harm s way. for so many troops who have already done their duty, we ve put an end to the stop loss, our soldiers can now look forward to shorter deployments, that means more time at home, between deployment the and more time training for the full range of missions that they will face. indeed, despite ten years of continuous war, it must be said america s military is the best that it s ever been. [applause] we saw that most recently in the skill and precision off our brave forces who helped the libyan people finally break free from the grip of moammar qaddafi, and as we meet the test that the future will surely bring, including hard fiscal choices here at harm, there should be no doubt, the united states of america
dominic. reporter: gregg, the national traditional council has given the loyalist forces in the city of sirte3 days to surrender or face one of the bloodiest battles in this whole uprising. they say after the investigationet which starts today, they ll be moving in and it will be indeed a huge bloodshed. the rubels for the loyalists still saying they re going to dig in and we re looking at a long fight of at least ten days, rebels say, probably the highest casualty toll we ve seen in any of the battles. the rebels also saying today that 50,000 people have been killed since the uprising began at the beginning during february. many of those deaths at the hands of qaddafi loyalists, they claim, although on the loyalists side, they re not too sure of what the casualty figures are, those figures are yet to be revealed. also the whereabouts of qaddafi, well, in an interview with our sister station sky news, one of the body guards of qaddafi s sons, kamis, said qaddafi
movements. jenna: so what s the plan? what do you think is the if you were able to present the plan, what would it be? you have to have a ceasefire first of all. that s number one. and the rebels at this point are the ones who can direct that. before, it of the people on qaddafi s side. but we have to have a ceasefire. nato has to stop bombing. you have to enable people from both sides to come together to put together a coalition government. otherwise, you re going to be looking at conflict that will be for the distant future. the next thing we need to do is to work for a constitution for libya. now, actually, there was a constitution about to be brought forward in march when the fighting started, and the bombing started, those plans were set back. jenna: would you be for inviting qaddafi s family, whether it s him or whether it s his sons, into that process? well, the people who have been involved with the
algeria is giving them refuge, giving them passage. we speck they will move on to a third country. but the national transitional council say algeria allowing them passage is an enemy act that will make thing here more tense. martha: tripoli we watched fall from qaddafi s 42-year grasp in a matter of days once the chips began to fall. what is the security situation like there now? we have seen behind me, the free-flowing traffic. it s a modest kind of vol in days. the fasting period ramadan is about to come to an end. they are shopping for food supplies. so the sense of normality resuming, but what will happen when citizens are forced to come
thisnategrationo great nation but also talking about future plans for training, veterans, getting them back into the work force. talked about a tax credit he wants to make available to corporations who hire veterans and those wounded, and also talking a little about the budget and saying that the country will not and cannot balance the budget on the backs of our veterans, talking about veteran benefits. this is the unofficial kickoff of the administration s observance leading up to 9/11, this is the first sort of quiet kickoff to what will be the next, well, ten days plus of different events the president will take part in to comeem rate the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of september 11th. gregg: a series of very solemn events leading up to 9/11. all right. we re going to pause, turn a page here. coming up, a congressman that moammar qaddafi hoped would accept save his hold on power, dennis kucinich, a one-minute desperate plea.