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Recent -- since this operation began almost a week ago. they said the u.s. would be in charge only for a matter of days. then someone else would take charge. it was unclear who would take charge. now we know it will be nato together with some nonnato members who will participate only within in the past hour or so. the united arab emirates said it will send 12 jet fighters to participate in the no-fly zone operation. six frempbl made barrage jet fighters. the united arab emirates will join. and they will participate two members of arab league. we're standing by to speak with the secretary gener...

States? >> we have done all the necessary preparation. we can take over in a couple days. >> by this weekend nato will be in charge. will the overall commander be someone from france, britain, from denmark where you're from? who will be in charge? >> we will use the already established nato chain of command. >> so who will be the commander of the operation? >> that's for the military authorities to decide. the nato council does not make that decision. >> do you know if they've already made the decision, secretary general?

It is a nato supreme commander who will be responsible. his by the way, an american but nato commander. i want to be precise. are you saying this operation will be commanded by the u.s. commander of nato? >> yeah. it will be a nato command. but i also have to say that we will include contributing partners from the region in this operation. it's of utmost importance to stress that this is not primarily a nato operation. it is a broad international effort in which we will include partners for the region that

Room." the nato secretary general anders rasmussen announcing nato reached an agreement to take over operation of the no-fly zone over libya. no agreement on whether to go ahead and launch attacks against libyan ground forces tanks, artillery threatening opposition forces, the rebels. let's discuss what's going on in the breaking news that is significant. joining us right now are pentagon correspondent chris lawrence, our white house correspondent, dan lothian and ressa seya in benghazi. let me go to you first. it sounds complicated. but from the rebels' perspective, i assume they're happy tha...

>> when do you think you'll make the final decision on expanding the nato operation to include this other mission? >> without production, the outcome of our deliberations, i think we may be able to take the decision within the coming days. >> all right. thank you very much for joining us. anders rasmussen is the former prime minister of denmark. is that right? >> yes, indeed. you're welcome. thank you. >> we've met here in washington. he's a very good man. he was generous to share the news with all of us here on cnn. the secretary general of nato. we're standing by for the secretary of state h...