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Further U.S. assistance to the Libyan rebels should be dependent on conditions on the ground.

Should the international community intervene in Libya? And if so, on what basis could a no-fly zone be imposed? Opponents of the idea fear the situation could further descend into an unmanageable war. Background report by Andreas Zumach

Like many other dictators with a sense of mission, Muammar al-Gaddafi has authored a large body of political and philosophical writings. His book on solving the Arab-Israeli conflict is a remarkable collection of audacious theories, taking a fact-free approach to history, says Günther Orth

Information at every facet. the before, during and after. >> this is being dragged out. to get as close to the election process as possible. >> there are now dates on the calendar to interview then-u.n. ambassador susan rice who appeared on five sunday talk shows and blamed a demonstration gone awry for the terrorist attack that killed four americans. as well as presidential aide ben rhodes who crafted a memo to instruct others to blame it on a video. >> sources told fox news committee members p...

Opposition is to have it against those folks who if syria continues to move in the direction its going and if theres an implosion, they will be strengthened and there will be more of them. this is in fact something that does bring russia and the united states together. when i was in russia and met with putin, he discussed specifically their concerns about the extremists. but syria traditionally, historically in recent years has been a secular country. and the vast majority of opposition, 75%, 70...

Organized. it had to do with a generational revolution of people looking for their freedom, their opportunity and their aspirations to be met. same thing happened in syria. and in syria that opposition was met with violence from assad. and so that is what has happened here. the moderate opposition is in fact committed to democracy. its committed to protection of all minority rights to inclu incluesive incluesivei inclusivity. this is not about regime change. this is about the enforcement of the ...

Members of the house foreign affairs committee, grilling chuck hagel, general martin dempsey and john kerry. >> with respect to the limited strike not achieving the objective, i think the general has spoken to that earlier that he has confidence that we have the ability to achieve our objective if not in the first volley certainly we have the ability to achieve that objective. secondly, you said would it not in fact help the opposition? i have said many times as a collateral component of this, a...

When you degrade assad, you are benefiting the opposition groups. i think that the bulk of that energy right now is with sunni supremacists and al qaeda affiliated terrorists. it is difficult to kind of figure out where everybody is on this. there was a quote that you had given when we were evaluating libyan opposition. you said we didnt know who people were in eastern europe either. we dont always know who they all are. i think that you have to kind of have a sense of the course of history and ...

Whom? >> not specifically that i know of, have they? they support it but they have not advocated to me. ive had conversations with president of the opposition and there was no pleading or urging to do this. >> in fact, havent members of the syrian opposition said they dont want an attack? isnt that true? >> i have not heard that. >> you havent seen public reports to that effect? >> no. >> all right. secretary kerry, there are 189 signers of the chemical weapons convention. syria does not happen ...

That the best way to isolate that extremist opposition is the extremist components of the syrian fabric is to more rapidly build up the opposition. >> will the u.s. congress vote ultimately to authorize u.s. intervention in syria? there are a lot of questions as youre hearing. quick break. more on this house foreign affairs committee hearing and questions being thrown at the secretary of state, defense and the general martin dempsey. back after this.