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If for this, the president of the united states needs to go to congress, this is changing our conception of executive power over the last 30 or 40 years, its been settled by both parties that because of the nature of americas responsibilities in the war, the president does have the leeway to act in situations like this that are not really full scale war. >> so many examples, american presidents using military force without congressional authorization. you remember when ronald reagan was presiden...

Its been settled by both parties that because of the nature of americas responsibilities in the war, the president does have the leeway to act in situations like this that are not really full scale war. >> so many examples, american presidents using military force without congressional authorization. you remember when ronald reagan was president, gadhafi was accused of bombing a disco tech in germany, killing american soldiers. he sent planes in to tripoli or whatever, killed a bunch of people, ...

President does have the leeway to act in situations like this that are not really full scale war. >> so many examples, american presidents using military force without congressional authorization. you remember when ronald reagan was president, gadhafi was accused of bombing a disco tech in germany, killing american soldiers. he sent planes in to tripoli or whatever, killed a bunch of people, including relatives of gadhafi. >> president clinton bombed iraq for a few days. that was a classic case,...

>> its important to keep in mind drones are the latest in military force. you go from bayonets to tank to artillery and planes and other presidents have used military force before the war on terror. when i worked for president reagan, we bombed libya because we did not like the fact that the libyans were alleged to have killed some americans in berlin, in west berlin, in a disco tech. president clinton attacked afghanistan after we were blown up and also sedan. this is where osama bin laden had ...

>> well, lets take two examples. in the first place when we have not responded to attacks against us or against our personnel overseas whats happened? theyve been -- the next step is an even bigger attack. cobart towers we didnt respond to that. the usscole bombing we didnt respond to that. al-qaida grew and grew, first world trade bombing we didnt respond to that. al-qaida came back a second time to the world trade center. by doing nothing and not being tough and not row tal kwraeuting, what we...

A portion of it says and i quote: so long as qaddafi is in power, nato must maintain its operation so that civilians remain protected and the pressure on the regime builds. as for the regime, it continues to remain defiant. early this morning, qaddafis daughter took part in a rally at the family compound. she said that the concept of her father stepping down is, quote, an insult to all libyans. her speech was broadcast live on libyan television, foreign journalists, including fox news, were bust...

Civil war. and what happens between now and then. he also has a chance to answer growing questions about what ends this. a panel of experts in with us tonight. including our friend john bussey, the assistant managing editor of the "wall street journal" which is owned by the parent company of this network. robert baier former cia case officer assigned to the middle east and ambassador robert hunter who served as the u.s. ambassador to nato from 1993 to 1998, a time when we had a bit of a conflict...

What the outcome is. the only favorable outcome now is qaddhafi gone, jon. jon: he bombed a german disco tech that killed a couple of service member. in punishment for that ronald reagan went after qaddhafi, bombed his tent compound, almost got qaddhafi that day ended up killing his daughter ace recall. this is a man who has dug himself in, clearly has bunkers and so forth all over libya. he has pillars of support in that country despite the bombardment that he has endured over the last couple o...