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The cost of our inclusion with what took place in libya, $1.1 billion in aid to the rebels who took down gadhafi. democratic congressman welch wants the president to demand reimbursement from libya. is that something you agree with? >> i think our top priority in libya has to be making sure that those weapons are secured and they dont get into the wrong hands. and we need to be working with our nato partners to ensure that there is a stable transition in libya to a democratic government. and jus...

>> today i can report that as promised, the rest of our troops in iraq will come home by the end of the year. after nearly nine years, americas war in iraq will be over. over the next two months, our troops in iraq, tens of thousands of them, will pack up their gear and board convoys for the journey home. the last american soldier will cross the border out of iraq with their heads held high, proud of their success, and knowing that the american people stand united in our support for ou...

The arab league came out and issued it, saying the international community, the united nations must do more to get involved to prevent the slaughter. thats what happened. when that got to the level of being an international conflict, the united states took the lead, the united nations passed a resolution that allowed or authorized the protection of civilians by any means necessary. and in this case, the only international organization that can do that is nato and the united states. and thats wha...

it is disturbing and it is not appropriate for all viewers. in the video which we are going to show you now, several fighters are seen surrounding the corpse shouting slogans. theyre shouting allah akbar, god is great. others saying the blood of martyrs are not in vain. he has wounds on his face including one on his forehead. gadhafi was reportedly killed by a bullet to his head near the hometown of sirte. well show you another video taken as he was dying or after he died. this is also...

"outfront" tonight, gadhafi is dead. libyan dictator moammar gadhafi killed today after 42 years of rule. we have video in tonight from misrata that shows the body of moammar gadhafi. the video is graphic. it is disturbing and it is not appropriate for all viewers. in the video which we are going to show you now, several fighters are seen surrounding the corpse shouting slogans. theyre shouting allah akbar, god is great. others saying the blood of martyrs are not in vain. he has wounds...

Advisers or contractors or anything like that to help them with political and economic and security tasks. historically weve only opposed having footprints as you put it andrea, if it was open ended and we were losing american lives. i dont see any of that necessarily the case. so i wouldnt assume that we couldnt have a number of people there. again, were not talking about thousands. were probably talking about hundreds at most. maybe even just dozens in some cases and thats the sort of thing th...

Fleeing, they go home. >> caller: yeah. very much so. think back to when we captured sadaam in that spider hole in the ground. little bit different related. i think, if you hear bashar assad going underground someplace, thats the end game for him in syria. the other point, and general mccaffrey said it, but you had three arab nations providing air support. the united arab emirates, qatar, and jordan were all flying operations as well. that element of arab nation par participation in this is extr...

Dictator in iraq. $1 billion, no u.s. lives lost, in toppling a dictator in libya. >> good outcome. the libyan people are courageous. many people killed. they destroyed a good part of the country. they blew down gadhafis hometown with nato support. we ought to be happy for the libyan people and concerned about the coming years to build an operative state. >> thank you both. well be right back with more coverage of this breaking news on the potential unconfirmed death right now of moammar gadhafi...

And in this case, the only international organization that can do that is nato and the united states. and thats what happened. thats what led the united states to get militarily involved in this operation. >> are we going to do anything in terms of egyptian decision making with regard to mubarak? are we going to get involved? will we let them execute, if it comes to that? >> this will be interesting to watch. the united states has tremendous influence over egypt because of the $2 billion of tax ...

States to get militarily involved in this operation. >> are we going to do anything in terms of egyptian decision making with regard to mubarak? are we going to get involved? will we let them execute, if it comes to that? >> this will be interesting to watch. the united states has tremendous influence over egypt because of the $2 billion of tax money that goes through the military, and more importantly, because of the relationship between the two militaries. the united states has to exert for in...