and good morning, everyone. did you lose your voice cheering for the hoff last night? the only way it could go. i don t know it is. the back-to-school cold crept up on me. i apologize. we have a big story. a huge story. bob woodward s book, a bombshell. infights over sending thousa nds of troops. the president pushing hard against the chairman of the chief of staffs, mike mullen. against general petraeus. the top security adviser, jim jones, reportedly referred to his aides as water bugs, the mafia. he says the cia has set up a 3,000-man paramilitary force, a secret force, that fights the taliban in afghanistan and pakistan. all this comes as another top economic aide is set to leave the white house. we ll have more on the white house shakeup ahead. and also this morning, it s been a political flash point this year. we re talking about islam, with the proposed mosque near ground zero. we begin an in-depth series. and we kick that off our next half hour. we begin
the decision, live. and good morning, everyone. did you lose your voice cheering for the hoff last night? the only way it could go. i don t know it is. the back-to-school cold crept up on me. i apologize. we have a big story. a huge story. bob woodward s book, a bombshell. infights over sending thousands of troops. the president pushing hard against the chairman of the chief of staffs, mike mullen. against general petraeus. the top security adviser, jim jones, reportedly referred to his aides as water bugs, the mafia. he says the cia has set up a 3,000-man paramilitary force, a secret force, that fights the taliban in afghanistan and pakistan. all this comes as another top economic aide is set to leave the white house. we ll have more on the white house shakeup ahead. and also this morning, it s been a political flash point this year. we re talking about islam, with the proposed mosque near ground zero. we begin an in-depth series. and we kick that off our next
and they do not present a flattering picture. emily schmidt is in washington with details. reporter: woodward s newest bookout lines a series of explosive, internal conflicts about the war in afghanistan. according to t the new york time times , which says obtained a copy of this book. it expresses serious doubts about the u.s. strategy by a number of officials. one goes as far as to say it just can t work. that strategy involves the president sending another 30,000 americans into the fight last winter. mr. obama is said to have been uncomfortable with the attempts of military commanders to force him into the decision to send those troops before he wanted to do so. the pentagon s top officials are right in the middle of it all. joint chiefs admiral mike mullen is said to say his deputy went behind his back on matters. and robert gates reportedly fumed about possible moves of mr. obama s security staff, which he calls a disaster. the current commander in afghanistan, gener
decision to send more troops in and still a big debate about what is going to happen as that august deadline shows up. what does it say about the the way the obama administration is working inside the white house, are they getting along sph. of course, you know, what s been highlighted right now is the contention talked to a few white house officials and they look at this as, look, you have to open up, you see on the whole their view is the president comes off well and the president has a lot of advisors that agree and disagree and they re happy, i think, on the net with how the administration comes off of this. so, is this about spirited debate within the white house or dysfunctional? i guess that s where i m driving towards. i think the answer is a little bit of both and it depends on what perspective you re carrying on this. obviously, a lot of people who have entrenched opinions on this and we re talking about war here, it s not like something most people will wan
and can it be? the hoff is off. david hasselhoff, the first to go on dancing with the stars. we ll tell us what he thinks of the decision, live. and good morning, everyone. did you lose your voice cheering for the hoff last night? is that why? the only way it could go. i don t know what it is. this back-to-school cold crept up on me. overnight. so i apologize to all of you this morning. we have a big story. a huge story. bob woodward s book, a bombshell. called obama s war exposes the in-fighting over sending thousands of troops to afghanistan. the president pushing hard against the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mike mullen. against general david petraeus. the top security adviser, jim jones, reportedly referred to his political aides as water bugs, the mafia, and the politburo. he says the cia has set up a 3,000-man paramilitary force, a secret force, that fights the taliban in afghanistan and pakistan. and, of course, all this comes as another top e