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In the early stages. it is confusing in terms of timing. today the president said were doing the right thing, but only doing it a few days. dont worry, the allies are taking over. again, a confusing message all the way around. of everything thats happened so far since he has become president, it is fair to say this is the most confusing episode in his foreign policy leadership. >> lets listen to what john boehner had to stay in his statement he put out on this. he said before any further militar...

>> a nonbinding resolution is nothing more than political theater that means nothing. i believe it demortgagizes our troops in the field. >> demoralizes the troops, but his resolution saying almost the same thing apparently didnt demoralize them. since that first flip-flop, im sure boehner must have been consistent, right? hes going to totally back obama so we dont demoralize the troops today, right? maybe not. before any further military commitments are made, the administration must do a better...

President obamas handling of libya. critics are asking why wasnt there a presidential speech to the nation. john boehner put it bluntly, before any further military commitments are made, the government needs to communicate to the people and congress about our mission in libya. what is the end game here? force gadhafi out? here is president obama earlier this month. >> kernel gadhafi needs to step down from power and leave. >> thats clear. thats tough talk. a clear message about gadhafi. fast for...

Beat. hes here with the cafferty file. >> the united states military leading the initial air attacks against moammar gadhafis forces in libya. all got started over in past weekend. something eerily reminiscent to me about the way the war in iraq started almost 10 years ago. president obama insisted at a news conference this afternoon, that the u.s. will soon step aside and the mission will then be controlled by nato forces and other allies. it was the first time the president has answered questi...

Question. carol? >> you heard general ham. he made the mission shound very clear but many americans are quite confused. the strikes keep coming in, not just against gadhafis forces but against president obamas handling of libya. critics ask, why was there no presidential speech to the nation or no real explanation of american goals? republican house speaker john boehner put it bluntly. before any further military commitments are made the administration must do a better job of communicating to th...

Military action in northern africa. already the president faces new political pressures here at home over the american objective in libya. lets talk about it with bret baier, anchor of "special report". bret, youve heard it, the president is getting heat from the left and right on this intervention in libya. >> reporter: thats right, jon. i mean, there are lawmakers now speaking out about that congress needed to be better informed from the beginning, that from the left, that this is not the righ...

>> this president should advice us. i think he will notify us, that gives us the opportunity to review what hes done. like lindsey if there is a proposal coming before the congress then i would have no difficulty in supporting the actions to date. >> reporter: senator reid was talking about republican lindsey graham of south carolina who said he didnt think the president would consult congress or would need to to keep the no-fly zone. then came word from john boehner and he made it very clear th...

Martha: terror in a popular mexican resort town. a search is underway for suspects in a deadly shooting in ak poke --o acapulco, gunmen killing ten people. a horrific scene there. according to police the suspect ran after opening fire. this is the latest involving several shootups. so far, no word on a possible motive beyond that. backback-- bill: back to lib yarks heres what house speaker john boehner said, quote, before any military commitments are made the administration must do a better job ...

Commitments we have in the world, happy to take the lead. but the idea of sustaining this thing might fall on -- burden on our shoulders. >> tell me what -- we heard secretary gates and admiral mullen before this all happened, they were among those pushing back the hardest by going, you know what? this is not as easy as it seems. lets rethink this. and we had secretary of state clinton and others sort of pushing for it. what was the military reservation? all i hear is this is the third or fourth...

No-fly zones that went on for years. >> remember in iraq. it went on for a decade. and its very resource intensive. the idea is given the other commitments we have in the world, happy to take the lead. but the idea of sustaining this thing might fall on -- burden on our shoulders. >> tell me what -- we heard secretary gates and admiral mullen before this all happened, they were among those pushing back the hardest by going, you know what? this is not as easy as it seems. lets rethink this. and w...