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In libya a turd sandwich, but he was quoting an aide who likes that term. >> ted koppel, you spent time with henry kissinger in the earlier days who knew something about the big ideas for the world. is this administration getting the big ideas right in the tumult in the middle east? . dont think anyone has the big ideas right yet. first of all, lets take a look at what happened not so many years ago, and tom would know more about this than most of us, bob, too, afghanistan. we supported the muja...

We wont be the ones enforcing the no-fly zone. it wont be our ships enforcing the arms embargo. you see that reluctance shot through his rhetoric. >> tom ricks, we began the discussion this morning, richard engel reporting on the rebel, theyre getting closer to tripoli. then what? thats the moment we leave? are we going to supply the rebels? i mean if gadhafi stays, can we really say mission accomplished? >> i think theyll say we can. all obama is saying is give war a chance. not all war. all we...

And in his nobel acceptance speech he said war is never glorious. its a manifestation of human folly. and here he is going to war. i think he felt the pressure. and the question is, is he going to be able to extract the u.s. in a way thats honorable and limited. and as you know, tom, the military people say, youre going to get a general in there, whether its any toe general or a u.s. general. its going to be like general mcchrystal in afghanistan and say, well, i can solve this problem. how abou...

Very well still prevail in the civil war. >> all right. we will leave it there, senator lugar. thank you very much. coming up, the obama doctrine. is the presidents handling of the conflict in libya a sign of a new era in american foreign policy? how will it affect his efforts to confront the deficit and create jobs back at home as well as his reflection? our roundtable weighs in. bob woodward, ted koppel and tom ricks from the center for a new american security and nbcs white house savannah g...

Is a bad guy, but we know very little about the people who seek to replace them. >> tom, do you know? is that a central question here? >> i think it is a concern, are we turning libya over to islamic extremists? but i dont think all islamic extremists are necessarily our enemy. what were at war with is violent islamic extremists who want to attack the united states. i think what youre seeing now is something very different, which is some of those islamist extremists are cheering the united state...

And you see administration aides trying to stick to that schedule. i mean even if thakt that he continued with the latin american trip last week, theyre just defying world events to take them off the agenda they want to set. and theyre still doing some of their education initiatives, economic initiatives. so theyre trying to stick to it. but they cant, of course, dictate world events and the fact of the matter is the president is spending most of his time these days on these national security is...

both sides of the aisle. did he overstep his constitutional authority by using force without consulting congress. my interview this morning with republican from indiana senator richard lugar. finally, analysis of the administrations handling of the crisis in libya is our fragile economic recovery continues and our military is stretched thin by two other wars, did the president make the case to the american people that libya is worth the cost and risk? with us, associate editor for "t...

interview, with us, the secretary of state hillary clinton and secretary of defense robert gates. then -- the president faces critics from both sides of the aisle. did he overstep his constitutional authority by using force without consulting congress. my interview this morning with republican from indiana senator richard lugar. finally, analysis of the administrations handling of the crisis in libya is our fragile economic recovery continues and our military is stretched thin by t...

the president faces critics from both sides of the aisle. did he overstep his constitutional authority by using force without consulting congress. my exclusive interview this morning with the ranking member of the community, republican from indiana, senator richard lugar. finally, analysis of the administrations handling of the crisis in libya is our fragile economic recovery continues and our military is stretched thin by two other wars, did the president make the case to the americ...

In seeing your old colleague tom ricks who has written a couple of books critical of rumsfelds management of the wars engaging him -- >> the book leaked out early, i got a copy of it too. its useful to have the guy in the chair and hold him accountable. when we come back, bill oreillys super bowl sit down with barack obama, was the lack of fireworks good for fox news? in phillips colon health defended against the bad gas, diarrhea and constipation. ...and? it helped balance her colon. oh, now th...