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World food program. were the first line of offense and defense on the ground against extremism and terrorism. >> expect questions about this and also about concerns mattis has already voiced that isis military plans simply push the group from one location to another. what others before him have called whack a mole. >> shepard: any word on whether secretary mattis plans to talk about the strategy in afghanistan? >> not per se. mattis had promised senator john mccain when he testified last a strat...

Days. we know the president has briefed key lawmakers at the white house but a lot of them have been calling for the president to make the case to the nation about the way forward, and we expect the president will talk about how this is has advanced u.s. interests and how a major humanitarian catastrophe has been averted. gregg: with so much going on in the middle east right now there is the question of what makes libya different from the many other countries in that region that are also experie...

Peninsula. >> a lot of terrorism cooperation from president sal eh, and yemeni services so if that government collapses or is replaced by one that is dramatically more weak, then i think well face some additional challenges out of yemen, no question about it. its a real problem. jenna: that was secretary of defense gates over the weekend. neil livingston has extensive secret op experience. i guess were calling it spet op experience in the middle east, that sounds enough, neil, chairman and ceo o...

President obama doesnt seem terribly comfortable in the oval office giving an address to the nation, some presidents dont. he seems to be more comfortable in front of an audience. that may end up being an appropriate decision for him. jenna: hes speaking at the national defense university in washington d.c. do you think that affects the message, whatever the message we see tonight. >> i think its our military audience, top military leaders i think its an appropriate venue for him. the venue is l...

The lack of support from the u.s. and france. jenna: if we see a change there, what do we want. >> this is a very complicated question. in part because remember the obama administration came in wanting to repair relations with the president. you heard hillary clinton call him a reformer rather than a tyrant. the entire middle east strategy which is trying to make progress on the palestinian conflict is rounding making better arrangements with syria. a lot of us would like to see the support for ...

Appear to be opposition figures who were tortured before they were killed by qaddhafis forces. gregg: jennifer griffin thank you. jenna: the president getting ready to address the people on libya tonight. this is the first military campaign president obama has launched before taking office. some critics contend the speech is over do. lets talk a bit about the timing and the content with bret bair. that is what some have said, that its too late. why hasnt this address come sooner? >> reporter: we...

Dont forget israel in this conversation as we take a look at what is happening in the mideast region, israel being our true ally in the area what will iran, michael, what do you think iran is thinking right now watching what is happening in syria? >> well, i think that for iran this is sort of mixed. were the syrian regime to fall i think that would certainly be concerning for the iranian regime which has used the syrian regime as its closes ally in the region. jenna: do you think its a possibil...

Long it will be, that the majority of it will deal with the operation, and the libyan operation, but that he will talk about the regional influences, and what weve seen in tunisia and egypt and other places. of course it gets sticky when he starts talking about, if he does, syria and yemen where obviously killings are ongoing of protestors against those governments. and the line is if were in libya will we have to be in yemen or in syria eventually if that killing ctinues? i think defense secret...

An attack against the united states years ago. and thats the problem. >> years ago. okay. thats fact -- >> just to answer your question. you put a missile on a tra transporter launcher on a steamer. >> i know. theyre going to nuke us from a boat. i know it. >> it could happen. it would be a good idea. >> frank, let me ask you this. >> are you telling me theyre not working on it. >> do you think its -- are you going to listen to the question? >> i wanted to clarify. >> do you think we should reac...