and so whether or not i thought that that article was a fairnd accura deption not i'm responsible. i accepted responsibility because that's what commands do and that's what i was raised to do. i had no recitation to do that. >> rose: but there's this. i talked to fortunater secretary of defense robert gates about this. he says to me that i wanted stan to stay. he didn't give me anything to keep him there which means i think you just fell on your sword. >> charlie i accepted responsibility. all of this happened in about a 24 hour period. there really wasn't time even for me to dohe kind of investigation on the things there that i thought were probably warranted. i thought it was most important that i stand up and take responsibility. if the truth gets sorted out later that's good. but the mission is more important. >> rose: some argued the mix was more important and by resigning, you did the thing that you most feel bad about. you had to leave the mission unsuccessful. and really what would have been the wiser and more honorable thing t do was to stay on the mission. really you thou