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Is a huge deal with you. >> its a huge deal with -- >> let me get your sense, then. if he has done this before and argues in his defense that other presidents with big initiatives, including fdr, with social security, and lyndon johnson, medicare, they tinker, sometimes dramatically so, youre saying that all those were unconstitutional -- >> absolutely. now, look, the president can do whatever he can get away with. if he wants to bomb libya and kill gadhafi, unless the congress pulls back the fu...

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>> the president of uzbekistan -- >> president obama congratulated the libyan people today after moammar gadhafi, libyas dictator for 42 years was killed and rebel fighters captured the regimes final strong hold, gadhafis hometown of sirte. this afternoon the president stood in the rose garden on the heels of yet another foreign policy success and explained how he did it. >> faced with the potential of mass atrocities, and a call for help from the libyan people, the united states and our friends...

American life was lost in the battle. meanwhile, deposing saddam hussein continues to cost the united states over $1 trillion, trillion with a t, and more than 4,000 american lives and we are still there. but dont expect the republicans to give this president any credit. presidential front-runner mitt romney ducked the question on the campaign trail in iowa this morning. >> its about time, gadhafi, a terrible tyrant that killed his own people, and murdered americans and others in the tragedy in ...

And in the beginning, remember we first went in to protect libyanian civilians. but the logic from the beginning is that gadhafi had to go. and i think the innovation here is that the president and his military team found a way to use the predator drones to use our intelligence assets to use that sort of, if its not soft power but not boots on the ground, but to use that power and toward the end of regime change. which we kind of denied at first but that was the only way we were going to protect...

President going to war, not really turning over all of his cards when he is doing it? >> i do think that there is clear ambiguity, deliberate ambiguity, of the whole motion of letting gadhafi out, letting him become an exile. i think everyone knew, especially with the role of the intelligence community and predators, that we were targeting gadhafi. and the fact that he was apparently executed without any due process today, may have some ramifications, both domestically in libya and in the arab w...

Predators, that we were targeting gadhafi. and the fact that he was apparently executed without any due process today, may have some ramifications, both domestically in libya and in the arab world. but no tears were shed for him in washington or langley. but clearly, this was a kill option and they were out to get him. >> were going to be back with more on gadhafi and his tortured history with american presidents, the republican president who wanted to kill him, and the republican president then...

Even that was botched. first seeding most of the operation it nato allies and god bless them for trying, but they do not have the military capability to finish the job. >> but reacting to gadhafis death on fox news this morning, rubio was certain, certain, that it was europeans who finished the job. >> im glad its all working out. ultimately this is about the freedom of the libyan people. but lets give credit where the credit is due. it is the french and british that led the strike and probably ...

At large, even after they liberated sirte and declared that the entire country was liberated, that he would wage a guerrilla war against them. >> shep: in tripoli on tuesday, she said the u.s. hoped that the rebels would capture or kill gadhafi soon. it now appears theyve done both. we should warn you, this video is quite graphic. it seems to leave little doubt about the ruthless leaders fate. rebel fighters firing guns and cheering over what looks like gadhafis lifeless body. were told they fou...