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As i said, our initial focus is taking outs libyan air defenses so that a no-fly zone can operate effectively and aircraft and pilots of the coalition are not threatened when they're maintaining the no-fly zone. the second aspect of this is making sure that the humanitarian aspects of the mission can be met. but let me emphasize that we anticipate this transition to take place in a matter of days and not a matter of weeks. and so i would expect that over the next several days we'll have more information and the pentagon will be fully briefing the american people as well as the press on that is...

So that a snow fly zone with operate effectively, and aircraft and pilots of the coalition are not threatened when they are maintaining the no-fly zone. the second aspect of this is making sure that the humanitarian aspects of the mission can be met. but let me emphasize that we anticipate this transition to take place in a matter of days and not a matter of weeks. i would expect that over the next several days we'll have more information and the pentagon will be fully briefing the american people as well as the nation on that issue. nato will be involved in a coordinating function because of ...