to increase the national debt limit. jonathan karl, abc news, capitol hill. a key member of the president s staff will soon be leaving the white house. press secretary robert gibbs is taking a new role as an outside adviser. he ll likely be devising strategy for the president s re-election campaign. the president is also looking for a new white house chief of staff and top economic adviser. navy captain owen honors has officially been fired, stripped of his command and assigned to a desk job after those controversial videos shot aboard the uss enterprise. now the navy is trying to figure out what other top military leaders might have known about those videos. karen travers has the latest in washington. good morning, karen. reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. those raunchy videos have sunk the career of captain owen honors. the navy said yesterday that he showed poor judgment and he s no longer fit to serve as the commander. in two weeks the uss enterprise sets sail fo
that a man so concerned about giving honor to fallen comrades apparently was afforded so little dignity in his own death. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. former vice president dick cheney could now be facing a critical medical choice. he has had heart trouble for decades and recently had a device implanted to help it keep pumping. now the new york times is reporting that mr. cheney now faces a crucial decision, whether to seek a full heart transplant. it is a decision he will most likely be forced to make within months. no comment yet from the cheney family. the navy captain who taped those controversial videos has now been reassigned to an onshore desk job. owen honors was fired as commander of the uss enterprise as a result of the scandal. karen travers is joining us from washington with the latest. good morning, karen. reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. those raunchy videos have sunk the career of navy captain owen honors. the navy said yesterday that honors
staff and chairman of the national economic council. on top of that the president is also going to be looking for a new press secretary. robert gibbs will be leaving the white house fairly soon. he s expected to assume a more senior counselor role, or he may serve as an outside adviser for the white house to help in the president s re-election campaign. police in delaware may have a new clue this morning in the mysterious murder of a former presidential aide. john wheeler, a prominent defense consultant who worked in both bush administrations, was found dead in a landfill on friday. police say wheeler was seen alive 24 hours earlier, not far from his attorney s office in wilmington. they hope this tip might lead to more leads in the case. the navy has now fired that aircraft carrier commander just two days after his controversial videotapes went public. now though there are new questions over whether his bosses knew and why they took no action when the tapes were made years ago.
it is 28 minutes after the hour. happening now, president obama arrived back in washington a few hours ago. on his agenda today is signing the food safety bill. the new law overhauls the inspection and oversight of our food. it also gives the food and drug administration new powers to recall suspect products. a federal judge has sentenced a man who helped hijack an airliner to cuba more than 40 years ago to 15 years in prison. luis armando pena soltran returned to the u.s. and surrendered to authorities last year. moments ago the navy officially relieved captain owen honors of command of the uss enterprise after the release of the raunchy videos shot and shown on the ship. he played a prominent role in the videos in 2006 and 2007 but the clips were only made public over the weekend. captain honors and staffers are shown in the videos cursing apparently trying to be funny. time for globetrekking. first up pakistan. the governor of punjab province,
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