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Its just a hot, calm, no-wind day with this sand hanging in the air. the reaction about the attack yesterday on gadhafis compound has really been a debate about what this entire mission is about. is it a mission to topple -- to top the the libyan leader, or is it really one to degrade his military and protect the civilian population? because one could easily argue, and the libyan government is arguing, that attacking gadhafis personal library and a reception hall is not a move that is consistent...

Did we want gadhafi and his regime out of power? or were we just intervening to save benghazi for a day or two from armored attacks? i think the military measures are disconnected from the fuzzy political thinking that went into this operation. >> is there a scenario under which you could envision the u.s. attacking gadhafi, another one? >> well, you know, i think we had a choice of either deciding we want to take gadhafi and his regime out and heres what we are prepared to do with the cia, saud...

Is very similar to the way the coalition has conducted it up to this point and no more, but also no less." not everyone is convinced. >> i think were going to have to step up our involvement, not find ways to scale it back. even if our goals are limited. and therefore, im a little befuddled by the administrations confidence that it can entrust this mission more and more to the europeans. >> reporter: and that is the unanswered question right now, wolf. if you are going to have nato and the europ...

Right now in libya, the u.s. is part of the coalition attacking gadhafis forces, but back in january the u.s. government was reaching out to the dictators youngest son. the "washington post" reports the state department helped organize a trip for the 27-year-old to visit the u.s. the government did not host his visit but helped an american company set up an internship for him and even organized sight seeing tours. a national security reporter for the "washington post." didnt sunday morning to yo...

Mission partly accomplished. defense secretary robert gates says the u.s.-led effort to enforce a no-fly zone in libya has rendered moammar gadhafis forces defenseless. in an appearance on "meet the press" secretary of state hillary clinton defended the military action. >> this was an international effort that the united states was a part of. i certainly believe it was within the presidents constitutional authority to do so. it is going according to the plan that the president laid out. the unit...

Reportingly from a senior british commander. were also told allied forces are focused on attacking gadhafis ground troops, a key shift. on that i want to bring in former nato supreme commander retired general wesley clark. general clark, now we know the no-fly zone is in place coast to coast, coalition forces applying pressure on gadhafis ground forces, what militarily does that involve? >> well, were applying ra convi reconnaissance over the site. it doesnt mean we cant -- we cant go after snip...

This talk wouldnt have taken place if theyre not going to be participating in lets call it patrolling libyan air space to deter the gadhafi air forces from flying, to enforce the no-fly zone but when it comes to protecting civilians, the broad mission president obama spoke about yesterday, when he spoke to the american people about this mission, and the air to ground attacks that would be involved, that is attacking armor and attacking gadhafis forces thats hard to say them doing at this point. ...

Theyre not particularly well trained and led. but theyre still better than the rebel forces are and even with the no fly zone it may be too little too late. >> yeah. but, colonel, with our technology, with our satellite technology, with our precision accuracy of the cruz missiles and the stealth capability that we have, this has got to be viewed as a serious blow, is it not, strategically, to gadhafis army? >> it certainly is. and it will prevent them from making any further advances on the rebe...

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>> when they say handing over control to a coalition authority, we dont flow who that is. neera, the consensus is that gadhafi is a bad guy and should not be in power. >> it is, as the president said, united states spoil for him to not be in power. he is a person who has delegit mo that is a different goal than actually protecting people. i think the problem for j.p. is on one hand, he is arguing that we can have mission creek and you can end up aiding the rebels and doing these other things. on...