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Structure on the property. and this is a fast-moving situation and we welcome you to a brand new hour of "americas newsroom," great to have you with us, im martha maccallum. rick: im rick folbaum in for bill hemmer and the coalition air support, 10:00 a.m. on the east coast and the foreign affairs committee holding a meeting on the u.s. mission in libya. martha: as robert gates, defense secretary, says no comment when it comes to the cia involvement and that is the big story, in all of this, thi...

Of counteroffensive. lots of enthusiasm, shouting and calls for going to the front but no real organization. they dont have any communications because the cell phone system doesnt work in that area. they dont have radios. they dont have a command structure and oftentimes they dont even know how to use the weapons they got their hands on after having looted them from armaments, so theyre in a very difficult situation because at the end of the day the libyan army is well armed, well trained, yes, ...

To be very careful about this. what the opposition would like to see is, they would like to see the coalition tighten the noose on gadhafi. theyll find a way to bypass and get to misrata. theyll try to put their coalition where they dont have to act against the bulk of gadhafi forces. >> i want to bring something else down, you were the nato supreme allied commander, when you look at a map like this, you have the operation centers that are set up in it taaly and set here and there. the united st...

Commands structure and the nato command structure and as the president said well continue to provide command and control and intelligence and other things. all of the backbone of this, and its really about putting an allied chain of command through nato so that you bring other political leadership in and others have to take responsibility for the actions. yes, well still be engaged here and im not concerned about the technicalities of command and control, i am concerned about the issues youre ra...

How far that momentum goes, its up to the rebels and up to gadhafi. i dont think youre really going to see -- let me use my term here. u.s. direct air strikes in support of a rebel advance. i would be very much surprised to see that. but nato now, its a political body in charge. the command structure is coming into place and it will be a nato decision how far to go. >> what do you see as a general, as his biggest challenge? >> his biggest challenge is going to be to convince, i think, the americ...

Were enforcing the no-fly zone and what comes next, what is the command structure going to look like and what will be the involvement of american forces who are patrolling the no-fly zone and potentially doing other things. he has had trouble, being clear because it is not clear in his administration and the challenge tonight is to be clear, settle continue fusion, clear it up and make a strong case to the american people this is worth doing. martha: a lot of people want to hear what he says ton...

This has happened. thats what the integrated command structure of nato was all about. thats why getting the command structure in place is extremely important and not winging it here, get something in place that can give good command and control and clarity of mission. >> the clarity of mission is critical now. what is the end result and what is is exit strategy? >> first of all, i read the 1973 u.n. resolution. there is some very, very clear points in there that has to be made. the challenges fo...

The campaign plays into the hands of muammar qaddafi but they are taking over if a limited role for now. and it also appears the conflict, the nations involved are split on the command structure and the goal of the entire operation. and now we will bring in the washington bureau chief for "times," of london owned by the parent company of this network. the republicans are not happy, some democrats are not happy, and sarkozy is not happy. >>reporter: that is how it seems to obamas nato allies in e...

But united states and other allied forces are in charm of the rest of the world in including attacks on the ground forces which is the toughest part of the operation and the most controversial. the quick exit does not appear likely and now steve harrigan in the libyan capital but first over to the pentagon. the transition of command is happening. what does it mean? >> we are told from a senior nato official it is being transitioned and it will take 72 hours before general ham can hand over to th...

However. we are so implicated, integrated into the nato command structure, we are so much a part of the alliance, weve been the natural political, military leader for so long, we may provide unique capacities. the europeans may step up and become the major forc prosecuting the tactical air and naval operations, but i wonder, and this is a gamble,f the european leaders can shoulder the responsibility in the military operations and see them forward in the brilliant way military has done over the l...