i'm giving an order, brohm quickly said. i was shocked. i've never herd a president frame a decision as a direct order. when the military, it is unnecessary. as secretary of defense i had neverir you'd -- never issued an order to get something done. obama order as biden's urging both showed the inability of both men with the american culture. and although biden was called a knowledgeable colleague, he said biden, quote, has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades. the obama administration has been pushing back on secretary gates' book saying in part of course there were debated about policy in -- debates about policy in afghanistan. >> but that process led to a stronger policy for our troops and security because it was focused on what the original purpose of going to afghanistan was about, which was holding responsible those who attacked the united states and killed americans on september 11th, 2001, and assisting the new afghan government and the afghan security forces. >> as