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Bomber. can fly about 6,000 miles without refueling. 10,000 plus miles with one refueling mid-air. that's equipped with a joint air-to-surface standoff missile. in other words, these aircraft wouldn't have to come into syrian air space. and the official that i spoke with said you could get that standoff capability from a submarine, ship or an aircraft. none of it would have to enter syrian air space. it could be out of the range of the syrian air defenses and allow the capability to strike inside syria. >> interesting. joining me now, fran townsend, a member of the cia advisory committees. chr...

That hearing continues on the hill. martha: in the meantime, more controversy for the irs as it's revealed that agents are being trained to use semiautomatic weapons. congressman jeff duncan says he learned about this during a visit to a federal law enforcement facility saying, quote: when i left this, it's been bugging me for weeks now, why irs agents are training with semiautomatic rifle ar-15s which have standoff capability. are americans that much of a target that you need that kind of capability? interesting question, right? so that comes as a new fox news poll shows most americans think ...

In libya? >> perhaps all of that. first you'll have the launch of perhaps cruz missiles which would pin -- with pinpoint accuracy would be able to determine exact, hit exact locations on the ground. fa-18s launched from aircraft carriers have standoff capability with missiles that can strike the ground from a distance perhaps as far as 25 miles. and then once a no fly zone is established, f-15s, ground launch from places like abileno, italy and similar locations will be used to ensure there is no further flying in the area but that does not mean that all the surface-to-air missile sites are go...

Perhaps cruz missiles which would pin -- with pinpoint accuracy would be able to determine exact, hit exact locations on the ground. fa-18s launched from aircraft carriers have standoff capability with missiles that can strike the ground from a distance perhaps as far as 25 miles. and then once a no fly zone is established, f-15s, ground launch from places like abileno, italy and similar locations will be used to ensure there is no further flying in the area but that does not mean that all the surface-to-air missile sites are going to be destroyed and it also doesn't mean that the gadhafi forc...

The authorities are not going to take any chances. they don't want to get anybody hurt. and, of course that idea of a bomb gives the individual inside kind of a standoff capability. it keeps the authorities, not that they would anyway, from entering the bank at this time. so, once again, a situation like this falls back on my former colleagues hostage negotiators. it is their job to open that dialogue, that line of communication, reduce the stress and anxiety level of anybody inside and help that person understand that the best way to resolve this is for him to lay down any weapons and come ou...