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It's just a hot, calm, no-wind day with this sand hanging in the air. the reaction about the attack yesterday on gadhafi's compound has really been a debate about what this entire mission is about. is it a mission to topple -- to top the the libyan leader, or is it really one to degrade his military and protect the civilian population? because one could easily argue, and the libyan government is arguing, that attacking gadhafi's personal library and a reception hall is not a move that is consistent with a mandate that says the military should be used strictly to protect the civilian people in ...

Did we want gadhafi and his regime out of power? or were we just intervening to save benghazi for a day or two from armored attacks? i think the military measures are disconnected from the fuzzy political thinking that went into this operation. >> is there a scenario under which you could envision the u.s. attacking gadhafi, another one? >> well, you know, i think we had a choice of either deciding we want to take gadhafi and his regime out and here's what we are prepared to do with the cia, saudi money and air power or we could have picked a lesser objective. but unfortunately i think we have...

Is very similar to the way the coalition has conducted it up to this point and no more, but also no less." not everyone is convinced. >> i think we're going to have to step up our involvement, not find ways to scale it back. even if our goals are limited. and therefore, i'm a little befuddled by the administration's confidence that it can entrust this mission more and more to the europeans. >> reporter: and that is the unanswered question right now, wolf. if you are going to have nato and the european nations take over this crucial mission of attacking gadhafi's forces and equipment on the gro...

Right now in libya, the u.s. is part of the coalition attacking gadhafi's forces, but back in january the u.s. government was reaching out to the dictator's youngest son. the "washington post" reports the state department helped organize a trip for the 27-year-old to visit the u.s. the government did not host his visit but helped an american company set up an internship for him and even organized sight seeing tours. a national security reporter for the "washington post." didn't sunday morning to you. what a difference a month or two makes, right? this was an attempt by the state department to ...

Mission partly accomplished. defense secretary robert gates says the u.s.-led effort to enforce a no-fly zone in libya has rendered moammar gadhafi's forces defenseless. in an appearance on "meet the press" secretary of state hillary clinton defended the military action. >> this was an international effort that the united states was a part of. i certainly believe it was within the president's constitutional authority to do so. it is going according to the plan that the president laid out. the united states will be transitioning to a nato command and control. and then we will be joining with th...