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It's an operation making medical history. it is astounding what doctors have done. >> yeah. we've heard about partial transplants but this is the first full transplant. very, very interesting story. first, u.s.-led attacks are lighting up the sky over libya for a third straight night. they're targeting forces loyal to the libyan government. >> american generals will not be in charge for much longer. john hendren joining us from washington with a progress report. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. after three days of pounding air and cruise missile strikes the pentagon says moammar gadh...

Trophy of their new might. a tank they captured from gadhafi forces. despite the new hardware, the rebel military is still poorly organized and poorly equipped and that is leading to fears the u.s.-led attacks may end in a stalemate. even though international forces are targeting the libyan capital tripoli, the white house says gadhafi himself is not a target. meanwhile, president obama is being criticized for not explaining very well the u.s. strategy in all of this. jake tapper reports now from the white house. >> reporter: as coalition forces continue to pummel libya, the president spoke ...

In a visit to chile the president said this is a humanitarian mission and, quote, we're going to make sure we stick to that mandate. >> the international community rallied and said, we have to stop any potential atrocities inside libya. >> reporter: the president spoke for the first time since a rain of international bombs targeted libyan anti-aircraft guns. and troops moving on civilian is. heading the international effort right now is u.s. commander general carter hamm of the u.s. african command. >> we have not observed libyan military aircraft operating since the beginning of coalition mil...

>> molly, you have an issue talking about how -- no one at this table. but you feel some of the hand wringing that we're seeing in some in the press about how we need to be truth tellers and we need to batton down the hatches, slow and steady straight ahead, you find it basically hypocritical because you didn't see that same determination under the obama years. >> it's very important that we do our jobs, that we do tell the truth and hold people accountable but that has to be in the context of being what we've done forever. and in the last eight years we saw a media that was pretty on see kwee...

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