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No-fly zone, correct? >> absolutely. >> as we try to take a look at what the next logical step here is weve sort of drawn a line in the stand, we will not put ground troops or ground forces there, nato has taken control of the mission. what is the other option if it is not to try to assist this group trying in some form or fashion to overthrow this dictator? >> one of the important things about the no-fly zone in the beginning, at least in my mind was the stockpile of chemical weapons. we know t...

Short of being able to train this band of rebels, weapons is a choice and as mr. hadley indicated, its necessary for this -- for the rebels to achieve any greater success and not achieve some stalemate, which everybody has decided is unacceptable. we would all agree that a partitioned libya is not what were looking for. >> general marks, from a military standpoint, arming folks who, you know, have just been handed a weapon for the first time and giving them an rpg, is that -- is that practical? ...

We would all agree that a partitioned libya is not what were looking for. >> general marks, from a military standpoint, arming folks who, you know, have just been handed a weapon for the first time and giving them an rpg, is that -- is that practical? is that easy to use? >> the notion of the gang that couldnt shoot straight might be lived out. absolutely, there must be some degree of training associated with arming this force. however, some weapon systems clearly they can get a handle on and th...

Numbers of rebels who they can sort of put into the fight in a coordinated way. what they would need is more heavier weapons and more advanced weapons technology so they could essentially see where they are firing, perhaps they could get that information from coalition forces to know what they were targeting 15 miles further up the road where they were firing these weapon systems. but in real-time. but the analysis that most people seem to accept on the ground here is that even if you arm the re...

Administration is that clearly theyre going to let the rest of the world, the coalition take control including whatever they need to do to provide the resources. we have other parts of the world that we have to deal with but we are a member of the coalition and were going to help them on using our unique resources that we have that other countries dont but i dont believe that will be spending the money or putting boots on the ground. thats clearly where the president is coming from now based on ...

>> explain the significance what an ac-130 could do, if youre talking about trying to change, ill close this down just to show people. again, this was going this way, the opposition of the good guys, they were going this way, and then in the last 24 hours, gadhafi turns it this way. >> an a-10 is essentially a flying tank. it has very precise munitions, can go after very point targets. larger considerations for collateral damage have now been eliminated, because it can be very precise. the ac-13...

Going on in libya. is that right? >> our mission is dictated by the u.n. security council resolution. so the agreement of the security council has given us these three missions, and think appropriately, at least to me, the most important of those is to protect civilians. and thats where were putting our effort. not in supporting one party or the other. >> if these rebels, the opposition and civilians for that matter are being attacked by libyan snipers, what do you do about that? >> its the toug...

>> well, if you notice the conversation at the top realms of our national leadership is that were going to turn this over. that means there is somebody on the other side willing to accept it. if there is no one on the other side willing to accept it, were it. and so we are bringing some of the most critically needed aspects of this operation, which is not only some of the hardware and the military platforms and weapon systems but the leadership, the ability to carry out this kind of an operation...

Shoot down. a jet fight ser pretty hard to shoot down as well, especially higher up. do you have any sense at all, nic, how far away this anti-aircraft fire was where from you are right now? >> were guessing perhaps about a mile and a half. because we believe that this is gunfire coming from around that moammar gadhafis palace complex area. there are very few locations in the city that have these heavy weapon systems. they do have them mounted on the backs of trucks so they can drive them around...

If we were serious enough i think there would be more bipartisanship how many democrats will get on boor for saying, we simply spent too much on the military, and we should actually begin that process? >> two weeks ago we had a great test of that when we finally defeated the second engine for a single-engine jet fighter. it was the best joke i had going in my district. i said, well, inside the beltway its two. i think that could be a test case for further cuts and unnecessary weapon systems, per...