Two other persons could not be interviewed because the situation was not considered to be safe for the interviewer.
As Murphy, bleary-eyed yet cheerful, prepared for another day of telephone interviews, the situation in Columbus seemed a far cry from the situation at Columbia.
NOTHING", and Neighbour's use of the word "hysteria" to describe the reaction to the interview, inflamed the situation.
Mr. Obama will be on national television on Wednesday, the anniversary of Bin Laden's death, doing part of the interview in The Situation Room.
But Colonel Conti said in an interview that the situation had not really changed: "The farther you get away from the flagpole at headquarters, those policies get overturned by operational realities".
"I don't believe it ever would have occurred to us to conduct an interview in the Situation Room," he said, "and don't believe we would have considered it appropriate".
Jan Egeland, the United Nations special envoy here and a mediator trusted on both sides, warned in an interview that the situation "worries me profoundly," and that the conflict "could become much worse if the fragile peace process crumbles".
Although officials are clearly concerned about the declining revenues, Mr. Page said in an interview that the situation was nothing like what the city faced in 2002 amid a recession when the city's long- and short-term prospects were unclear.
"I think it's a pretty good timetable," Mr. McCain said Friday in an interview on "The Situation Room" on CNN, before adding that it should be based "on the conditions on the ground".
Chris Martenson has an interview about the situation there.
