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Maybe the president's own national security team, look, this seemed to bite general mcchrystal, the person that general petraeus replaced, general mcchrystal couldn't handle the fact that there were people second-guessing him in washington. it seemed to get under his skin. already we're seeing a lot of second-guessing again. this was in the "new york times," sort of anonymous quotes from august 1st. while several officials said mr. boem remain committed to the strategy he set out at end of last year, they concede the that the counter insurgency part of it had lagged. how is general petraeus ma...

Bush closely during this point in the iraq war when general petraeus took over. what are you seeing similar in david petraeus to what did he did in iraq and what's different? >> it's very interesting. the point you made a moment ago, people taking shots at the strategy and at him. remember during the surge he did not have support from the chain of command. he had people up and down both on the civilian side and the military side questioning what he was doing. that's a big difference here even if he does get people questioning what he's doing. the conventional wisdom in the darkest days in 2006...

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Completely resolved yet but i think one thing that general petraeus will be clear on is these things have to move together. fight the terrorists, fight the counter tirm but build the rest of it, as well. >> you were covering president bush closely during this point in the iraq war when general petraeus took over. what are you seeing similar in david petraeus to what did he did in iraq and what's different? >> it's have interesting. the point you made a moment ago, people taking shots at the strategy and at him. remember during the surge he did not have support from the chain of command. he had...

Rod blagojovich's situation. here's other lockup headlines on our criminal crime blotter today. new york governor david paterson's close aide david johnson turned himself in to face assault charges. johnson's case played a role in paterson's decision not to seek re-election this fall. and out in arizona, former california congressman randy the duke cunningham who's halfway through his prison sentence for corruption, tells the san diego city beat he's teaching classes to fellow inmates and learning about prison life. he says "maybe that's why god put me in here to, bring about much needed priso...