we are in the middle of, and i think the priorities of that mission are best served by letting the ppesident and his top general have their conversation and make a determination as to how we proceed forward. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satelliteecorp. 2010] >> and defense secretary robert gates had an article written about general stanley mcchrystal's article in the upcoming "rolling stone" maaazine. he said i think he made a exercised poor judgment in this case. we're fighting a war against al qaeda and its extremist allies who directly threaten the united states and our allies around the world. going forward, we must pursue this mission with unity and purpose. that statement from defense secretary gates. and general mcchrystal publicly apologized today for using what he called poor judgment in that interview in "rolling stone" magazine. you can read that article by going to our featurr link section at c-span.org. >> accompanied by mrs. amy. >> after meeting with health insurance executives today, president obama talked about a

. >> in the story they are quoted as ripping on the president's, the vice ppesident, etc. w can the president leave the job with someone who offers that much insubordination? does he plan to fire them? >> let me say ttat there are 90,000 brave men and women in afghanistan. what we owe hem is nothing our best efforts to get a new strategy in the country. that is the present focus. that should be everyone's focus. that was worked out in longow,%- confrontation last fall and last winter. the president went around to many of the people in the situation room, asking them if they agreed with the strategy and asked for their commitment. again, that is what we know the men and women who are fighting over there. again, the president will speak with general mcchrystal about his comments and we will have more to say after that meeting. >> is mcchrystal's jobs saved? >> we will have more to say after that meeting. >> [inaudible] >> i would obviously say that peter has served alongside and withhn a valuable economic team that has faced the greatest economic crisis than any president has