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if you read an article by george packer in the new yorker magazine tracing the career of richard holbrooke, it began in the vietnam. richard holbrooke is no on his last mission to. he has been in many other places in the world. as a representative he cautions us to be careful about likening it to vietnam. he falls into the trap himself from time to time, he says. here is where the holdup is. people need to be fair-minded. they had a difficult election. many argue that it was fraudulent. in order to accomplish what general mcchrystal is asking we have to have a partner in the islamic republic of afghanistan. without a partner the forces from nato and the international coalition cannot accomplish anything. if it is of likening it to vietnam, what happened there, we propped up general diem and it turned out to be the worst thing we could do because he was the leader of an eligible government that did not have the confidence of the people. general the chrysalis saying we need to work on the people, try as best we can to win the hearts and minds. -- general mcchrystal. the literacy rate of the

packers sunday night. doesn't get easier. faces the steelers in week two. with more on that, here's george no one around here is worried at all about jay. >> after an opening night disaster in green bay, jay cutler will try to regain his pro-bowl form against the defending champion pittsburgh steelers at soldier field on sunday. the bears quarterback remains unflappable. >> i feel pretty good about it. four picks is tough. that's a tough one to swallow. it's a tough one to go back and watch. but we're going to bounce back. i'm going to bounce back. we're going to get better, that i can promise you. >> jay is fine. he is concentrating on the pittsburgh steelers. we're not living in the past. we didn't play well. not a lot more you can say. it's about doing something about it. >> cutler and a young core of receivers arest still getting familiar with each other. there were bright spots like the 68-yard connection with rookie johnny knox. but it's clear there also were miscommunications. >> no one's perfect. brett favre has as many interceptions as he does touchdowns. you know? but when his br

george's county, maryland. a nice day today. plenty of clouds around. only a slight chance after few showers today. temperatures in the 70s. sunshine and 82 tomorrow. >>> now, let's amyout. packers. >> sunday night. rit? >> that's right. >> back inside to you. packers. ♪ would i l to you >>> bill, thank yo this morning on "today's real estate," help for home owners. the mtgage crisis is by no ans over and,n fact, millions who took out so-lled exotic mortgages are now wting for the worst. "today" real estate contributor baara corcoran has important advice. good morning. >> good morning, amy. >> let's talk about exactly what an exotic mortgage is. >> well, it's amade-up name that'secome popular, but what it really includes is any kind of morage that's hard to understand, that has a long label on it, that has a lot of moving parts. but in essence, all these mortgages share one thing in common. they want to give you a very cheap introductory rate, and they want to raise that rat and make sure you don't pay off your mortge ev. that's what's wrong with these mortgages. they're whacked out. >> there are specific areas geogphical speaking tt have some of the biggest problems with me of