what the elders were telling general mcchrystal and his team -- i was with mcchrystal five meetings and i was at a dozen meetings -- the other two dozen were with our team and his advisor team. the first thing they said is "please do not bomb and kill civilians." that was their number one request. number two, they were saying "we want to be involved in the decision-making process." they were very angry that the government was totally making decisions. it was rather interesting that two months ago president obama had a meeting at the white house. he asked to be advised on what are the elders saying but ironically he asked the military and the n.s.a. to do that. i would like to have had a skype. >> charlie: he asked people in washington what the elders were saying and the people who knew what the elders were saying was -- >> ironically, the military. a month later, a copycat meeting june 2nd to 4th where president hamid karzai summoned about 1,800 elders to kabul called the peace jurga. he was asking the elders their consensus on the process of how to stabilize and rebuild -- or how to st

efforts i believe it was one of the main impediment for the general mcchrystal to give the job done during his mission impossible efforts as a u.s. commander in afghanistan. now the white house has fresh controversy concerning the afghan conflict to do with one of the biggest leak see us military history has revealed the cover up of hundreds of afghan civilian deaths as well as nato fears that pakistan and iran are fueling the insurgency the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks hundred over one thousand times if i documents to british and american newspapers briefed to come from an american army i missed the white house says the pentagon files and field reports were no surprise but to threaten national security . the german chancellor has demanded an investigation into the deadly stampede that love parade dance music festival in germany one of the merkel said she was shocked and the don't want to celebrate love and peace to end in such tragedy nineteen were killed and three hundred forty two injured as vast numbers of particles packed into a tunnel which was the only entrance and exi

mcchrystal. after that, another kentucky senate debate in news conference. >> tomorrow, an oklahoma governor's debate. you will hear remarks from six republican candidates. that is at 6:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. tomorrow on washington journal, the discussion about secretary of state clinton's trip to south asia with matthew lee of the associated press. also a look at politics in the u.s.. we will talk with the former president of the naacp, political commentator sophia nelson and leonard stein horn. later, reagan brooks -- raven brooks. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> c-span is now available and over 100 million homes, bringing you a direct link to public affairs, policy and nonfiction books. it is created by america's cable companies. >> now, a pentagon retirement ceremony for general mcchrystal. he was removed from his position in june after "rolling stone" magazine published an article about him. remarks are by robert gates, and general mcchrystal in this 50 minute p

last weekend general mcchrystal had to fire a farewell party at he's at his mansion at fort mcnair in washington d.c. to commemorate the honorable discharge from the active duty in the u.s. forces the most striking feature of that and his command in afghanistan was the quiet house decision makers has completely lost a unique opportunity i believe that given the choices the u.s. military intelligence and especially law enforcement community would prefer for general mcchrystal to keep his command and instead to see the u.s. special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan richard holbrooke to be fired from his current position which is an officially called ever again drug lords special representative to be united states it was really remarkable that only top civil servant of god a positive coverage in the rolling stone article by the general mcchrystal to my america was richard holbrooke boss u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton richard holbrooke to go the most negative and the poisonous coverage that was the reason why he was called it wounded animal fun by the mcchrystal team america my g

last week in general mcchrystal had to fire a farewell party at he's at his mansion at fort mcnair in washington d.c. to commemorate he's honorable discharge from the active duty in the us armed forces and the most striking feature of that ever and he's commander in afghanistan was the quiet house decision makers has completely lost a unique opportunity i believe that given the choices the u.s. military intelligence and especially law enforcement community would prefer for general mcchrystal to keep his command and instead to see the u.s. special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan richard holbrooke to be fired from his current position which is an officially called drug lords special representative to the united states it was really remarkable that only a top civil servant got a positive coverage in the rolling stone article by general mcchrystal to my america was richard holbrooke boss u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton about richard holbrooke who of the most negative and poisonous coverage there was the reason why he was called it wounded animal fun by the mcchrystal team americ

what the elders were telling general mcchrystal and his team -- i was with mcchrystal five meetings and i was at a dozen meetings -- the other two dozen were with our team and his advisor team. the first thing they said is "please do not bomb and kill civilians." that was their number one request. number two, they were saying "we want to be involve in the decision-making procs." ey were very angry that the government was totally making decisions. it was rather interesting that two months ago president obama had a meeting at the white house. he asked to be advised on what are the elders saying but ironically he asked the military and the n.s.a. to do that. i would like to have had a skype. >> charlie: he asked people in washington what the elders were saying and the people who knew what the elders were saying was -- >> ironically, the military. a month later, a copycat meeting june 2nd t 4th where president hamid karzai summoned about 1,800 elders to kabul called the peace jurga. he was asking the elders their consensus on the process of how to stabilize and rebuild -- or how to stabiliz

mcchrystal. in accordance with article 64, paragraph 19 of the constitution of the this mod republic of afghanistan -- the islamic republic of afghanistan. [applause] >> ladies and gentleman, the chief of staff of the united states army, general george casey. >> good evening everyone, now you know what everyone leaves washington in august. it is great to have you with us. how about a big hand for these magnificent soldiers out there in the field. [applause] as the distinguished guest having already been recognized, i am just going to say to the ambassador and his secretary and distinguished guests, thank you for joining us here curvet some of you -- a tank -- thank us for joining us here. general mcchrystal is the son of mr. and mrs. mcchrystal. he is the fourth of six siblings, all of whom served in the military or married someone in the military. i would like to recognize the immediate family that is here. first of all, the brothers, peter, david, scott in bill, where are you? -- scott in that

the mcchrystal incident, there are many conclusions to be drawn, have been drawn from them. and some of them already looking negative for news the press. but if we look at his successor, general petraeus who has been, in my experience, very accessible to the press and very camp candid, he has not had this trouble. and it may be that the difference is that general petraeus, and i say this in the best sense of the word, a political general, you know, in other words, he has a very good sense of the resonance of what he is going to say in washington d.c. and around the world. i don't anticipate that he will get himself into that kind of trouble. but as i say, i don't think that we can stand on absolutes here. i think we, in the press, have to really look at cases like this and say to what extent can we change the way we behave in such a way that this sort of thing doesn't happen again. >> warner: all right, we are going to have to leave it there, john burns in london, geoff morrell and chris hanson, thank you. >> thank you, margaret. >> woodruff: we had planned to bring you jeff

there was no advance knowledge of that interview at all. >> general mcchrystal was disrespecting his civilian leadership -- should not the civilian leadership have known about that? >> i do not know the exact circumstances. i do not know what was going on in his headquarters. i do not know what is going on in paris. as far as i am concerned, at this point, let me be very clear, general mcchrystal never, ever said one thing, or in any way, shape, or form, conveyed to me any disrespect for civilian authority over the military. never. i have never had an officer do that since i have been in this building in three and a half years. so, i think that this business of questioning of civilian authority, as far as i am concerned, it has been taken out of context, by virtue of the "rolling stone" article. in my interaction with military -- irom e-1's to 4-stars have never encountered, at any level of the military, in this respect for civilian authority. i think this was a rare circumstance. it was an unfortunate one. >> another question about that memo. is there any information that you could

they wanted mcchrystal to stay, obviously. they got along very, very well with mcchrystal and didn't happen, for good reasons. so the change was made and they understand it and they have a heck of a lot of respect for general petraeus. it is a lucky break, i believe, for the united states and for president obama that there was a general petraeus who was ready, experienced to take over when mcchrystal was relieved of duty. it was a lucky break, because if it had been someone other than petraeus, i think people would have perceived this as being some type of a gap, a big bump in terms of our policy. but because general petraeus, who had done something similar in iraq and is sort of the father of this whole counterinsurgency doctrine and was able and willing to go back into the fray, it was just a lucky break for us and for america's continuity of policy. >> do you think general petraeus will change the rules of engagement and should he? >>> i downtown he will change them significantly. the rules have been fairly consistent. our

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for a moment he has apologized for the comments that he made general mcchrystal has been ordered home to the white house to answer questions about his comments in this article a rolling stone article in which america's top commander in afghanistan publicly ridiculed the obama administration before star general tended his resignation according to the pew research center mcchrystal drama filled twenty five percent of the u.s. mainstream news cycle how can the president let him get away with this the second most talked about story in june third was the rocky u.s. economy. while ironically the war costing america more than seven billion dollars each month yielded minimum coverage. leaving the. responsible for drawing a spotlight on scars of hearty that run deep seven years and counting. r t. well coming up later in the program prosecuting a former president on t.v. chance to the american attorney aiming to get george w. bush in the dog to answer for his behavior in the white house. for the administration of george w. bush was particularly lawless i don't think there's ever been a time in

for a moment he has apologized for the comments that he made general mcchrystal has been ordered home to the white house to answer questions about his comments in this article a rolling stone article in which america's top commander in afghanistan hopped likely ridiculed the obama administration before star general tendered his resignation according to the pew research center mcchrystal drama filled twenty five percent of the u.s. mainstream news cycle how can the president let him get away with this the second most talked about story in june third was the rocky u.s. economy. while ironically the war costing america more than seven billion dollars each month yielded minimum coverage. leaving those. responsible for drawing a spotlight on a party that run deep seven years and counting. r t. the us secretary of state says north korea will face new sanctions in the latest bid to stem its atomic ambitions hillary clinton was speaking in south korea after holding talks with the fence and military officials she said the new measures including the freezing of assets and to stop north korea or

for a moment he has apologized for the comments that he made general mcchrystal has been ordered home to the white house to answer questions about his comments in this article a rolling stone article in which america's top commander in afghanistan publicly ridiculed the obama administration before star general tended his resignation according to the pew research center mcchrystal drama filled twenty five percent of the u.s. mainstream news cycle how can the president let him get away with this the second most talked about story in june third was the rocky u.s. economy. while ironically the war costing america more than seven billion dollars each month yielded minimum coverage. leaving those like the responsible for drawing a spotlight on scars of heartache that run deep seven years and counting. r.t. new york. coming up a little later in the program prosecuting a former president. of the american attorney aiming to get george w. bush in the dog to answer to his behavior in the. administration of george w. bush was particularly lawless i don't think there's ever been a time in american

for a moment he has apologized for the comments that he made general mcchrystal has been ordered home to the white house to answer questions about his comments in this article a rolling stone article in which america's top commander in afghanistan hot likely ridiculed the obama administration the four star general tended his resignation according to the pew research center mcchrystal drama filled twenty five percent of the u.s. mainstream news cycle how can the president let him get away with this the second most talked about story in june third was the rocky u.s. economy. while ironically the war costing america more than seven billion dollars each month yielded minimum coverage. leaving those like the responsible for drawing a spotlight on scars of heartache that run deep seven years and counting. r.t. . the former prime minister of kosovo is to be retried in the hague over alleged war crimes denies previous trial two years ago was abandoned due to a lack of evidence however the president of the yugoslav tribunal has since claimed witness intimidation to blame or denies the senior m

for a moment he has apologized for the comments that he made general mcchrystal has been ordered home to the white house to answer questions about his comments in this article in a rolling stone article in which america's top commander in afghanistan hopped likely ridiculed the obama administration before star general tended his resignation according to the pew research center mcchrystal drama filled twenty five percent of the u.s. mainstream news cycle how can the president let him get away with this the second most talked about story in june third was the rocky u.s. economy. while ironically the war costing america more than seven billion dollars each month. minimum coverage. responsible for drawing a spotlight on party that run deep seven years and counting. r t. the us secretary of state says north korea will face new sanctions in the. atomic ambitions hillary clinton was speaking in south korea holding talks with defense officials said the freezing of assets. comes just days before a joint exercise aimed at the. north. but it was behind the sinking of a ship. well historian caree

mcchrystal drama filled twenty five percent of the u.s. mainstream news cycle how can the president let him get away with this the second most talked about story in june third was the rocky u.s. economy. while ironically the war costing america more than seven billion dollars each month minimum coverage. leaving those. responsible for drawing a spotlight on scars of heartache that run deep seven years and counting. an international aids conference in vienna may have been hearing about breakthroughs in treatment but it's also had plenty of arguments scientists unveiled a new. which health officials are calling for women but he would rights activists say the key to curbing the disease is access to universal a group of aids activists this fall the complaint against the united states president obama's policies favor multinational pharmaceutical companies raising the cost of treatment. one of those making the complaints. unfortunately the obama administration is continuing some bush era policy that said in fact that they were going to threaten

. >> vice president joe biden he never viewed comments by mcchrystal's comments as a personal attack. in the article, he joked that he did not recognize biden's name. he told this week that president obama's decision to fire mcchrystal was the right thing to do. >> i was asked, and i did on my own survey, i think six four-star generals. every single one said he had to go. the president made the right decision. he changed the personalities and put the strongest and policy in place. >> the replacement was general david petraeus. >> actress zsa zsa gabor is hospitalized. and a july heat wave grips most of the nation. wewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewq jaguar platinum coverage is not just a warranty. it's a belief in everything we do. it's a 5 year, 50,000 mile promise. with complimentary scheduled maintenance no-cost replacement of wear and tear items and 24/7 roadside assistance. because when you create the most beautiful, fast cars on earth, you create an ownership experience to match. >>> actress zsa zsa gabor if s in the hospital after breaking several bones. she is seen in much better

i met with mcchrystal. the president met with mcchrystal. he was really apologetic. he knew they had gone way beyond. we also knew that if a sergeant or lieutenant did that, no one could stay. >> why do you think they thought of you as the enemy? >> because i had been someone who offered a plan that was different in degree. but, you know, again, i -- some day i'll be able to lay out exactly what the plan i offered was. it would be inappropriate to do that. because it was so close to, what, in fact, the plan ended up being. i was very challenging to some of the assertions made. if you notice, we have an insurgency plan along the spine of the country. where the population is. it's not a nationwide counterinsurgency plan. we're not engaged in nation building. which was the original discussion was about that. we have a date where we're going to look and see whether it's working. and we have a timetable for transition. to conclude, when -- when general petraeus was picked and the day in the office, it was the day we were supposed to go downstairs in the situation room, th

for a moment he has apologized for the comments that he made general mcchrystal has been ordered home to the white house to answer questions about his comments in this article a rolling stone article in which america's top commander in afghanistan publicly ridiculed the obama administration before star general tended his resignation according to the pew research center mcchrystal drama filled twenty five percent of the u.s. mainstream news cycle how can the president let him get away with this the second most talked about story in june third was the rocky u.s. economy. while ironically the war costing america more than seven billion dollars each month yielded minimum coverage. leaving those. responsible for drawing a spotlight on scars of party that run deep seven years and counting. we're just remind you as well as being on screen twenty four hours a day where only twenty four hours a day it's a web site you can check out any false stories that dot com any time. of the month long and many other features you can find out about russian traffic police telling us that you can save a bill

general mcchrystal has been a great military leader. he is a great man and military office that ordaz -- military officer that i had the privilege of visiting in theater when he was under your command, and i note the great work that he did there and i know it was recognized by you. i also know the great respect he had a of the men and women that served under him. where life takes in now, we all wish him the best and thank him for his service. general, i want to make sure that you appreciate the seriousness of this issue of the deadline, as well as the issue of the rules of engagement. i will not really get into that because i think you have had the opportunity, and you have, adequately addressed those two issues. but if we are going to have military success in afghanistan, and there is no other option -- i know in our minds as well as yours. it is imperative that you have the tools with which you need to work, and as you review the situation on the ground leading up to july 1, 2011, i know we will hear more from you on that issue. i wan

i mean, one thing that these commanders or general mcchrystal or general petraeus has never had a whole lot of and that is time, time to show the kind of progress they need to demonstrate to the american public, to european allies, to the civilians on the ground in afghanistan that there is some kind of strategy is working. this is probablyoing to celete tt process ght now and put more pressure on the commanders in the field to show results, even as they are just now getting the last of the troops the surge called for, they will be coming in by the end of august. so it is putting that much more pressure on petraeus to show what the military can do in the field and almost certainly underscore the limitations of what military alone can do in afghanistan. >> rose: let me cover one thing, you covered pakistan on the isi. >> yes. >> rose: my impression was that because of general can i annie and others that the isi was changing a bit, that they were not as pro islamist as they might have been? >> well, i think like many spy organizations in developing countries the isi is not a monolithic or

he wanted mcchrystal to stay. if did not happen for good reasons. i think they have a heckuva lot of respect for general petraeus. it is really a lucky break that there wasn't general petraeus who was ready, experienced, and could take over. it was a lucky break. i think people would perceive this as being a big bump in terms of policy and because general petraeus would be doing something similar he was able and willing to go back into the fray. it was a lucky break for us and for america's continuity of policy. >> do you think petraeus will change the rules of engagement, and should he? >> i doubt he will change them significantly during give they have been consistent. -- i doubt he will change them significantly. they have been consistent. >> you have not been concerned with the whole back fire to prevent civilian casualties? do you think that is the way to go? >> in terms of defending themselves, will backfire, no. holding by fire in terms of taking action where they believe there may be innocent civilians that are going to be killed and where th

we know about the tragedy with general mcchrystal. we know his resignation was accepted. we know the president nominated general petraeus to take his place. general petraeus appeared before the senate last week and reiterated the need for this money as secretary gates did the week before and said if we didn't get the money, we would start doing stupid things. general petraeus was unanimously confirmed by the senate. he is on his way to kabul to take over the command and we are debating a rule that will delay further the money that those troops need over there. sunday is the 4th of july. george washington on the 9 of july in 1776 was so impressed by that declaration ofndependence that he had all of the continental army come to ranks and have that document read to them. we're going to be reminded again of that sunday. and how important it is for us to follow our commander in chief to give our troops the things they need. the -- mr. dreier: i would like to yield an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mckeon: i wish we could have h

i mean, one thing that these commanders or general mcchrystal or general petraeus has never had a whole lot of and that is time, time to show the kind of progress they need to demonstrate to the american public, to european allies, to the civilians on the ground in afghanistan that there is some kind of strategy is working. this is probably going to accelerate that process right now and put more pressure on the commanders in the field to show results, even as they are just now getting the last of the troops the surge called for, they will be coming in by the end of august. so it is putting that much more pressure on petraeus to show what the military can do in the field and almost certainly underscore the limitations of what military alone can do in afghanistan. >> rose: let me cover one thing, you covered pakistan on the isi. >> yes. >> rose: my impression was that because of general can i annie and others that the isi was changing a bit, that they were not as pro islamist as they might have been? >> well, i think like many spy organizations in developing countries the isi is not a mon

in his last form elect, mcchrystal saluted the troop at fort mcnair for the final time. >>> longtime journalist daniel schorr has died. schorr reported and broke stories at home and abroad for more than 70 years, many of them as one of the original murrow boys at cbs news. he covered world war ii, the cold war and perhaps most famously, watergate, where he discovered his own name on the so-called nixon enemies list. in 1976, he refused to tell congress who his source had been on a story about illegal cia and fbi activities. >> betray your source would be for me to betray myself, my career and my life. and to say that i refuse to do it isn't quite saying it right. i cannot do it. >> schorr was forced out of cbs that same year, did a brief stint at cnn, and for the last 25 years, he was a senior news analyst with npr, still on the air until two weeks ago. dan schorr died this morning in washington. he was 93 years old. >>> when we come back, my colleague, ann curry, finds a woman making a very real difference for friends and neighbors in need. >>> time now for our "making a difference"

so is mcchrystal, by the way. you know, i mean, i know that his comment i guess in "rolling stone" were inappropriate or whatever. look, i'm not a fan of our policy in afghanistan. it just kind of bothered me that a guy like mcchrystal who literally does more before 9:00 than i do all day, when they say that slogan, that actually pertains to me. he probably does more before 9:00 a.m. than i do all day. maybe he doesn't have time to follow as we do what goes on in the culture, in the civilian culture, that when you talk to a reporter -- and what i read was part of the reason they got so much access was because of the volcano and they were stuck in the airport and they couldn't leave so they had nothing to do but talk to each other for a week. >> larry: well, he knew a reporter was there. >> okay, but here is a guy, i don't agree with the policy but that's not his job, he's a soldier, he's doing incredible things before 9:00 a.m. and he has to leave that job because of really some bitchy, gossipy, tmz-level "us maga

the call by the trails was the same call by stanley mcchrystal by the need to secure the general and by the alliance in general for reducing the. we are doing the best possible effort to do that to achieve this and i need speech in a couple comes recalled tonight that we call denies that a lot of effort he's been put in that. it is possible certainly the more than the operation the more difficult it is yes but the fact that it's difficult does not mean that it's not possible and we have the means to do it now in the past a bone of contention if you will between russia and nato is nato expansion towards the east and recently ukraine has dropped its intentions to try and become a member of nato do you think becoming a member of nato is becoming a less attractive or do you think. what do you see on this front in the future i mean i would like to change what you say because i don't think is the right way to put it. the middle is not in ifs and silly so there needs to need to is an organisation of free nation willing to share together certain value and first and foremost the value freedom

. >> we'll show you the defense department retirement ceremony for general stanley mcchrystal, including his remarks, tonight at 10:15 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> tomorrow on "washington journal" an associated press correspondent reviews secretary clinton's week-long trip to south asia. a discussion on race relations in politics. the former naacp president. raven brooks from net roots nation describes how on-line media sites are used to promote the progressive agenda. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, former new york times public editor clark hoyt on the changing newspaper industry. >> a word about some of the standards and maintaining journalistic integrity as we move from one media world to another. >> sunday night on "q and a." >> this week on "the communicators," the proposal by the fcc for an emergency communications network. we are joined by a representative of public safety communications officials and the former s.e.c. chief engineer. -- fcc chief engineer. >> discussion of public safety and whether part of the spectrum could be dedicated to

the call by the trails was the same call by stanley mcchrystal by the need to secure the general by the alliance in general for reducing the. we are doing the best possible effort to do that of this and in his speech in the record night that we call denies that a lot of effort is being put in that it is possible certainly the more than the operation the more difficult it is yes but the fact that it's difficult does not mean that it's possible and we have the means to do it now in the past a bone of contention if you will between russia and nato is nato expansion towards the east and recently ukraine has dropped its intentions to try and become a member of nato do you think becoming a member of nato is becoming a less attractive or do you think. what do you see on this front in the future i mean i would like to chill you would you say because i don't think is there any way to put it. it's not and if so. you need to is an organisation of free nation willing to share together sort of value and first and foremost the value free democracy they want to protect them and it was stay together ac

the obama administration the four star general his resignation according to the pew research center mcchrystal drama filled twenty five percent of the u.s. mainstream news cycle how can the president let him get away with this the second most talked about story in june third was the rocky u.s. economy. while ironically the war costing america more than seven billion dollars each month yielded minimum coverage. leaving those like responsible for drawing a spotlight on party that run deep seven years and counting. r t. u.s. president barack obama has signed into law with sweeping new measures to clean up wall street federal authorities will have new powers to regulate mortgages and loans and to seize control of struggling banks to prevent future financial chaos but it. believes the reform success will depend however on who the government puts in charge of enforcement. the president can't go out and talk about it's recovery summer the economy's getting better this is a great wall street bill when the reality of people's lives is different and shows them much differently in the fight that's going

the call by the trails was the same call by stanley mcchrystal by the need to secure the general by the alliance in general for reducing the we are doing the best possible effort to do that of this and in his speech in the kabul comes a record night that we call denies that a lot of the effort these we put into it is possible certainly the more than the operation the more difficult it is yes but the fact it is difficult does not mean that the possible and we have the means to do it now in the past a bone of contention if you will between russia and nato is nato expansion towards the east and recently ukraine has dropped its intentions to try and become a member of nato do you think becoming a member of nato is becoming a less attractive or do you think. what do you see on this front in the future. i mean i would like to chill you would you say because i don't think is there any way to put it. middle is not in its. need to is an organisation of free nation willing to share. to get their sort of value and first and foremost the value free democracy they want to protect them and it was sta

so is mcchrystal, by the way. you know, i mean, i know that his comment i guess in "rolling stone" were inappropriate or whatever. look, i'm not a fan of our policy in afghanistan. it just kind of bothered me that a guy like mcchrystal who literally does more before 9:00 than i do all day, when they say that slogan, that actually pertains to me. he probably does more before 9:00 a.m. than i do all month. maybe he doesn't have time to follow as we do what goes on in the culture, in the civilian culture, that when you talk to a reporter -- and what i read was part of the reason they got so much access was because of the volcano and they were stuck in the airport and they couldn't leave so they had nothing to do but talk to each other for a week. >> larry: well, he knew a reporter was there. >> okay, but here is a guy, i don't agree with the policy but that's not his job, he's a soldier, he's doing incredible things before 9:00 a.m. and he has to leave that job because of really some bitchy, gossipy, tmz-level "us ma

obama administration before star general tendered his resignation according to the pew research center mcchrystal drama filled twenty five percent of the u.s. mainstream news cycle how can the president let him get away with this the second most talked about story in june third was the rocky u.s. economy. while ironically the war costing america more than seven billion dollars each month yielded minimum coverage. leaving those like responsible for drawing a spotlight on scars of heartache that run deep seven years and counting. r.t. new york. us president barack obama has signed a sweeping new measures to clean up wall street into. getting new powers to regulate mortgages and lows trances control of struggling banks to prevent future financial chaos economist mike norman been a use the new no means big changes for america's financial landscape. is it strong enough to prevent a future collapse that's a good question i'll just say this if bad policy isn't acted then there's always the possibility that we could have a future future collapse and in fact thinking back on the collapse that we've just b

there was failing of course well for a moment he has apologized for the comments that he made general mcchrystal has been ordered home to the white house to answer questions about his comments in this article a rolling stone article in which america's top commander in afghanistan publicly ridiculed the obama administration before star general tendered his resignation according to the pew research center mcchrystal drama filled twenty five percent of the u.s. mainstream news cycle how can the president let him get away with this the second most talked about story in june third was the rocky u.s. economy. while ironically the war costing america more than seven billion dollars each month yielded minimum coverage. leaving those like bill all responsible for drawing a spotlight on scars of heartache that run deep seven years and counting. r.t. new york. this hour. find out what life. is clamping down on protesters demonstrating is it. an international aids conference in vienna may have been hearing about breakthroughs in treatment but it's also heard plenty of unlike humans scientists unveiled a new

good for general mcchrystal. good luck to him. there again i think michael steele was a complete mistake. thank you. host: our twitter address is cspanwj. a lot of messages. here is one of them. i will think more of mr. steele if he stays than if he quotes wilts down. speak your feelings, mr. steele. boynton beach, florida, independent line. david. good morning to you. caller: how are you? host: fine. caller: i think michael steele -- i don't know what he said, i don't know all the reasons, but i know the president is commander in chief. it is his war. he fired mcchrystal. he shouldn't have done that. he's got our soldiers' hands tied politically. they can't do anything without first checking this and checking that and when they can shoot they end up getting shot first. i think the war has been -- wars have been politicized since vietnam. i just don't know where we're going and if we're fighting wars with our hands tied our guys are getting killed for nothing. i feel bad for the military. they can't do what they have to do to prot

the original rationale that general mcchrystal put out was to protect the afghan people. but what we've seen since the restrictive rules have gone into effect is afghan civilian casualties have reached an all-time high, as have the losses of young americans and young nato troops. so we really have to take a look at this situation, see if there's a better way of accomplishing the task. >> lehrer: do you agree, major, that there's a connection between the rise in u.s. casualties and the possibly some misunderstandings about the rules of engagement? >> i'm not going to speculate on those individual actions that are occuring at a hair split second decision. i will tell you what i saw. and i had a unique perspectivele bed wind the afghan national army. i got to work alongside afghan soldiers, very few americans pretty much myself and one other american would be out on missions. and i saw how the afghans approached these prickly moments when there's uncertainty, when it's a shoot-don't shoot moment. for the most part, they laid back and i think we could today we call it coin do

military any more than a new policy by mcchrystal meant a change in practice by u.s. forces. >> these are war crimes. you said to cover of -- >> you already asked a question. >> with all the information you gave, what did they hold back on, and you have more? >> since december, they have been on a publishing hiatus. in order to do significant engineering to cope with the amount of submissions and the amount of public interest, it is actually a very hard engineering task to supply 2% or 5% of the entire world internet population at a single moment with materials, so we are a small organization trying to understand how to do that in a secure way theory dead -- in a secure way. as a result, we have built up an enormous backlog. in addition, along with 18 or 26 other people, we received a substantial increase in the number of submissions. we have an enormous range of material we are trying to keep up on with our sources in achieving the maximum for that material. >> [inaudible] >> this is one of those cases, so we have released to the public 76,000 reports from this set o

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general mcchrystal will receive desk in front of the review stand. to watch your attendance and enjoy your evening. -- thank you for your attendance and enjoy your evening. -- general mcchrystal will receive guests in front of the review stand. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] a free-lance journalist recently traveled to afghanistan to observe troops training and afghan security force. many of the afghan troops are receiving training from the u.s. military. >> this is my third trip to afghanistan since the summer of 2007, and on this trip i focus my attention on the capital area around kabul, and also the remote eastern portions of afghanistan near the pakistan border. i spent some time with the army unit that trains the afghan commandos. the u.s. army as an aviation unit that is working these commandos to train them up in air assault missing. you cannot in any whereby road -- anywhere by road. even where roads exist, it can take two hours to get miles. preferably, you mo

. >> general stanley mcchrystal ended a 34-year military career this afternoon with the full pageantry of a 17-gun salute, army marching band and acknowledging he is not leaving the milton his own terms. in a source, public comments being fired by president obama for making disparaging remarks about vice president biden and other leaders, micchrystal admitted regrets. >> i was given the unique opportunity to serve with 46 nations under the leadership of nato. we were stronger for the diversity of our force and i'm better for the experience. >> reporter: mcchrystal fell out of favor after a "rolling stone" magazine published an article with quotes, scathing remarks they made about the president and their bosses. >>> there is a double dose of bad news tonight for bay area nature lovers beginning with the investigation into who killed hundreds of thousands of bees. organizers at the hayes valley farm in san francisco said someone sprayed pesticides on their hives killing up t to 200,000 honey bees earlier this week. they filed a police report but doubt anything can be done. the bees were

when the defense subcommittee of appropriations visited general mcchrystal and the ambassador and the rest of our leadership in march in afghanistan, one of the things that they told us is that there had been a difference, significant differences in the war. part of it ms. wasserman schultz: that the afghan army was stepping up in a different way, a new culture if you will, they were taking owner in the war. in pakistan, troops had been shifted from the kashmir border over to the afghan border and that they were being attacked themselves by taliban terrorists, so the pakistanis were showing an interest and an energy, which up until now, they have not given us or given the afghan people. they are no longer looking at this war as america's war in afghanistan. they are seeing it as their war that has spilled into pakistan and caused instability in the region. i will say this, our commander, general mcchrystal said, i'm not over here to waste everyone's time. i'm keenly aware that the clock is ticking and we have to have a resolution on this. the campaign had just been concluded and went

general stanley mcchrystal has officially retired. mcctalw command in afghanistan last month, after making scathing remarks about his bosses in "rolling the general said his serv not end as he had ho he also made a joke about his run-in with the medi >> i have stories on all of you. photos on many. and i know a "rolling stone" reporter. >> defense secretary robert gates praised mcchrystal's work during his 34-year career. >>> and rescuers continue searching lake michigan for four people after a medical flight crashed friday. officials say the single-engine cessna was experiencing engine problems. the pilot and co-pilot volunteered to fly a cancer patient, his wife and his doctor to the mayo clinic. >>> and a canadian fighter pilot is recovering in the hospital, after ejecting from his plane moments before a crash. the accident happened during a practice flight at an air show in southern alberta on friday. >>> and the worst-kept secret in american politics, the location for chelsea clinton's wedding has apparently been confirmed. local

stanley mcchrystal bid farewell to the army today 37 his friends and colleagues threw him a retirement party. he was fired last month as the top commander in afghanistan after the rolling stone magazine quoted negative remarks he made. >>> the storm named bonnie is on the gulf of mexico tonight. the national hurricane center says bonnie is said to strengthen again. right now its moving towards the bp oil well. >>> a whale beached on a yacht off the coast of africa. it beaches on to the boat. no one was hurt, not even the whale. >>> the gillroy garlic festival this weekend. fromgrandfather lick lovers from all over the world will visit to chow down. >>> the a's take on the red hot white sox at the coliseum. and the giants play a wild one. gary has highlights of both games in sports next. 'cause they're gonna have a good time, and they've got extra money in their pocket. those are happy passengers. how much does it cost for those snacks again? nothing. at southwest airlines, when we have a sale, it's a sale. [ male announcer ] southwest airlines has flights starting at $49 one-way. book

the curve on the bombings were introduced last year by a general mcchrystal. conrad black has been told to stay in the u.s. until his last court hearing in august. a judge in chicago said she needed more information on this financial situation before she could rule on the issue. he is released from prison on wednesday after serving more than two years. the philippines has been hit by a major 7.3 magnitude earthquake. it struck wonder kilometers southwest of the city. -- 700 kilometers south of the city. it had yardy been rocked by the initial quake measuring 6.9. all of europe's major banks have passed the test is designed to check if they could survive a crisis. the seven small regional banks in spain, germany, and greece failed. critics argue the test were not tough enough. >> europe's banks have been widely viewed as a link. the 91 biggest have been giving a health take. would they be lowered to half mast in respect for legions of banks on their deathbed? in practice, only seven have failed the test. the edit 85 are in the pink. as for the seven who flunked

military any more than a new policy by mcchrystal meant a change in practice by u.s. forces. >> these are war crimes. you said to cover of -- >> you already asked a question. >> with all the information you gave, what did they hold back on, and you have more? >> since december, they have been on a publishing hiatus. in order to do significant engineering to cope with the amount of submissions and the amount of public interest, it is actually a very hard engineering task to supply 2% or 5% of the entire world internet population at a single moment with materials, so we are a small organization trying to understand how to do that in a secure way theory dead -- in a secure way. as a result, we have built up an enormous backlog. in addition, along with 18 or 26 other people, we received a substantial increase in the number of submissions. we have an enormous range of material we are trying to keep up on with our sources in achieving the maximum for that material. >> [inaudible] >> this is one of those cases, so we have released to the public 76,000 reports from this set o