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While the soldiers might start coming home a year from now, the year won't be over in july 2011. >> jamie: good information. you can call him "dave." i can't even call you "bob," general. >> call me "bob." >> jamie: no, no. i can't. thank you for speaking with us today. take care, general. >> eric: the future of michael steele now. republican senators ramping up pressure on the chairman following the controversial remark about the war in afghanistan. firestorm of criticism is erupting this morning after he was videotaped at a connecticut fundraiser saying that afghanistan is, "a war of obama's...

Starting a withdrawal of u.s. forces that president obama wants next year. what exactly is ahead? joining us now, major general bob scales, general happy fourth to you. thank you for your service. and the service to us, too. great to have you here. >> thank you, jamie. happy 4th of july to our young men and women serving in harm's way. >> jamie: let's talk about those in afghanistan. now that general petraeus is on the ground, he will make an assess. and he says winning is what he is after. he said that the civilian element, the political element, and the military element all must come into pl...

Confirmed and on his way to the senate. the question is the civilian death has been an issue for the afghan people. if you change rules of engagement, do you rub the risk of more civilian death of afghans? how will the afghans respond to that? >> well, jamie, it's all balance. think of it as a pendulum that swings between on the one hand protecting the afghan people by putting greater restrictions on the soldiers, and on the other side, protecting the soldiers and gives them freedom of action. dave will change rules of engagement. but what is different about his approach it will be done sudden...

Unity of action. he has seen the coalition go in different ways and ideas emerge on the civilian and side, nato, american, afghan side. he is committed to putting everybody on the team and charging off with one single focus under one single leader. then the other aspect of the petraeus touch i would argue is relentlessness. one thing about dave is that he takes the big idea, and he drives it home. he makes sure everybody understands his intent. to all the aide yenses, the american -- audiences, the american people, soldiers, nato allies and equally important to the enemy. he wants to make sure...

Actually can we do something different. before the show sometimes we sipping when no one is singing. dave sings a lot. it is roll it don't, don't. you didn't do this. ♪ [ singing ] oh, my. and it sounded really good. >> i can't believe you did that. did i survive? >> no. and feel free to rerack that. you can go to hollywood. >> ♪ [ singing ] that is uncomfortable right now. >> when dave doesn't know the cameras is on. back to you, kris.