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Some of the key phrases i heard from the president speaking at the white house this hour. he said, not considering any military action involving boots on the ground. not considering a long-term campaign. we are looking at a limited, narrow act. when you hear that, what does that entail? what could that accomplish militarily? >> well, the accomplishment in terms of a military objective would be, as the president indicated, would be very narrow, very limited, very precise. youd want to think that ...

States could potentially take out much of the air force of bashar al assad. is that, is that worth doing, peter? i mean, if you take out his aircraft, maybe crater the runways to prevent them from being used by anything but helicopters, is that worth doing? >> well, the question, jon, is whats the objective? whats your end state? what are you trying to achieve here? you dont want this to be a feel-good exercise. you dont want this to be eye wash, you know, for the obama administrations failed po...

Think in the middle east. at this juncture its wiser to hold back and let others act. >> your point as we saw on the map, those other countries with military might should, perhaps, give us pause if they are not acting. but spider marks, what is the risk, then, in not acting or just doing too little here? >> well, it appears like were going to do too little. yet get ourselves potentially entangled in a fight in syria. and i completely agree. you dont want to have -- this is not necessarily a war ...

Be launched very, very quickly. the flash-to-bang time is instantaneous. >> amazing. just amazing to see that all play out. general, what exactly would the end game be here? what would be achieved by going in in that manner? and where might we end up? >> well, unfortunately, ashleigh, what we have under the scenario that tom and i were able to describe yesterday and as the president has described, he wants to very narrowly define this punitive action to punish assad for the use of chemical weapo...

Israelis will be presented with a much bigger problem than they are now. but the problem is, how do you negotiate an end state to this? you cant. what youre looking for is a stand down by both parties and perhaps the egyptians and the turks can find a way since the israelis will not, to enhance this arrangement with hamas with additional incentives. i think the bottom line here, though, given the fact that the israelis have made it unmistakebly clear theyre not interested in decapitating the ham...

Uncertainties in the region, including iran. >> now, hamas is firing rockets that have the range to reach tel aviv and jerusalem. were also seeing a lot more of them, 200 in 2009 and 700 this year alone. so is this a new capability for them? and why are we seeing so much more of this now? >> there is no question. and this gets to the heart of the issue, i think. you dont have an end state as a consequence, what happened in 08 and 09, bought two or three quiet years. then a slow and accelerated d...

Preferences for applicable divisions that support our program. so were hoping to address that with our hiring preferences that these bank and lending institutions sign. >> obviously, this is a business for you, but this goes a lot deeper than that. this is very personal for you. >> thats right. thats right. you know, the best end state for us is to assist our veterans and homeowners, provide real value to them through competitive interest rates and fees, but also be able to give back to society....

Supported by the u.n. in terms of the u.n. security council resolution, by nato acting much quicker than i thought they would ever act. the vital interests of the united states has been said are not necessarily at risk here. the interests of the united states are at risk in the broader sense of whats going on in the region. your peans have more of a vital interest than we do. to have major institutions come together so quickly to move in and do so fairly rapidly is pretty remarkable. the problem...

Fuel. what happens then. does he have a huge problem? >> well, he does have a huge problem and clearly what weve learned is them a barringos like this, whether its arms embargo or if there are economic sanctions, clearly those that pay the price are the citizens of the country, not necessarily the bad guy were trying to target with the sanctions. but if gadhafi still exists and is a living and breathing forum in libya, we dont have an end state by any of the nations thats contributing right now....

The midway point between the east and west in northern libya and says qaddafi forces are digging in with heavily armed check points, watch that battle. martha: among those reacting to the speech last night, former vice presidential candidate, sarah palin critical of what he said about libya last night. watch this: >> i think that was a profoundly disappointing speech because it proved the obama doctrine is full of chaos and questions and is dodgy, dubious and a good question, that you ask, greta...