not only does it make the president look henpecked but secretary gate look henpeck who had was for the involve in the libya and as of this morning when he appeared on this week couldn t even say how long we will be in libya. asked directly from jake tapper how long? well, don t know, months, years. and hillary does her back and fill. and now, you know, gregg, this is either the biggest lie not pull gaited by the friends of hillary and propagateed by the friends of bill and hillary to make her look good or the president whose life is dominated by domineering women saying i ll have hillary be the stalking horse because if it goes bad i don t want it on my record. gregg: it may go well.
their presence across the area, and officials sending hundreds of marines and two ships to the region. the military has three ships in the mediterranean including two naval destroyers and moments ago the defense secretary gates and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff briefed reporters of the situation. jennifer griffin was on the conference call or just left the meeting. reporter: a press conference here. we just came out of. shepard: secretary gates spoke of the libyan crisis for the first time? reporter: that is right. what was clear talking to secretary gate and admiral mullen, there does not appear to be the stomach here and in the pentagon and in the international community to set up a no-fly zone. listen to secretary gates. the u.n. security council resolution provides no authorization for the use of armed force. there is no unanimity in nato for the use of armed force.
of colonialism to stabilize and allowed their economies to grow. but what we have now really is a war against international terrorism that requires an enormous amount of maneuverability, and at the same time, we have the strategic objectives of the country, which are best served by strong navy technology, anti-penetration through cyber warfare, these sorts of things. and we need to have a valid ground element, but not necessarily what we re doing here. in real time, we ve got none of this information from gates. we got none of this information from rumsfeld. now gates tells us it was a mistake to go into afghanistan and iraq after we ve already gotten in there. telling us now. we have rumsfeld telling us now there were no nuclear weapons in iraq, no attempt to build them, no attempt to buy them. no, nada nuclear weapons. these guys tell us after the fact the facts. what do you make of it? well in all fairness to secretary gate, i don t think that s what i let s focus on rummy t
whether the aid will continue. bob ley come out and said it should be removed if mube stays in office. hard to imagine why it make sense given they have been a stabilizing force in europe, egypt and the wider mideast. bret: the pentagon continues conversations, charles, every day. secretary gate and joint chief mullen with the egyptian counterparts. close relationship between the two militaries. how much does it factor in to what is happening now? extremely critical, that the closest contact. our military with theirs. the military has neutrality. the demonstrators say by not defending them, it has taken the side of the government.
whether the aid will continue. bob ley come out and said it should be removed if mube stays in office. hard to imagine why it make sense given they have been a stabilizing force in europe, egypt and the wider mideast. bret: the pentagon continues conversations, charles, every day. secretary gate and joint chief mullen with the egyptian counterparts. close relationship between the two militaries. how much does it factor in to what is happening now? extremely critical, that the closest contact. our military with theirs. the military has neutrality. the demonstrators say by not defending them, it has taken the side of the government.