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Necessary tightly woven cull i chur of those combat forces that we are asking so much of at this time and finally the direct feedback from the survey, my recommendation is that we should not implement repeal at this time. >> now in an interview with the associated press just 69 days after dont ask dont tell officially ended, general amos says im very pleased with how it has gone. he told the ap at the annual ball in washington earlier this month, celebrating the birth of the marine corps a femal...

Ask your doctor if lunesta is right for you. then get lunesta for $0 at lunesta.com. theres a land of restful sleep. we can help you go there on the wings of lunesta. marine commandant amos has rewritten his position on dont ask dont tell. he opposed the repeal of dont ask, dont tell. a military survey found only 40% of marines opposed the repeal, but a majority of marines assigned to combat duty, 56%, opposed the repeal before it was repealed general amos chose to speak for the 56% of marines...

Divorce. in fact, im told kim just released a statement. we will make courtney read it to you. the obama administration is reportedly planning a military build up in the persian gulf after withdrawing remaining troops out of iraq. the plans put new combat forces in kuwait that borders iraq. jim miklaszewski joins us. they have been in discussions about this for months and part of the decision is to reassure allies and answer critics including republicans who are concerned about the troop withdra...

Many of the allies felt that that hedge against iran threatening neighbors was gone. the military is considering putting several thousand american forces into kuwait to serve as a trip wire. this would be pretty much a symbolic show of the force. 3,000 american service members are not going to take on all of iran, but the feeling is that iran would be hesitant to pursue a threat against the neighbors there in the gulf state. if the combat forces were still there in iraq. they already have a robu...

Responsibility for the bombing. according to "the new york times," afghan and u.s. officials suspect the hakkani network were behind the attack. a week after president obama announced withdrawal of troops in iraq. ed administration is looking to strength combat forces. the move will allow the united states to respond quickly should the situation in iraq become more unstable. still ahead here on "way too early," michael vick leads the eagles to a whooping of the cowboys. is philly still a con...

gotten is that mubaraks lawyer, the man representing him, said that mubarak fell into a coma at midday egyptian time and the lawyer also saying that mubaraks health deteriorated throughout the day and then he finally fell into a coma. now, conflicting to that, the hospital where mubarak is being treated in the town says he has not fallen into a coma. so there are conflicting reports as to what is going on. some news agency reports are saying that its not unusual for him to dip in and o...

And now to the flip side for you. our look behind the headlines. it is almost memorial day weekend and for many of us that means an extra day off of work and an unofficial start to summer. but this federal holiday on the last monday in may was originally established to honor the men and women who have died serving in the u.s. military. eight u.s. troops in afghanistan were added to their ranks yesterday when a bomb exploded in a field they were patrolling. it was the deadliest day this month for...

President decided he was not going to sit by for what he thought might be a massacre. he was influenced, and some of his aides were influenced with president clintons experience with rwanda, and he was going to intervene in a limited way. the united states has been disciplined about lowering its profile on this. we are implicated in the situation and we are involved in the on going military action, but the usa does not have boots on the grounds in terms of the combat forces. >> how about in term...

>> as president obama addresses the nation this evening, ill be listening like many americans for answers to the following questions. when will the u.s. combat role in the operation end? will americas commitment end in days, not weeks, as the president promised? what will be the duration of the non-combat operation and what will be the cost? what national security interest of the united states justified the risk of american life? what is the role of our country in libyas ongoing civil war? the p...

Left behind not more than a pile of concrete. joining us now j. t. mcfar land, host of fox news live defcon3. ronald reagan called qaddhafi the madman of the east. youre skeptical. >> when i worked for reagan we had the weinberger principles of war, you should never commit combat forces overseas unless you have a objective that is clearly in americas interest. im not sure what the objective is. what do we do once the military part is over? who do you turn the country over? to me the most concern...