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The commander of the u.s. forces in iraq and afghanistan david petraeus gave lawmakers a scare when he briefly fainted in a hearing of the armed services committee today. he was escorted out, but quickly emergeded ready to continue and joking about the incident, but despite that, the committee decided to resume the hearing tomorrow. >> general, can you tell us what happened, please? >> i got light-headed and dehydrated. that is all. >> you don't have a problem? >> no, i don't think so. >> we learned that general petraeus received a concerned phone call from president obama, and let's bring in ...

Questions, i assure you. even though the general wanted to continue the hearing, chairman levin postponed it until tomorrow. outside, petraeus clinging to a cup of water faced the reporters' questions. >> can you tell us what happened, please? >> just got light headed. dehydrated. that's all. >> concern that president obama called general petraeus by phone from air force one as he headed home from the gulf. meantime, in afghanistan, more violence, five nato soldiers killed today including one american. bret? >> bret: steve centanni live at the pentagon tonight. thank you. north korea is threat...

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