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Was receiving from the white house, about the civilian leadership, in holbrooke, and eikenberry, and about this looming deadline that's sort of hanging around the necks of our troops of july 2011, but whether or not this policy can succeed when we're telling our enemy when we're going to leave the battlefield. basically, mcchrystal had to wait four months to meet with the president. when he did, it was a scolding session in europe on air force one. as the author said, it had been -- obama has only visited afghanistan once since the war started. for something as important as afghanistan. i thin...

Beinart, author of the new book "the icarus syndrome," what's your read? >> i think the critical issue is the one your guests just got to. which is president obama said this flap has nothing to do with the disagreement over policy. if you read michael hastings remarkable article, it's very clear that is not the case. in fact, there is a fundamental difference between mcchrystal's desire for an all-in counterinsurgency campaign with as much money and as many years as it will take and barack obama's clear desire to put limits on our intervention in afghanistan. and all of these small things abou...

It doesn't look like this is him but we are monitoring this live picture for you. as soon as he does arrive, we will be able to give you first-hand word and hopefully not long after that find out if -- how that conversation went between the president and general stanley mcchrystal and if, indeed, he's going to keep his job. all right. reynolds, thanks for rolling with me there. this going to be nonstop throughout the next couple of hours. >> we are the world's news leader. breaking news. >> on top of that. by the way, here is the article. runaway general that's -- coming out in "rolling stone....

Government's six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling. the judge said jobs were at stake. what's more important, jobs or conserving the continent? we'll take that one up. plus, those following poll numbers. president obama's approval ratings are in retreat, but one "hardball" regular says not only isn't that a surprise or that isn't a surprise, it was expected, and that it could all turn around if just one thing happens. let me finish tonight with the difference between being elected president and being truly and dramatically accepted as one. first "rolling stone" magazine executive editor e...

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