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Why did we get involved in the internal struggles of a nation some 4,000 miles away. on "fox news sunday" the republican senator john mccain said it was a humanitarian imperative. >> qaddafi forces were on the outskirts of benghazi. he said himself he would go house to house and kill and murder people. >> shepard: who knows whether it all would have ended with benghazi. >> i mean, if we were sitting here and benghazi had been taken and tens of thousands of people had been slaughtered and hundred...

Administration was in the white house about what happened if they did not take action. here is secretary clinton on that issue. >>guest: if we were sitting here and benghazi was taken, and tens of thousands of people had been slaughtered and hundreds of thousands had fled, some over the border to egypt, destabilizing egypt during its particularly delicate transition, we would be sitting here and people in the congress and elsewhere, would be saying, why didnt we do something? >> secretary clinto...

What they did. the united states and other countries were in a position to enforce it. if you look at the coverage on al jazeera, listen to the statements in the opposition in libya, there is a great deal of appreciation for what we and others have done in order to stop gadhafi on his mission of merciless oppression. so this was an international effort that the united states was a part of. i certainly believe it was within the presidents constitutional authority to do so. it is going according t...

Suppressed, what it takes to sustain the no-fly zone is substantially legislation than what it takes to establish it. >> secretary clinton pushed back against allegations that the president violated the constitution by failing to seek congressional approval for the intervention. >> this was an international effort that the united states was a part of. i certainly believe it was within the presidents constitutional authority to do so. if you look at the region, can you imagine, david, if we were ...

Mission partly accomplished. defense secretary robert gates says the u.s.-led effort to enforce a no-fly zone in libya has rendered moammar gadhafis forces defenseless. in an appearance on "meet the press" secretary of state hillary clinton defended the military action. >> this was an international effort that the united states was a part of. i certainly believe it was within the presidents constitutional authority to do so. it is going according to the plan that the president laid out. the unit...

Had gotten to benghazi and in a city of 700,000 people had massacred tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands had fled over the border, destabilizing egypt, everybody would be saying, why didnt the president do something? >> can i ask you about -- >> these are difficult choices. >> did speaker boehner raise any objections when he was briefed prior to the mission? >> well, i know that there was a constant flow of information, both to members and staff. and, of course, the president had a conferen...

Rpgs on the police. >> youre calling it sabotage at the pipeline even though the official line is just a gas leak? >> i am. frankly, you need to connect the dots this is not all happening by sheer accident. today the news stations have talked about an assassination attempt on the egyptian vice president. >> right, weve been reporting that. >> therefore, what is really happening is a true attempt at destabilizing egypt and bringing egypt to chaos. >> on the point of chaos, you are hunkered down a...

On the security council doning what they did. the united states and other countries were in a position to enforce it. if you look at the coverage on al jazeera, listen to the statements in the opposition in libya, there is a great deal of appreciation for what we and others have done in order to stop gadhafi on his mission of merciless oppression. so this was an international effort that the united states was a part of. i certainly believe it was within the presidents constitutional authority to...

Hammers. >> secretary clinton pushed back against allegations that the president violated the constitution as some in congress suggested by failing to seek congressional approval for the intervention in libya. >> this was an international effort that the united states was a part of. i certainly believe it was within the presidents 700,000 people massacred tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands fled over the border, destabilizing egypt, everybody would be saying why didnt the president do somet...