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Experiences in iraq." jane joins us now. i want to get why you named the book what you named it. first, so few countries allow women on the front lines. the u.s. is not one of those countries that does and they offer them -- women to do that in limited roles. so how did you end up on the front lines in iraq? >> thank you very much for the question. you know, today's battlefield is a lot different than it may have been, you know, just even 50 years ago. people find themselves in support units on the front line because the front line is no longer a defined space. people in support roles or in di...

>> on this holiday morning. >> and we've got a lot of news. we begin with the weather. first a new wave of spring storms is pounding the midwest. in fact, some of the worst damage is in battle creek, michigan. a storm packing 80-mile-an-hour winds snapped trees, brought down a lot of power lines. in fact, across the state some 100,000 homes and businesses lost power. >> a violent storm hit the chicago area. ferocious winds uprooting trees and sending them on the tops of houses and cars. >> the trees just doubled. it was the strongest wind i've seen in a long time. >> that's the impor...

Nato, nato has control of them, nato can call them in on attack missions, dropping bombs, firing missiles when it chooses to over libya. the question is, of course, is how does this square with what defense secretary robert gates told congress. have a listen. >> as the chairman and i have indicated, our role has already begun to recede to the support roles that i indicated. we will not be taking an active part in strike activities. and we believe that our allies can sustain this for some period of time. >> so these 11 warplanes, wolf, since nato took over the mission, have flown 97 times and d...

Deadly advance pushing rebel forces out of cities they once controlled. thursday, the defense secretary said other countries are capable of arming and training badly outgunned libyan rebels and the u.s. will soon take a back seat to enforcing the no-fly zone. >> our role already has begun to recede to the support roles i indicated we will not be taking an active part in the strike activities. and we believe that our allies can sustain this for some period of time. >> friday sources revealed the cia is reporting gadhafi is killing substantial numbers of people in towns outside of media coverage...

Thursday, the defense secretary said other countries are capable of arming and training badly outgunned libyan rebels and that the u.s. will soon take a back seat to enforcing the no-fly zone. >> our role has begun to recede to the support roles that i indicated. we will not be taking an active part in the strike activities. and we believe that our allies can sustain this for some period of time. >> friday, sources revealed the cia is reporting that gadhafi is killing substantial numbers of people in towns outside media coverage. today what to do about libya? we turn to president obama's forme...