course of that vote. the president is going to get the funding for now. but this leak does reinforce the doubts that a lot of democrats and even some republicans have now about the course of this war. this is an unpopular war. it is losing support. there are real questions about whether it s winnable and how long the public will support them. these documents reinforce those doubts. president obama has scheduled his next war strategy review for the end of the year. for now white house officials stress the war in afghanistan is a matter of nal sy. mcneely. his father is a deputy fire marshal in california. he sent an e-mail to colleagues confirming the death of his 30-year-old son. the taliban claimed it killed mcneely and captured another sailor in southern afghanistan last week. we are learning more about bp s plans to replace ceo tony hayward this morning. the embattled chief will leave the top spot in october and tk
mcneely and captured another sailor in southern afghanistan last week. mcneely s also the nephew of a state lawmaker in colorado. bp is confirming a big change in top management this morning after the boards of directors meeting in london. the company s also selling off assets to raise money. lama hasan is joining us from london with the latest details. lama? reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, vinita. you re absolutely right, bp has had its board meeting this morning and he is on his way out. after 28 years with bp, tony hayward s tenure is coming to an end. and on october 1st he ll be taking a job with bp s joint venture in russia. as you said, bp is planning to sell $30 billion worth of assets. now, he s really been the face of this oil spill. he s been nicknamed captain clueless for the way he handled or mishandled the oil slick disaster. it s also been a pr disaster for the company. you ll recall that he said he wanted his life back. that the gulf of mexico is one
u.s. forces need focus their resources and energy on this effort. there s a significant shortfall still of trainers to provide basic instruction and to afghan recruits and of mentors to imbed with afghan units in the field. building the capacity of the afghan security forces to provide security is not simply what we seek. it is what the afghan people seek. that s what we were told by 100 or so elders in southern afghanistan last year. when we asked them what they wanted the united states to do, they told us that we should train and equip the afghan army and provide for their country s security and then we should depart. the 1600 delegates to the afghanistan consulted a peace at the beginning of the month adopted a resolution calling on the international community to, quote, expedite the training and equipping of the afghan security forces so they can gain the capacity to provide security for
basic instruction to afghan recruits and of noernts embed with afghan units in the field. building the capacity of the afghan security forces to provide security is not simply what we seek it s what the afghan people seek. that s what we were told by 100 or so elders in southern afghanistan last year and when we asked them what they wanted the united states to do, they told us that we should train and equip the afghan army to provide for their country s security and then we should depart. the 1600 delegates to afghanistan consulted a piece your ga at the beginning of this month, adopted a resolution, calling on the international community expedite the training and eing of the afghan security forces so that they can gain cat p.a. pap passity to provide security for their own country and people. i remain deeply concerned, however, by reports that there are relatively few afghan army troops in the lead in operations