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Reagan intermediated. the final real agreement in 87. it was ratified in 88 and took three years to get rid of all those weapons. in libya, today, we got december of 2003, we got their commitment to denuclearize. we did not finish all of the chemical weapons until 2016. it takes time. we want to think any kind of a timetable that will be putting together is a good sign? i dont want you to get too far down the politics of the soul, but you cannot ignore the fact that one political party absolutel...

They have a reasonable understanding of the nuclear program, but needs to work with north korea through these discussions to have a full understanding of what they have. >> harris: thank you very much. let us bring in robert charles, former navy intelligence officer and attorney. great to see you as always, robert. first of all, with this, you know, mike pompeo getting ready to have the second round, the president -- further round, the president having a second round of the september, you make o...

Assads capability to strike at his people with chemical weapons it dents the narrative theres a global war going on against islamists by americans. that is crucial. [ overlapping speakers ] >> thats an overwhelmingly naive thing to say. im not saying hes not a muslim. try to make that case to the overwhelming majority of the syrian people. >> shia. doesnt it depend who youre making the argument to? the soon is in or the alowites or the christians? >> the main gripe with assad began because he wa...

Try to make that case to the overwhelming majority of the syrian people. >> shia. doesnt it depend who youre making the argument to? the soon is in or the alowites or the christians? >> the main gripe with assad began because he was a dictator who tortured. >> why do the christians now fear the opposition more than assad? >> they fear the jabat faction of the opposition. >> theyre right to. >> we dont use the word opposition in that generalized way. >> talk about libya, syria, egypt, there was a...

>> well, first of all, i think its important to say that wherever the president is, is where the white house is, and the idea that he cant be in control because hes in south america or some other place, i think thats poppycock. the white house is wherever the president is. you got tom donald in there, you got bill daley there, and obviously the president. at the same time, the idea of the president touring some mayan ruins, this is no time to be americas tourist, so i think the idea of cutting s...

Died, but 25 injured. we want to bring in the chairman and c of the duberstein group. we brought you in talk about libya, but you had to contend with the conflict in the middle east quite a bit over the years. what is your initial reaction to the news out of jerusalem? >> lets be clear, we dont know yet what caused it, whether it was a suicide bomber, whether it was some other form of explosion. so, lets not rush to any conclusions. but it sounds like a dastardly act. the problem is that all t...

Ground and doing that while were trying to hand it over to some form of a coalition which will likely be led by nato militarily but then a separate political entity. so, thats no easy task, and i think if you look at the goal of the mission, it was to protect libyan civilians. the two meetin inmeans were a ne and an embargo, and they have not achieved their goals if you look at your own reporting. libyans are still being brutalized by gadhafi, theres a big question out there, everybodys talking ...

Fact, from the president, this is a case of days and not weeks, going out of his way to show that the united states will not be in libya for very long. he suggests we can hand it over to our european allies. what would that mean exactly to hand it over to our, quote, european allies? >> well, i think operationally whats been discussed in brussels and other european capitals is the formation of some sort of committee within nato that handles the military operations and the french foreign minister...

Reagan? >> the mad dog of the middle east, thats right. what should be our objective here? the president said gadhafi should go, but now he said its more of a humanitarian mission and we want to protect those fighting gadhafi. should we come out and say it we should get rid of this guy? >> i think the president has been pretty clear in saying he should no longer rule libya, but how you go about it, the goal of the u.n. resolution is humanitarian. thats what the focus has to be. and the idea is t...

In salvador, well see you back here tomorrow. for more on how the libyan conflict is received back home, im joined by adam smith, hes the top democrat on the house armed services committee. congressman, thanks for joining me this morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me on. >> if you could put it in a one-line summary for the american people, what are we doing in libya? whats the objective? >> well, the short-term objective is to protect the civilian population from gadhafis military for...