Early Word on Obama’s Meeting With General Petraeus

Watching Obama’s live speech from Iraq now, he says of Petraeus (paraphrasing): His concern has to do with wanting to retain as much flexibility as possible. The focus of their discussion, Obama said, wasn’t on how precipitous the exit would be. He added that he’d feel the same way if he had Petraeus’ job but the job of Commander In Chief extends beyond iraq.