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Circumstances troops on the ground in libya, he has said his goal is to get the united states out of the forefront and into a support role within a matter of days and if not hours. if the opposition on the ground hits resistance, starts getting beaten back from gadhafi forces, what does the president of the united states do? >> john, theres a contradiction here. this is likely to be a protracted civil war and were handing all of this over to nato but which country is the strongest military power...

This is in washington, d.c., moments away from the president delivering the speech to the united states and to the world about the role in the military intervention now under way in libya. the president will talk about the u.s. military role that will be limited both in time and in scope, meaning days, not weeks for air strikes and combat roles and then the president will say a much more support role helping european roles in the coalition. many of you are skeptical. the new survey out tonight f...

Government in syria? >> i think it hasnt reached that point. there have been about 100 protesters killed in syria. libya was poised for a situation where we could have had thousands of people killed by ghadafi, so i dont think its approached that point yet. who knows, it may get to that level, but i dont think so at this point in time. well have to see. jon: but what about the u.s. intervention in libya? what do you make of that? >> well, i think that the u.s. shouldnt have gotten involved in th...

Nato is already activating ships and planes in the mediterranean, a move president obama describes as the u.s. exit strategy. >> the exit strategy will be executed this week in the sent that we will be pulling back from our much more active efforts to shape the environment. >> reporter: its not really an exit. the u.s. will continue in a support role, jamming libyan government signals, offering intelligence and other expertise but the u.s. role would be reduced. of the 161 tomahawk missiles fire...

It sounds like the u.s. will be in charge of a big part of this operation. >> this is still unfolding. how does that jive with what jay carney said that u.s. planes would not be involved in the second phase of the mission in libya. it would be an assist and support role. it will be interesting to see how this lines up with the desire of the administration. thats to see libya without moammar gadhafi. you heard from the president and other senior officials saying he must go. he shows no signs of g...

Strategy. >> the exit strategy will be executed this week in the sense that we will be pulling back from our much more active efforts to shape the environment. well still be in a support role. well still be providing jamming and intelligence and other assets that are unique to us. >> all right. mark halperin, we showed some polls yesterday out from gallup. i want to get your take on it. peggy and mike, this discussion has led to what were hearing, the conclusion that americans dont know whats ne...

Missions over libya. thats down from 87% when air strikes all started. the president is once again pledging that there will be no ground invasion of libya. he also shared his exit strategy with spanish language station univision. >> land invasion is out of the question, whats the exit strategy? >> land invasion is out of the question, completely, absolutely. the exit strategy will be executed this week in the sense that we will be pulling back from our much more active efforts to shape the envir...

A support role. that doesnt mean we will not be involved. that means we will have a support role and well have to assess it from moment to moment. the most difficult thing, as you know and so many people, its easy to get into one of these. its very difficult, as events unfold, to get the hell out of there. >> indeed. >> to clarify one thing, do you believe the president acted within proper legal authority in taking this military action? >> well, im one of those who believe that when youre not de...

Foreign policy. >> theyre literally criticizing every move he makes no hatter what move he makes. >> right. >> its kind of ridiculous. in an interview with the spanish language network univision, president obama executed the exit strategy. >> the execution strategy will be this week, well be pulling back, well still be in a support role, providing jamming and intelligence and other assets that are unique to us. >> all right. the president also insists there was not a double standard when it come...

Slaughter of the innocent to bring along citizens. we didnt wait to see where the international community was. we brought the international community along. now we have an opportunity to press for the kind of opportunity for the opposition that i think theyre looking for and theyre taking. >> president obama is going to have a lot of questions to answer today now that hes back on american soil. in an interview yesterday, president obama categorically ruled out a land invasion to oust gadhafi and...