native supreme allied commander. welcome, gentlemen. thanks for being with us this morning. general kimmitt, you ve known general mcchrystal for close to four decades. what s your reaction to what happened in light of this rolling stone article? well, i think that the reporter caught stan and his team in an unguarded moment away from the headquarters. i think it speaks for itself, stan and his team have apologized to the president and to his national security team and i think we ll see today where that goes. the president said yesterday the article shows bad judgment is how he put it. but the question of whether or not he can retain the president s confidence. do you think after this firestorm he can continue to lead? that s going to be the key question. does the president have confidence in him to carry out the strategy in afghanistan. you got to remember what mcchrystal needs to understand, it is just not his brilliance in afghanistan. it s building a team. that s the congr