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Fairfax county. just pulled into this area after a long convoy, about seven hours from the north of japan, to get all of their supplies and equipment and personnel in place to fan out in the city of sfonono. they will be doing that in the coming hours. the teams bring unique capabilities, eight inflatable boats for swift water rescues, if those become necessary, and eight kay nine teams that can swarm in and over rubble and detect the scent of surviving humans. once they detect, that they have g...

Areas, getting into rubble, and hard to get at places where victims can become entombed but sometimes can survive many days after the earthquakes strike. they can get to people who might be in these voids, pockets of rubble and get to them. again, having no illusions about the tsunami after the earthquake and how that reduces their chances, theyre going to give it every shot theyve got. theyre like horses in the starting gate. now very, very eager to get out there. youve mentioned its been 3 1/2...

Bombing those kind of positions, that effectively is an act of war against the libyan regime of moammar gadhafi. and one of the concerns they have right now is that this would be another arab country, another muslim country with a lot of oil that the united states, the europeans, the nato allies, are in effect attacking. would that do more damage in terms of the image for gadhafi than it would, as far as the military potential political benefits. so, as defense secretary gates points out, lets n...

Today, robert gates said they would impose a no fly zone in libya, but what that would mean logistically is bombing them. bombing libyas air defense systems. >> theres a lot of frankly loose talk about some of these military options. lets call state to state. no fly zone begins with an attack on libya to destroy the air defenses. thats the way you do a no fly zone. >> the general in charge of sent come told the senate armed services committee the same thing, in blunter terms. >> you would have t...

Complicated a no fly zone can be, and that people should be under no illusions that it starts with an attack on anti-aircraft facilities in libya. its not as simple as moving an aircraft carrier and deploying a bunch of planes. you have to take action to make sure you have air dominance to secure the skies. so this is not, should not be interpreted as somehow an opposition to doing this, as much as it should be we need to think through all the ramifications of each of these options, as the presi...

Attacks in libya. theres a reason we called it the war department. today secretary of defense robert gates popped that balloon when he said yes, if ordered to, the military would impose a no-fly zone in libya, but what that would mean logistically is bombing them. bombing libyas air defense systems. >> theres a lot of frankly loose talk about some of these military options. lets call state to state. no fly zone begins with an attack on libya to destroy the air defenses. thats the way you do a no...

Halting attacks on libya. theres a reason we called it the war department. today, he robert gates said they would impose a no fly zone in libya, but what that would mean logistically is bombing them. bombing libyas air defense systems. >> theres a lot of frankly loose talk about some of these military options. lets call state to state. no fly zone begins with an attack on libya to destroy the air defenses. thats the way you do a no fly zone. >> the general in charge of sent come told the senate ...

Establishing a no-fly zone? >> my military opinion, sir, is it would be challenging. you would have to remove the air defense in order to establish the no-fly zone. so no illusions here. it would be a military operation. it wouldnt simply be telling people not to fly airplanes. >> lets talk more about the presidents options in libya and throughout the region. youve been to libya. you know the region well. do the u.s. and european allies have any good options now? assuming gadhafi wants to fight ...

Should hold illusions as to what would be necessary to establish a no-fly zone over libya. youd have to remove air defense capability adding it would be a military open race, it wouldnt just be telling people not to fly air planes. aids to clinton have pointed out that a knee fly zone would require proper legal authority, basing structures and all kinds of other prerequisites. jon. jenna: a federal probe begins today involving natural gas pipelines running underground all across this country, th...

That mission was extended by one day. singer christina aguilera has just been detained for public intoxication. a bunch of people got sick after a fund-raiser at the "playboy" mansion. four leaders are debating setting up a no fly zone over libya. the command in the middle east says setting up a no fly zone would require a major military undertaking. >> you would have to move the air defense capability in order to establish the no fly zone, no illusions here, it would be a military operati...