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Think he has been enormously responsible as secretary of defense. >> why are you leaving the senate? >> ha-ha-ha. well, i think six years is a good period of time to be in the senate. i intend to remain fully involved in the issues, even though i'm leaving in two years. >> thank you. i want to ask you more about that later. i want to know what's wrong with the senate, i am curious. you seem like a good guy. thank you. senator webb from virginia. when we return, let me turn to the man on the stage. there he is now, how i am going to remember that guy. he is the guy that broke the blacklist. k...

By nature valley. we're back. robert gates listed a sober warning when he spoke to west point cadets this friday. here's what he said. >> but in my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big american land army into asia or into the middle east or africa should have his head examined. >> wow. senator jim webb is a democrat from virginia. he sits on the armed services committee. was secretary of the navy under president reagan. senator, sometimes somebody says something in washington. it's not just words. i was stunned by that. what was your reaction? >...

We're back. robert gates listed a sober warning when he spoke to west point cadets this friday. here's what he said. >> but in my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big american land army into asia or into the middle east or africa should have his head examined. >> wow. senator jim webb is a democrat from virginia. he sits on the armed services committee. was secretary of the navy under president reagan. senator, sometimes somebody says something in washington. it's not just words. i was stunned by that. what was your reaction? >> well, first of all...

Even with a cakewalk, he doesn't think of himself. he did what he wanted to. i'm not sure that it's simply because of the change of the democratic fortunes in virginia. >> bret: republican george allen announced he would run in the race. he was beaten by webb six years ago. there are democrats who they'd put up? >> this has to go in as a potential pick-up for republicans who were only four seats away from the senate right now. they will face primary against ratkey, lead over the virginia tea party. it would have been a rematch with jim webb, but he is a formidable popular governor. other than ...

Retirement, democrat senator jim webb of virginia said he would return to private sector but plans to remain involved in national issues. president obama thanked him for his service in a private phone call this morning and the white house professed concern about the impact of webb's decision on the 2012 electoral map. >> i think virginia is going to be a competitive state as last time. >> the democrats must defend 23 seats including two held by independents compared to ten seats held by republicans. today's decision by webb marks the fourth retirement of a sitting senator in this cycle, only o...