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Deposing the qaddhafi regime, as welcome as that eventuality would be is not part of the military mission. jon: congressman duncan hunter is a member of the armed services committee, also a marine combat veteran and i should say congressman you support what the president has done here in libya, right? >> yeah i actually do. the way that i'm looking at this. if you took president obama out of this picture and you put in another picture, say president reagan or bush, i don't think that we'd be seeing the same backlash that we're seeing now, as an american action, something that we as a nation sh...

Agree to a goal for spending but are they closer to passing an actual budget? after months of violence american-born al-qaida leader anwar al-awlaki breaks his silence on the uprising in the middle east. what he has to say about that. it's all live on "happening now." here is a headline as we hit high noon on the east coast. the u.s. sends cia teams into libya, nato takes control of operations there. we're glad you're with us, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. the cia is sending small teams into eastern libya. they are lynning up with opposition forces to assess their needs. rebels have been ...

Magazine, it's a lifestyle magazine, if you will kind of a martha stewart living for english speaking would be jihaddists. the cover story in this edition is by anwar al-awlaki who is the first american on the cia's kill or capture list. he says the unrest in the middle east is a boon to al-qaida, and he calls the libyan leader a lunatic. testifying on capitol hill a short time ago the defense secretary said the chances of al-qaida cementing its foothold in south africa seems remote. >> i'm no great expert on libya, but i think that the future government of libya is going to be worked out amon...

Would have far to big a cost. the rebels don't want foreign troops on the ground in libya. that changes the equation in a way and in some ways benefits qaddhafi and would create long term problems. the goal is to use the military to stop qaddhafi's forces from inflicting civilian casualties and to have freedom of movement. for the past few days there have been weather problems in libya, our nato forces have not had as much access to the ground forces they would like. the secondary goal is to use diplomatic and economic pressure to drive qaddhafi from power. the defection of the foreign ministe...

Presidential finding, jenna, allows the cia to undertake activity that is will allow them to influence event necessary a foreign country, in this case, libya. but then, once again the president might limit what they're able to do and we don't know exactly what that is now. i don't believe that they're providing arms. at least that's what the administration is telling us. but they may decide to make contact with the rebel groups or they may decide to watch and see what's going on. of course they might be using disguise, they're going to have to speak the language and hopefully have regional kno...