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American commander, that is an admiral so the command structure is confusing. and from what i am told there is still an american who will be at the top, it is like comparing to general petraeus in the field in afghanistan, canadian general is the equal of general petraeus but an american admiral will still be the equivalent of the command-and-control in that situation. rather, the chain of command. >>shepard: i got an alert from jordan, and it says the jordan prime minister says their capital, a...

It looks like what were hearing through diplomatic channels that the passage of the manned -- could occur as early as tomorrow or saturday. does that mean tomorrow or saturday that percentage of american sorties will drop to 20? 10? whats going to happen when that change of command -- or is it going to be a fragmented -- a phased drop? >> because the details are still ongoing of what the command structure will be and what it will look like, and because of the nature of the -- as more coalition p...

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...

The country one way or the other. >> joe, i think thats the issue. i thinkist intriguing, but not surprising that the turks say, lets launch this bad boy, lets put the new command structure in place right now. and heres why. i think the concern is weve got this great chasm between what is being prosecuted so incredibly well by this military alliance, this capability, yet we have this policy that gadhafi has got to go. the turks have said lets take this off the table, we have this mandate. lets h...

At issue, exactly who is going to lead this coalition. apparently a lot of contentious issues still arising from the french proposal that while all those military assets that nato has are at the disposal of the coalition that politically this mission would be led by a different command. and that command structure obviously involving perhaps just the french and the british and crucially some arab consultation and support. the problem is countries even like the united states are saying we can put ...

Command structure would still come from nato. its been a very long day here at nato headquarters. youre starting to see a lot of that confusion we see on the ground in libya play out here politically. a lot of countries now in this 28-member alliance uncomfortable with the way its playing out in libya and want there to be clear parameters. the only way they believe that can happen is if full control is given to nato. command and control will be out of naples, italy still under the umbrella of na...

Coalition partners were in tough with the rebels if not to coordinate with them to have a complete coordination to avoid the problem that jennifer was just talking about. >> that is the debate, how much of a coalition there will be between forces on the ground. helping them or targeting them or giving them escort to battle. by targeting the mechanized vehicles. paving the way. are they allies in the war together. the question in the nato alliance, too. a difference of opinion how big the role sh...

Strikes hits target necessary tripoli, jet bombers and tom hawkmisms from the coalition target qaddafi air defense. jon: rebel forces making real progress now that qaddafis tanks have pulled back from key strategic cities, the opposition taking more steps to form a government in the east. rick leventhal is streaming live from benghazi. what can you tell us about qaddafi possibly negotiating an exit plan, rick? >> reporter: well, we heard that libras more than fr called the u.s. assistant secreta...

We see in afghanistan where you have nato but, also, non-nato members and some of them could with caveats where they say, for instance, we will give you war planes but they can not be used for bombing. we know the united arab emirates gave that car immediate and one other arab country is going to lend arab war planes and it has not been announced. but it will cough with -- it will come with caveats similar to the structure in afghanistan already. something nato has done before. and it was outlin...

The beginning it was his desire to turn it over, and now it appears to be happening. >>guest: well, they are talking about a political group that would then provide guidance to the nato command structure so you have a group of people, group of countries that have not played together in the past doing figure and now they will provide political guidance to what is going on in libya so there are challenges ahead of this group and it has been likened to the structure in afghanistan. the troops refer...