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Images are getting the most clicks. all of that next on "news nation." and topping the headlines on "andrea mitchell reports," general david petraeus is testifying before congress for the first time since taking over at the commander of the war in afghanistan. he outlined fragile but significant progress. >> while the security progress achieved over the past year is significant, it is also fragile and reversible. the achievements of the past year are important as i prepare to provide options to president obama for commencement of the drawdown of the u.s. surge forces in july. >> in a new "wa...

We waste that amount because it's cheap and we can. >> and actual cost whether the war or environmental or anything else is not in the price to the consumer so what in the heck does anybody care? i got it. let's move on to something else. we've been trying to maintain an inspiring tone in these conversations. the news is very much at odds with that. today is no exception. afghanistan back in the headlines as general david petraeus giving lawmakers by his measure an upbeat assessment of the situation in afghanistan. >> as a bottom line up front it is the assessment that momentum achieved by the...

July 2011 when forces are supposed to begin to come out. is your job as commander to try to slow down that washington clock? >> well, i think our job is again to show those in washington that there's progress being made and to do that we've got to build on the progress that has been established so far because there's certainly nothing like irreversible momentum. what we have are areas of progress. we have got to link those together, extend them and build on it because the security progress, as you noted earlier, is the foundation for everything else, for the governance progress, the economic p...