Video Title: (Mcchrystals Enormous Mistake) Video Duration: 3:13 From: HosseinToufanpour Category: News and Politics robert gibbs declines to say whether gen. mcchrystal's job is safe in the wake of his controversial comments. parties support obama's decision to replace mcchrystal by perry bacon jr. wednesday, june 23, 2010 3:49 pm members of both parties on capitol hill backed president obama's decision to replace stanley mcchrystal after the general and his staff disparaged members of the president's national security team in an article in rolling stone magazine. obama named gen. david h. petraeus to replace mcchrystal as commander of us and nato troops in afghanistan. "i appreciate the bravery and service of general mcchrystal, and i understand and respect the president's decision concerning general mcchrystal," said sen. john mccain r-ariz., one of the leading voices in congress on defense issues and often a vocal critic of obama. "i applaud the appointment of general petraeus." sen. john f. kerry d-m., chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, also signaled support. "the commander in chief has made it clear no one is bigger than the mission and nothing less than a unified effort in afghanistan will get the job done," kerry said. "his decision to return general petraeus to the battlefield provides not just continuity in philosophy, but tested diplomatic skill." house republican leader john boehner ohio said in a statement: "i have great respect for general mcchrystal and the job he's done in afghanistan and elsewhere in service of our country, but i respect the ltbgt...lt bgt Tags: "Most Discussed", Stephany "sthefany brito", "stephany ton", "stephanie meyers", "stephany evans", "stephanie courtney", "stephanie ortega", "stephanie miller", "stephany evans literary agent", "stephany's chocolates", Stephany Flores Van Der Sloot Afghanistan Torture Obs Islamic Raw Video Iran Islam Khamenei Ahmadinejad Murder Tehran Iranian Taraneh Mousavi Manuchehr Riazati Persian تظاهرات شهید ترانه موسوی زندگي ندا آقا سلطان مونا بهائی محمودنژاد مرگ محکوم بچه های خیابانی اعدام شهدای الندا الأغا للسلطان ویدئو ايران تهران خمينى نوحه سکس اسلامی خامنه ای
Video Title: (Annaysis Pelosi As Minority Leader) Video Duration: 2:23 From: NewsyVideos Category: News and Politics transcript by newsy former speaker of the house nancy pelosi has gone from a leader of the majority to the minority leader. and while some question the wisdom of the democratic leadership holding others say, it's really not a surprise. politico's white house correspondent mike allen says four factors led to pelosi's re-election. "math the speaker has a lock on california, on women, on progressives. fear she's still going to control committees, staff, space, a lot less of it, but she's still going to be in charge. talent democrats tell me there's no one better to lead them out of the wilderness, no one better to keep the caucus together in tough times...the final factor that they mentioned is obama this is a way for democrats to say to the president, 'we stand with speaker pelosi.'" the new york times' nate silver says those are all good ideas but it certainly wasn't pelosi's popularity with the public that kept her in a top spot. "in fact, ms. pelosi is among the least popular politicians in america today — perhaps the single least popular one that maintains an active political role." but pelosi blames her low approval ratings on opponents - who she says spent s75 million against her. abc's jeremy hubbard and politico's john hohmann conclude the election really didn't have much to do with pelosi herself. hubbard "so really this is maybe less about her and more about controlling the white house." john hohmann from politico: "she'll make ltbgt...lt bgt Tags: "Most Featured", Newsy "newsyahoo", "newsyslog", "newsy lalonde", "news yemen", "newsyslog.conf", "newsy ipad", "newsychu", "newsycombinator", "newsy neighbor", "", Newsy Newsyvideos Newsy Nancy Pelosi Speaker Of The House Majority Leader Minority Leader Democrat Democratic Leadership Politics News Speaker Pelosi California Women Progressives Committees Caucus Multisource Politician Popularity Approval Ratings Election John Boehner Committee Ignments
