

Doctor says he is fit for duty. this morning, the 48-year-old commander in chief underwent his first physical since taking office. after the 90-minute exam, the president was deemed in excellent health, but his doctor did say he should modify his diet to bring down his cholesterol level. the president is not done for another physical until august 2011, and that's after he turns 50. those are the headlines. now back to "amanpour" in a minute.

When is his next checkup so we can know more about the president's health? >> surprising, he says he doesn't want so see the president for another year and a half. the doctor is here at the white house every day. it will be in august 2011. they get annual physicals but the two immediate predecessors may have in h medical conditions. bill clinton had cardiovascular issues and george bush in pre-cancerous skin condition but the president doesn't need another one for year and a half. >> julie: just a little high on cholesterol. that is a common symptom. >> gregg: two major banks accused of not fo...

Felt in d.c., philly and new york. abc's david kerley following this tonight. >> reporter: surrounded by new jersey, philadelphia and baltimore, it was centered just northeast of dover, delaware, more than four miles under the surface, measuring 4.1. >> i heard a loud bang and i saw the fence right in front of us shake. >> our neighbor came running out, wanting to know if we felt it, you know, and i didn't feel it, but i heard it. >> reporter: unlike the west coast, quakes are somewhat rare in the northeast and mid-atlantic. >> but we have seen earthquakes in every state of the eastern seaboar...