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In his directive, petraeus made clear troops have the right to self-defense. but guess what, the taliban just laid out their own 69-page code of conduct for dealing with afghan civilians. >> the taliban make a very explosive exception for civilians who side with the government of the coalition who they think it's open season to kill. we aren't threatening to kill afghan civilians who express sympathy for the taliban. >> reporter: the coalition says there's evidence that the taliban doctrine is being implemented. recently some 50 elders in the kandahar region received threatening letters tellin...

year. so far across the south and the eastern part of the united states, we couple the heat and humidity, there's no escaping it. >> reporter: how hot is it? >> yesterday, the asphalt tripped at 160. >> reporter: temperatures that can scald in a meat of seconds. >> there's no shade. no place to hide. >> reporter: whether you work or play in the sun there's no escape. across much of the country, temperatures and heat indexes shot well into the triple digits. >> with the oil, you know it's hot. >> reporter: pushing people and power grids to the limit. in arkansas, officials say the bru...

bad cops. >> rose: right. >> and the trouble the administration has had, it's been all bad cops. >> i think that obama came into office wanting to put a stop to this relationship that president bush had with the military where it was very clear that... and bush said it directly, you know, i will do what my generals tell me to do. and obama came in saying well, i'm the commander-in-chief, i will listen to advice from all over the place. if i agree with what the generals say, that's what i'll do. and certainly in the strategic review that they had last fall when they came up with this ...

>> rose: right. >> and the trouble the administration has had, it's been all bad cops. >> i think that obama came into office wanting to put a stop to this relationship that president bush had with the military where it was very clear that... and bush said it directly, you know, i will do what my generals tell me to do. and obama came in saying well, i'm the commander-in-chief, i will listen to advice from all over the place. if i agree with what the generals say, that's what i'll do. and certainly in the strategic review that they had last fall when they came up with this policy, th...

>> and the trouble the administration has had, it's been all bad cops. >> i think that obama came into office wanting to put a stop to this relationship that president bush had with the military where it was very clear that... and bush said it directly, you know, i will do what my generals tell me to do. and obama came in saying well, i'm the commander-in-chief, i will listen to advice from all over the place. if i agree with what the generals say, that's what i'll do. and certainly in the strategic review that they had last fall when they came up with this policy, they had lots of v...