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President obama. they told me the racial barriers they broke during world war ii paving way for african-american i have a aviators paved the way for election. one of the airmen, colonel, luke wet they ares was buried. he was one of the pioneers. after the war he became the first black traffic air controller with the faa in memphis, tennessee. despite his success during the war he and other airmen faced discrimination at home. subject to jim crow laws inside and outside the military. they provide...

Next slide, please. today coalition military operations have rendered the libyan air and defense forces ineffective and forced the regime to withdraw to ajdabiya. that said, operations have not halted. we will continue to apply the pressure we can through their logistics and command capabilities to compel them to top kill their own people. no one is underestimating the challenge here. even as we transition to a different command structure, we will continue to provide our patterns the enabling ca...

Afternoon eastern standard time when the strikes began. by sunday, the no-fly zone was effectively in place. since that time theres been next to no combat sorties thrown by the regime, next to no air defense mounted. indeed the only civilian casualties we know for certain are the ones that the libyan government has caused. this is the disposition of forces. as you can see the opposition was isolated, under regime attack, and the regime was pressing its advantage in heavy weapons and ground attac...