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Effort with our allies with the united nations security council and so on. at the beginning evidence was praising america's leadership role in this mission. in the latter part of the speech you will recall he also -- >> bill: let me stop you there did sarkozy become an american citizen in the last couple of days? he is the guy that led it. not president obama. >> hear me out. i understand what you are saying. i'm talking about the message the president presented tonight. on the one hand he seemed eager to tout an american leadership role in this episode and by implication, of course, in genera...

Legitimacy to lead and he must leave. >> reporter: saturday at a conservative conference in iowa, mr. obama's libya policy came under attack from republicans. >> reveals the utter lack of clarity in the president's thinking. >> reporter: in his address to the nation tomorrow, experts say the president must explain how the coalition operation helps meet the administration goal of seeing gadhafi leave power. >> we have other policy options to attain our own objectives that are separate from the u.n. mandate, and i think the president's going to have to make that clear in his statement on monday....

Defined obama's presidency from the start. now obama's decision to use u.s. military forces to impose a no-fly zone over libya has prompted criticism from republican presidential hopefuls that the president dithered before agreeing to act. "the chicago tribune," the headline says, "while obama seeks clarity, we're fighting another war. the president must find clarity before beginning such an enterprise. to do otherwise is to risk not only american lives and his own presidency and political fortunes but to risk america's future security and its place among nations." and finally the "washington ...

Saying, permits the can international countries to arm the rebels. it has a specific exemption from the arms embargo passed in resolution 1970. it's clear to me that that is the long-term solution. you will use international air power and a greater and greater force on the part of the -- these people standing up to the dictator, the rebels, and they will, eventually, shrink his space to the point he's defeated. >> all right. jamie rubin, i know we'll be talking to you as we go along here. always good to have your perspective. thank you. and still ahead, we will talk with the former libyan am...

Supporters or not. and the other crew member was given shelter by anti-gadhafi rebels until help came from him. some democrats are saying that the president's libya policy is in shambles. the administration turned on a dime last week going against the first instinct and ordered the use of force. some in congress are saying president obama didn't have the power to do that. but he's not the first commander in chief to do so without coming to capitol hill first. jim acosta live in washington. the president's own party giving him grief on this, right, jim? >> and the president is talking about w...