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Taking care of our wounded warrior, our veterans 'cause helping our wounded warriors isn't just a promise, it's an obligation. >> reporter: he hosts a military family's breakfast at the white house, then goes to arlington national cemetery where that traditional laying of the wreath on the tomb of the unknown. back to you in new york. >> steve live for us. thank you very much. as the president goes for his memorial day activities today, that cloud of the v.a. scandal hovering above every move he makes on this memorial day. yesterday some surprising words from the chairman of the joint chiefs o...

The longer we wait, the more likely the possibility is that we end up with a zero option, with no troops at all beyond 2014 because we cannot and will not have u.s. troops on the ground without a signed bsa. >> 2014 is the year that the troops will leave, anyway, and there was no discussion of complete withdrawal in the media. rather the point was the withdrawal is already planned and scheduled. >> the president has ordered the pentagon to come up with a plan to withdraw all troops from afghanistan because hamid karzai, the president, has refused to sign this bilateral security agreement, the ...

Up a probe and what they seem to be zeroing in on now is the day before the september 11 attacks in benghazi, libya, last year, apparently jay carney's office sent out a four-sentence press release that said that the president had met with key national security principals to discuss, quote, the steps taken to protect u.s. personnel in facilities abroad on the verge of these september 11 anniversary. what's interesting is the guy who ran africom was asked, and he said i don't know who they're talking about because they didn't talk to me. they apparently did talk to joint chiefs chair mark demps...

Military. >> operations, maintenance and training will be gutted. we'll ground aircraft, return ships to port and sharply curtail training across the force. we will be unable to reset the force, following a decade of war. our readiness will begin to erode. within months we'll be less prepared. within a year, we'll be unprepared. >> mike: wow. pretty serious stuff. joining me with his reaction, retired four star general and author of the new book, "my share of the task" general stanley mcchrystal, great to have you here, quite an honor. [applause]. there's a real anxiety within the military com...

On our radar this morning, campaign cash for dash goes on, and you know what they say about tuesday, but first, let's bring you that news in afghanistan. the insurgent rocket fire that hit the flame being used by the top u.s. general while he's in afghanistan, while the aircraft was parked at an air base outside kabul. and the chairman of the joint chief of staff was nowhere near the plane when it was hit. the nato staff calls it a lucky shot. general mark dempsey left afghanistan in another aircraft. the obama campaign spending for july exceeded donations. the president's team spent $59 mil...