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Assisting the rebels. but what you really need is that noncommissioned officer corps that permeates and provides the eeth those of professionalism. it's not there. >> you spent 30 years plus in the united states military. what do the men and women of the united states military want to hear from their commander in chief tonight when he speaks at the national defense university at ft. mcnair here in washington? >> the folks that are in uniform are going to follow the orders of those that are appointed them. the officers and certainly the commander in chief. so it's not the soldier, it's not the ...

Forces move back west towards tripoli. but if gadhafi is to be overthrown, he's going to have to be overthrown by his own people. they're going to have to rise up. >> do you see that as real possibility? could they do that? and in addition, does anyone really know who represents this opposition? who are they? >> i think the most likely possibility right now is that you're going to see a protracted civil war. because neither the government, gadhafi nor the rebels will be strong enough to win an outright victory and that's going to be a problem for the united states and for the allied countries,...

Conflict? joining us is kay hagan. senator, thank you for your time today. >> thank you, shannon. >> shannon: i want to ask you, first of all, how you felt about the president moving ahead. many on both sides of the aisle have been critical about him taking the action in libya without coming to you first in congress and what do you feel about the level of involvement now that operations are underway? >> well, we did have a closed briefing, the senators didnd at u.n. security council did issue a resolution going forward with the no flight zone. and the president needed to take action to prevent...

Who has been taking the lead over the last three days? it's been the united states navy and the united states air force. we've knocked out those surface to air missile sites, the radar sites. we've constructed principally the no flight zone and now the no drive zone. to hand this off to our close friends and allies britain and france it will be difficult. the coalition will be challenged. the rebel army will go on the offensive. we leveled the playing field. we took away gadhafi's offensive advantage. when the rebels go on the offensive they will ask for and they are going to expect that the u...

-- time put in place. qadhafi in the past has ignored outside pressure such as an international community. like with egypt and bahrain, close american al lies also erupted into crisis the united states has few contacts deep inside the libyan government. american officials discussing a new flight zone over libya to revent qadhafi from using military aircraft against department yeah stores. such a move would have to be coordinated with nato and require security council resolution which arab governments might object to on sovereignty grounds. >> uma: it could be a major set back for iran's nuclea...