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More on the developments. >> general petraeus assumed command in a critical moment in the nearly nine-year war. taliban has opened up new fronts across afghanistan and there are questions about the strategy in afghanistan. today, the change of command ceremony, general david petraeus told both afghans and the world that there would be no major changes to the strategy that was implemented first by his predecessor stanley mcchrystal. but also backed by david petraeus. he says that the strategy is in place and the resources are now here. time to start implementing it and we'll see the progress an...

Afghanistan at a transfer of power ceremony this independence day. joining us live from kabul is conor powell. tell us what's happening here there at this hour, conor. >> well, alisyn, general petraeus now commands some 150,000 u.s. and international troops here in afghanistan. and he took command during a fairly subdued change of command ceremony reflecting sort of the turmoil and chaos over the past couple weeks here at the nato command. now general petraeus paid respect and honor and praised his former commander here general stanley mcchrystal saying that he will continue to do the work tha...

Once a budget is reached, workers will receive full back pay. right now the state's controller in charge of issuing checks says he won't do it. the paychecks aren't scheduled to go out until the end of the month. the new commander of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan arrived in kabul to take on his new role today. general david petraeus is trying to reassure allies that the war against the taliban is on track. a formal change of command ceremony will be held in the next few days. petraeus' arrive comes on the same day six suicide bombers struck an aid compound in northern afghanistan. at l...

Ceremony for the coast guard. he's scheduled to deliver remarks at the change of command ceremony which just began at head quarters in washington d.c. we'll bring you his speech as soon as it begins. but this morning it is all about the money. the new jobs report is out. and it's a good one. shows another 223,000 jobs were added in may. the unemployment rate study at 3.8%. the lowest that measure has been since april of 2000. here's the issue, though. hourly wages still rising very slowly. only up 2.7% over one year. and in an unprecedented move, the president teased the report in a tweet this...

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