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Now is on his way to el salvador for the last leg of this trip. >> one more thing on this entire operation, the president couldnt say yet, still going to hand it off in days, didnt say who was going to be in charge. nato will be involve. but theyre trying to create a command structure that will allow the arab league in but not under nato, because they dont want to do that. so this el salvador swing is going to be as distractive as chile has been. >> savannah and chuck, thanks so much. coming u...

>> somebody has to have boots on the ground and be in charge after you topple gaddafi if you do. or if you dont, fight them if running insurgency. >> in the podium speak that is the chosen language, the white house and state department officials admitted they lack a vision of the end game. >> we need humility about predicting what will happen in terms of how long gaddafi might be in power or what the next step is on the ground. >> there is no end in sight, really. >> again, this is were talking ...

This would be the first example of them using these forces. im not really certain who or more importantly what command structure had they would be handing it over to that somehow wouldnt have an american in a very senior high place. >> is this really politically that important, fouad charge? >> absolutely not. i think the united states has been involved in all these missions of rescue. lets remember one thing. in 20 years, this is the sixth mission of rescue in the islamic world for a muslim pop...

Has said that the u.s. will turnover the command of the libyan operation after these initial days. >> we expect in a matter of days to be able to turn over the primary responsibility to others. we will continue to support the coalition, well be a member of the coalition, we will have a military role in the coalition, but we will not have the preeminent role. >> that was bob gates on route to russia. now with us james webb, member of the armed services committee and vietnam veteran. former navy s...

Nuclear safety. >> and hawaii, shooting lava 55 feet in the air, scientists say a serious eruption could be on the way. so we add that to the mix of whats going on around the world. back to you bill. bill: okay martha. fourteen minutes past the hour, we know the military action in libya has been named operation honesty. what we do not have a handle on is who is commanding the operation, what the military goal is, and whos determining that. theres an editorial in the "wall street journal" pointin...

Statement of foreign policy that has accompanied the military operation. the second and the questions you were just asking are some that ive asked, we know we dont like the gadhafi regime, but we do not have a picture of who the opposition movement really is. and the third is yes, we got a vote from the security council in order to put this about to may, but we had five key abstainians. so before we even get in to the command structure of this, i think its very clear to put the marker down that ...

Prayer, talking about the arab involvement here, very important to europe, this seen as an international effort, not a western effort. >> well, you know, we were hearing from some military experts who say, okay this military operation is one thing but most important is the diplomacy, so is that something that was discussed likely during this meeting, the effort that have to go forward in the diplomatic realm? yeah, a sense this coalition needs to be seen as solid and no plight splits forming. it...

And about 20 minutes ago we got word about the first target being hit by french aircraft. this just within, again, the last 30 minutes. secretary robert gates postponing his departure. lets bring in colonel jack jacobs. so what will, as we look at this postponement of his trip, what will he be doing? why is he postponing his trip? >> well, its very important to focus his attention on whats going on here. this is as jonathan said earlier, this is a major point in american foreign policy in the us...

Folpu ndiner >> absolutely. now that we have at least two urban search-and-rescue teams, one from california, one from northern virginia that are already in japan. i saw some video earlier this afternoon of many urban search-and-rescue teams. what they are doing is folding together with those from other countries under the command structure that japans put in place and starting out in those areas that not affected by the radiation. it will take a long time for recovery. in your last segment i he...

Manager for americorps. joe, well begin with you. what is job one right now as they begin to tackle the rebuilding of japan even while dealing with another tragedy taking place as we speak, the nuclear recan the anner site and the devastation as a result of that? >> good morning, peter. the first thing to do is to make an assessment of all your assets that you have you available to you. this is naes so you install a command structure, begin to divvy up the task as they come into the command offi...