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Effort to stop a slaughter at this point, not to topple the country now stop a slaughter of humanitarian, you know, epic proportions potentially for libya, the president gets involved. that doesnt sound like a winning strategy to me. it doesnt sound like someone who wants to follow through with what he originally said he woul do, which is to depose gadhafi. we have mission confusion. we have no idea what the real commitment is of our military and why theyre there. >> senator santorum, thank you ...

Watching extraordinary rocket fire from outside of benghazi. there are reports of dissension among the allies in libya. whos really in charge? joining subcommittee a french ambassador to the united states. thank you for joining me. president obama spoke to president sarkozy to review the situation in libya today. how that was conversation? >> the conversation was great. and i must say that based on the values that our two countries share, the -- france and the united states has been from the beg...

Who promises the world, ideal republic overnight are not worthy of their support. we have the confidence, and we have the resolve to build a modern state with the institutions of modern state. we are capable to do it, and we are willing to do it. >> im going to have to see wrap up there. thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. tonight questions have been raised about why the coalition intervened in libya and why not. is it all about the people of libya, or is it all about oil? joining me the...

End game is and to make it happen. >> general, thank you very much indeed. >> thank you, piers. libya may be the greatest test thats been facing president obamas administration. one senior republican believes that hes already failed it. and that republican is former u.s. senator rick santorum whos a potential future presidential candidate himself. he joins me now. senator, why do you think president obama has failed this test? >> well, hes missed -- he missed the opportunity, i think, very ear...

People desire in libya. takes all instruments of national power, diplomatically the instrument right now. >> you need a clear mission statement, everyone anyone i -- everyone involved must be aware of what the mission is, and you need to have an end game where victory can be determined and celebrated. i dont see any indication from the coalition or president obama about exactly what the mission is. >> well, right. the no-fly zone is a tactic, not a strategy. and so i think the end strategy is th...

Thank you for joining me. president obama spoke to president sarkozy to review the situation in libya today. how that was conversation? >> the conversation was great. and i must say that based on the values that our two countries share, the -- france and the united states has been from the beginning of the crisis and all along the crisis i would say in very close coordination on the same page. and thats exactly the case tonight as the -- the phone conversation between president sarkozy and presi...

Presence there? >> embassy send probably the next domino -- embassien is probably the next domino to fall. and there are two insurgencies, one in the north, one in the south. thats where al qaeda on the arabian peninsula is located which we have identified as the most dangerous terrorist group potentially in the world today. the real issue here is even in egypt and tunisia weve seen regime change, but really havent seen revolution. we havent seen fundamental reforms or changes in those societies...

Admiral mullen im sure understands that well as do the other military leaders. if you go to the tactical level, i think when you have a civil war and we dont have the apparatus and the process in place to deconflict targets, you worry about friendly fire or hurting a lot of civilians. at the strategic level i think its mission creep empat the tactical level, i believe its making sure youre on the right target. >> its a little bit of a mess, isnt it, general myers? >> well, certainly theres a lot...

>> the short answer is no. and weve been very clear here from day one, we think gadhafi must go. >> but if hes going to go and youre blowing up his compound, isnt that sending a rather big signal that you think he is a legitimate target? >> you know, piers, if i may, we have to stick to the mission. we have taken the best military means we have with the support of nato, the command support of nato in particular. we have to stick to the mission. we have a clear mandate from the security council. ...

The region around the reactor because of very high levels of radiation. well have all the details on that, the latest from japan and libya. back to you. >> thanks. a strong earthquake was felt in fukushima, japan, at 7:12 this morning. more tremors for an already shell-shocked population. we have the latest. gary, whats been going on today? it sounds like its been a series of tremors through the country. >> reporter: thats right, piers, we had three aftershocks within like 30 minutes a couple ...