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The 40 year regime. tensions stretch back to the reagan administration . peter doocy joins us with a look back at the string of violence that ignited american hostilities with libya. >> it is 25 years since president reagan called qaddafi the mad dog of the middle east. that gives you an idea of what things have been like in the country and even ooch before hand. 1981, qaddafi laid claim to a big chunk and the american f-14 had to hoot down fighter jet in self defense. our sixth fleet sailed ove...

If you look at recent history you will see that our planes have logged a lot of miles over libya. 1981 is when he laid claim to the big chunk of the gulf of sidrah. two fighter jets were aggressive and the libyan jets ended up being shot down. five years later the united states navys sixth fleet sailed over the imaginary line of water calling it the line of death. we sank two ships. 1989 we shot down two more jets to present technicality the john f. kennedy. in between those, president reagan or...

And to hell with the sixth fleet and nato. theyre expletive, deleted, theyre all expletive, deleted. and i dont care. when people go well i was a reformer. when people cross the red line i hit them with my shoe and i hit their fathers with my shoe. so you can see the son is very much in the mold of the father. british degree or not. >> good point. thanks to brian todd as well. a new move by egypt that could force president hosni mubarak to pay for alleged corruption. and the tangled web thats fo...

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Watch this. >> thats right. i wanted to present you with a little gift which represents what president obama and vice president biden and i have been saying, and that is we want to reset our relationship. so well do it together. >> so there really isnt a success story. and all these disasters, shes as big a part of because she was his secretary of state. >> exactly right. and, no, mrs. clinton, a gimmicky red reset button wont work with vladimir putin. rebuilding the sixth fleet might, rebuildin...

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Tell us about it. >> well, the u.s. right now is in charge of the commanding control of the operation. its being led, as youve reported by general carter ham at the newest command in germany. theyre overseeing it but have you an admiral on board uss mount whitney, admiral locklear overseeing for the sixth fleet the tomahawk missiles being fired from three u.s. submarines in the med terrainin. a british submarine, as well as two u.s. destroyers, stout and barry. 114 cruise missiles as mentioned, ...