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To achieve in libya? have we written it down and are we taking appropriate measures? >> thank you very much. i want to get to a break because we are anticipating here a briefing from the pentagon, secretary gates delaying his departure for russia. we expect to hear the military perspective here at home shortly so a quick break here and then well see on the other side. ♪ a-di-os, cheerio, au revoir ♪ ♪ off it goes, thats logistics ♪ ♪ over seas, over land, on the web, on demand ♪ ♪ ...

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Charge. its in the area of operations of general madison, u.s. military central command. its really up in the air. >> this may be a question that president obama is going to answer. weve just learned he is going to make a statement in about half an hour so were listening for that and weve also heard that the pentagon briefing is going to be delayed until after the president makes his statement. it may be that we get some clarification here about who is in charge, jonathan. how important is knowi...

Launched now the first missiles inside libya. the action that was taken earlier today was on behalf of the french, french jets over head striking armored military vehicles and tanks that had potentially violated the cease-fire by firing on benghazi today and now these missiles. we had heard from the president from the secretary of state earlier that they were committed to supporting the effort by all necessary measures. do you think this goes beyond just supporting the effort? >> oh, no. i think...

Power. she would not go that far. what she said is once we go in, once we start taking action, we change the environment and she intimated that it may be possible that those around gadhafi change their minds. do you think thats likely to happen, that people who have propped up gadhafi for years, some of them for generations, that they might look at this and go, maybe its time to forego our support of this man? >> you know, secretary clinton is a very sophisticated diplomat, very experienced publ...

>> how are you doing? >> secretary gates has now delayed at least for one more day his trip to russia. russia is now taking a stand and appears to be balking on the u.n.-led effort to stop the violence against civilians in libya. how problematic is russias obs tin ens about what is happening with france and other western nations taking the lead on this. >> the only problem russia can cause now is if we need to have another u.n. security council resolution to up the ante. i dont think well need t...

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The disruption and chaos, could get into the wrong hands. has are the steps we need to take to make sure that doesnt happen and are you confident that we can prevent these kind of things like anti-aircraft missiles that are portable, which in terrorists hands could be a disaster for the west that this wont happen? >> again, lessons need to be learned from iraq. weapons stockpiled are often utilized by insurgents and extremists in iraq to carry out attacks against coalition forces. keep in mind t...

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Dynamic the west has finally intervened militarily. just this small military action from the french but all indications are this is just the start of a much broader military campaign and will that turn the tide? the rebels certainly hope so and they hope that if they get this air cover that they didnt have on their first drive to tripoli that theyll have it now and continue their offensive. >> and, richard, the -- there are a lot of people from other countries in libya desperate to get out. what...