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Out. he has important elements of the military and many opposition figures, the only thing they have in common is they want saleh gone. but they have big differences, some of them heavily in bed with islamists and al qaeda, others more traditional tribal elements and still others that are kind of free-floating actors. also a very uncertain situation. >> similar to the libyan opposition. that is all over the lot united only by dislike or hatred of gadhafi but not behind another principle. >> not at all. >> ken pollack, thank you very much. senator john mccain called america's decision to hand...

The rate of hearing loss is climbing among older adults. a johns hopkins university study found 63% over 70 had mild to severe hearing loss. surprisingly african-americans had only one-third the rate of hearing loss compared to white participants. i'm andrea mitchell. coming up next on "andrea mitchell reports," american companies are adding jobs. the fastest two-month pass since before the recession. behind the numbers of today's jobs report with labor secretary hilda solis. in the battle for libya. we talk to republican congressman duncan hunter who says it's time for nato to step it up ...

Include funding the rebels against gadhafi with some of gadhafi's own seized assets. at the same time that she is trying to get the arabs to help fight gadhafi, she's also trying to get the saudis to back off from their intervention in bahrain. so this is a very complicated situation, and perhaps the most complex that clinton has faced since becoming secretary of state. savannah? >> and secretary of state clinton says a no-fly zone would require the bombing of libyan targets. ken pollack is the director of research at at sabine place. let's start with libya and the u.n. security council is vot...

>> ken pollack is the director of middle east policy and served as middle east military analyst in the cia. thank you very much for joining us from brookings today. let's talk about the options today. susan rice the u.n. ambassador and secretary clinton saying and jay carney again today saying all options are on the table. is a no fly zone really an option are are they positioning those ships for the possibility of military aid and also to increase the pressure on gadhafi? >> i think there's no question that they're trying to increase the pressure of gadhafi. the united states would be more re...

This point in time. but it is yet another point, demonstrating that the iranian people remain very unhappy with their government and this government has absolutely no interest in reform, they have no interest in making any concessions, they are going to go the old mideastern route of repression, repression, repression. >> not good news on many fronts, but always good to see you, ken pollack, thank you very much. and coming up next, maryland governor martin o'malley on his meetings with the president yesterday. new jersey congressman russ holt beat the compute never a round of "jeopardy" in...