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Combat in iraq. the a-10 is also affectionately called the tank killer and the warthog. as combat jets go, it's low and slow and ugly, yet revered by ground forces around the world for the world of hurt it can deliver to the enemy. after piloting a-10s, mcsally retired as a colonel and turned to politics. but today we learned something about senator mcsally that only close friends and family knew. she told a hearing of the armed services committee that she is a survivor of sexual assault in the military. she was raped by a superior officer in the air force and today she told her story directly...

A slow fight, a messy fight, and one that iraqis say they are committed to. you saw them there, but they say they have the ammunition and troops in number and they seem to be the shia fighters and the iraqi forces are able to coordinate enough in that area, and the question is how can they conduct that operation, such a complex and fragile place, the oil refinery. with cities like ramadi and baghdad in jeopardy lawmakers including a combat veteran are calling for the coalition to ramp up air strikes. this next video from youtube shows what it's the like when aircraft hit their targets. watch...

The hornet, it packs a powerful punch against the enemy, but the coalition averaged 15 air strikes a day in iraq and syria and compare that to the iraq war in 2003 air strikes were around 800 per day. my next guest is a u.s. navel grad and one of the navy's first female fighter pilots and she is now a professor at duke university and an expert on the use of drones. thank you for joining me. >> thanks for having me. >> if you watch that youtube video, air strikes seem to be the way to go. it looks so easy. is it? >> well i don't know if i would characterize air strikes as easy. there's certainl...

we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." gunfire, honking horns, celebrations in cities across libya, marking the death of gadhafi. we're following all the breaking news this hour. the man who ruthlessly ruled the country for 42 years was killed today outside his hometown of sirte. he was 69 years old. president obama said his death marks the end of a long and painful chapter for libya. >> one year ago, the notion of a free libya seemed impossible. but then the libyan people rose up. and demanded t...