americans who had lost their lives at the hand of gadhafi. press secretary jay carney just wrapped up a briefing. we asked him what the united states' role would be moving forward. he basically said that the u.s. will continue to be a partner with libya, although the details hadn't exactly been worked out. but he did reiterate the fact that this will be a long and difficult process for the transitional national council moving forward, but the united states, its international allies would be there to help them. dylan? >> kristen, thank you so much. let's turn to our mega panel, karen, susan, and jimmy are here. what is your immediate reaction to this news, karen? >> well, assuming that it's true, which it sounds like now that we're more confident that it is, this is great news, hopefully, for the libyan people. i think, obviously, this is a starting point. an end of one thing, but a starting point on what's going to be a very long road for them. i also, of course, think of it in political terms. that here, again, i think the president and his administration