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So we must be clear, actions have consequences and international community us must be enforced. as a part of this effort the united states will contribute our unique capabilities at the front end of the mission to protect libyan civilians and enable the enforcement of a no-fly zone that will be led by our international partners. as i said yesterday, we will not i repeat, we will not deploy any u.s. troops on the ground. as commander in chief, i have great confidence of the men and women that wil...

Please, you can see the rough targets that were struck. most of them on are near the coast that makes it vital to the enforcement of the no-fly zone. is on the military efforts have been in this part of the country. these strikes were carefully coordinated with our coalition partner. the targets themselves were selected based on collective assessment that these sites either posed a threat to the pilots or could be used by the regime to the people of libya. because it was night over there, it wil...

>> reporter: healthers, singers that the president is not making the decision to pursue limited military action in his wording lightly and the president making it clear there are certain things the u.s. military does, particularly well, and, so, they are emphasizing getting that in there, in the a hurry, also, emphasizing the fact that this is a coalition, a broad international coalition and heres more from the president, a short time ago. >> president barack obama: use of force is to the our fi...

Servicemen, executing a mission given to them by the commander-in-chief and i dont think you will see a lot of partisan vitriol in the last little bit and the question you point to is, the word that martin raised is measured and in terms of the presidents response to a lot of issues measured is a good way to put that and the question on the table is whether or not being measured in the context of dealing with the russians, and dealing with the egyptian crisis, dealing with the situation in libya...

International partners. as i said yesterday, we will not i repeat, we will not deploy any u.s. troops on the ground. as commander and chief, i have great confidence in the men and women of our military who will carry out this mission. they carry with them the respect of a grateful nation. im also proud we are acting as part of a coalition that includes close allies and partners that are prepared to meet their responsibility to protect the people of libya and uphold the mandate of the internation...

That. the broader humanitarian challenge, following the earthquake and tsunami, heres the latest figures the government is putting out a short while ago. 7500 dead. 11,700 missing, 450,000 still in evacuation shelters, that is basically homeless. a lot of criticism the last couple days the government has been spending too much time dealing with the nuclear crisis and not enough time dealing with the situation on the ground and the earthquake and tsunami ravaged areas and now, it seems like more ...

And the developing situation in libyaing, officials speaking of u.s. military operations in the region, jennifer griffin was there, at the news briefing, and you have learned further details as well, jennifer? >> reporter: thats right, we just got an operational update from vice-admiral gortney, director of the joint staff in the pentagon and told us 110-112 tomahawk missiles and it takes an hour to fly from the ships they were launched from, from u.s. vessels in the mediterranean as well as one...

Moment of truth. >> heather: one minute left and that was my last question to you, the world no doubt looking to see what the u.s. does next and what do you think president obama should do, now, moving forward? >> well, the president in my view ought to lay out the clear goals the ultimate outcome of the military action, will be the overthrow of muammar qaddafs regime, and, this whole battle in libya has basically been a momentum play, when it looked like the rebels were winning, you had army un...

About, make no mistake, he likes that phrase, we are part of a, number one, broad coalition, number two, an effort to make the people of libya safe and number three, acting in regards to u.s. interests. do you think its of interest that he mentions first the broad coalition? >> this whole exercise in libya is an ivtd by president obama to say, im not george bush, we are not doing it the way george bush did it like the way in iraq and afghanistan, even though at the time we did have a broad coali...

These folks? who are the rebels. >> i assure you the entire council which was formed, east, west, north, south, they are very good people. they are not al qaeda as qaddafi tried to presents them to the world. you see the people there are serious and want to have a democratic process, to have elected government. and, we have the right to live like democratic country. we have been under this region jimmy more than 4 decades, my friend and they have to give a chance for the government to -- there i...