involving a helicopter in baghdad which has been investigated by the army criminal investigation division. an army spokesman says this afghanistan probe is a continuation of the bradley manning investigation. an interesting aspect of this leak is the information on iran s role. iran has meddled for years including supplies weapons to the taliban. in march, defense secretary gates and iranian president ahmadinejad almost crossed paths during a visit to afghanistan. and gates accuse iran eastern of playing a double game acting friendly and causing trouble. we think afghanistan should have good relations with all of the neighbors. and we want all of afghanistan s neighbors to play upfront game in dealing with the government of afghanistan. in an interview on monday ahmadinejad insisted iran is not
classified video of a incident involving a helicopter in baghdad which has been investigated by the army criminal investigation division. an army spokesman says this afghanistan probe is a continuation of the bradley manning investigation. an interesting aspect of this leak is the information on iran s role. iran has meddled for years including supplies weapons to the taliban. in march, defense secretary gates and iranian president ahmadinejad almost crossed paths during a visit to afghanistan. and gates accuse iran eastern of playing a double game acting friendly and causing trouble. we think afghanistan should have good relations with all of the neighbors. and we want all of afghanistan s neighbors to play upfront game in dealing with the government of afghanistan. in an interview on monday
announcing new restrictions for officials granting interviews. that and reaction to explosive comments by general petraeus he made in rolling stone magazine. is the military muzzling the media or is this responsible reform? liz trotta who takes on the media every sunday at this time with her commentary now. good morning. good morning. what are they doing? well, they deny it s a muzzle or that it s an iron curtain, their words, not mine, but in fact defense secretary gates did release this memo, two or three pages long, in which he said the relationship between the military and the media has been a lax one from their point of view. and, of course, it s all happening because of the michael hastings interview with senator with governor my goodness, i can t get general out, can i? general mcchrystal who was fired last week for the
president obama has relieved general stan mcchrystal of his command as top commander of u.s. military forces in afghanistan. it is unclear whether general mcchrystal submitted a letter of resignation to president obama and that was accepted. or that the president took the action on his own. again, u.s. sources tell nbc news that the president has in fact, relieved general stanley mcchrystal of his command over all military forces in afghanistan. of course, we just heard from former defense secretary chone on this program saying that was inevitable decision that he thought the president had to make. senator nelson is with us saying that was also a choice that the president had to make given what s happened. what will be the reaction, though, at the pentagon in that bidding? and in the field, mik? you know all of the people and the civilian side and military side. a lot of supporters there including defense secretary gates and general admiral mullen and petraeus all chose general
including the defense secretary and key generals also participating by video. but the question is we haven t heard except for brief statements from defense secretary gates and we haven t heard from admiral mullen, we haven t heard from general petraeus who helped choose mcchrystal for this position. that is sort of a resounding silence. it is going to be important where the president makes his decision and announcement of the decision this afternoon. i come end him for taking action. any further delay is only going to impair the operation mission current will he put our kids and men and women serving in greater jeopardy. the decision time is here. with respect to secretary gates, admiral mullen, general of joint chiefs and others, i think it will be very important what the president s decision that he has their support, their very vocal and apparent support for the decision he will make. when i was at the pentagon, i had one rule. make no news.