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Doing, go aft libyan ground forces, attack them from the air? >> it is my understanding that nato has agreed in from principle to accept that mission. and in the coming days,he tdey' decide exactly how and when they want to execute that mission. t it's important to remember th the united states is a nato member. we participate in those discussihoon a i'm confident that those discussions will, indeed, end with a satisfactory solution for nato to accept this mission. >> but in the meantime, until nato is fully on board for that part of the mission, the u.s. and the others will continue to pound ...

Going on in libya. is that right? >> our mission is dictated by the u.n. security council resolution. so the agreement of the security council has given us these three missions, and think appropriately, at least to me, the most important of those is to protect civilians. and that's where we're putting our effort. not in supporting one party or the other. >> if these rebels, the opposition and civilians for that matter are being attacked by libyan snipers, what do you do about that? >> it's the toughest problem that we have. weave precise weapon systems. not nsjust u.s., but all the contributin...

Timing of accepting that mission. but i think that will probably occur in the very near future. >> so when nato takes over command of everything, assuming that happens, and it's stl an assumption right now, what is your job and the job of the u.s. military's africa command? >> well, libya is one of the 53 countries in africa for which this command is responsible. so we still have a decided inrest in security matters in libya. but once nato assumes responsibility forhoseth missions, then i would have -- i would no longere have a direct command authority relationship with the forces engaged in n...

>> there is contact, i'm not aware of anyone who is on the ground with them. >> well, the president himself said that he was naming someone to be a liaison to the opposition when i was in paris the other day with the secretary of state. she met with one of the opposition leaders herself. not a million tear dialogue. >> that's correct. >> what is next? how long is this operation in libya going to take before you declare mission accomplished? >> well, i think we have acmplished quite a bit already. we are -- we will continue until the mission transitions. we will continue to do all we can to pro...

Increasing the possibility of a large-scale release of radiation. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." was be ebegin with bya. moammar gadhafi's forces are facing the powerful weapons of the nato alliance, like this air strike by britain. and yet, u.s. military officials concede today that the libyan regime is still determined to fight and reinforced its positions in the eastern cities fwh including ajdabiya. the occasion says gadhafi is trying to recruit and arm volunteers to fight rebel forces. the libyan strongman defiant as nato moves to take over command of the libyan mis...