warned us. we heard secretary of defense gates warn because he was the head of the cia back in the 8/10s when ronald reagan and others were carrying out the strikes against libya, he saw what qadaffi was capable of and gates has not been in the lead in terms of pushing for u.s. military involvement on libya. >> judge jeanine: and, of course, the report says there will be no u.s. troops on the ground. is there a time frame on how long they think that this is going to last? >> reporter: our impression is certainly pentagon sources tell us they expect that these unique capabilities that the u.s. brings to this fight will -- which includes the tomahawk missiles and the command and control that they are essentially in charge of the operation at this point, they expect to transition that in about -- in a matter of days. they think they will transition that to the coalition. they wanted to help with the