what the president said in his meeting on friday in copenhagen? did he have any objection? what are you hearing from the white house about whether they were happy or unhappy that the general went so public. the white house is not saying much about that meeting with general micchrystal at all and not saying that the president approved of the speech given in london and this very sort of public assessment and i think you can be sure in conversations with senior advisors is that the president is looking at an array of options and it s decidedly unhelpful to have a general mcchrystal out there saying a scaled down plan would not work. his plan is the only way to go. they are looking at an array of options. the white house is saying out of this, at least publicly, but privately the defense secretary s speech was met favorably here at the white house. the defense secretary seems to be taking the front line and also jim jones the national security adviser over the weekend saying