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Lines. if theyre concerned about the border patrol or others not having resources to attack sophisticated transnational criminal oanization what is they need to do is help put those people back in support duties. to have more national guard in the support role to the border patrol rather than putting people with only 60 hours of training out on the front lines trying to. >> let me make a point here. bill: make it quick, senator, im out of time. >> the point is that these will be former military ...

Tasks. they watch for anything suspicious. protect iraqs oil facilities out there. they board vessels to check identities when they look suspicious and they rescue sailors in trouble, as they did last month. they can travel into shallow waters where the navy ships cant go. they learned firsthand about the guards mission and capabilities. while the coast guard is a familiar sight in u.s. waters, some people are unaware they are deployed to the gulf as well. >> i dont think a lot of people necessa...

Thats kind of where things end. its sad, and obviously it could have stopped this whole tragedy from happening. but thats -- thats the law. thats the way it works. >> thats really messed up. >> its sad. well, we reported yesterday about an earlier withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan. now we are learning that the defense secretary may have jumped the gun. about 68,000 troops will remain there next summer. but they will transition from a combat role to a support role. the transition would...

we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." gunfire, honking horns, celebrations in cities across libya, marking the death of gadhafi. were following all the breaking news this hour. the man who ruthlessly ruled the country for 42 years was killed today outside his hometown of sirte. he was 69 years old. president obama said his death marks the end of a long and painful chapter for libya. >> one year ago,...

Washington. so what does this alleged plot tell us about irans terrorism ambitions and how high up in the iranian government does this plot actually go? we dont know. evan kohlmann is an msnbc terrorism analyst and robin wright is a fellow at the united states institute of peace and the woodrow wilson center and also author of "rock the casbah." what do we know now? >> the united states has made some very serious allegations about irans attempt to assassinate the saudi ambassador. this is a fasc...

Outraged. this is all about keeping the world united in opposition to the activities of iran, and weve taken nothing off the table. we will take nothing off the table. >> welcome back to "hardball." thats vice president biden this morning, of course, reacting to the alleged plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador here in washington. so what does this alleged plot tell us about irans terrorism ambitions and how high up in the iranian government does this plot actually go? we dont know. evan cole...

Happening there on the ground, and they say they have no reason to believe he is inside of libya at this point in time. so they are continuing to try to stay on top of the situation, and the president coming out, speaking about it today as you say, and he is on vacation, and still making it a priority, martin. >> and we know that the president called the prime minister of england david cameron and has there any comments or discussions and the type of role that the united states might play in the...

green square is right on the coast there. gadhafis compound, a few miles away has taken a pounding from nato air strikes. today is the scene of ferocious gun battles. for now its still in the regime control. and as for the libyan dictator, he may still inbound hiding or on the run, but three of his sons are in custody. and that included the man on the left, and he is wanted for crimes against humanity, just like his father. and then rebels also captured this woman, a well-known anchor ...

also, you may not know the story of the monford point marines. the men who integrated mat reenz yooms. welcome to the men and women serving us in uniform and thank you for being here and what you do. lets talk about three important deadlines that we are keeping an eye on today in this whole debt ceiling debate. a vote is scheduled this afternoon in the senate on majority leader harry reids plan. thats the vote that was supposed to take place overnight but it was delayed in the even...

Combat operations in afghanistan have ended. we heard that combat operations in iraq had ended prematurely from president bush, and then we heard it from president obama almost against his will when the last combat troops left iraq this past august. there have been another 50,000 americans in iraq that will be there until new years eve this year, and then it will be over. but thats a key point, troops are in a support role, and they were going to manage the fact that we were getting out of the c...