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Infrastructure, science and technology and research. "the washington post" blogger ezra klein pointed out that the federal government is turning into an insurance company with an army. and if that insurance company doesn't shrink, soon there won't be much money even to pay for an army. you kang read more of my thoughts on this subject in this week's "time" magazine and on time.com. time is a great cover on abraham lincoln and the civil war. let's get started. joining me now, the former undersecretary of commerce, secretary of the treasury, chief of staff of the white house, secretary of stat...

At the moment, neither side seems to have definitive control of the city. this is a city with 150,000 residents and many have fled in the last few days because they have been concerned about what is going on today, a fierce battle for control of the town. it's an important strategic town for the rebels because it's the last stop before you hit the capital. nato, after a week of singing criticism for lack of air strikes according to the rebels on the ground, they picked up their strikes in western libya. it has been surrounded by gadhafi troops for weeks, and now nato says they are taking on hi...

Libya -- is taking a more proactive role in supporting their cause. they also -- forces last night in a press conference and he said that they -- that nato is responsible for the death of civilians in the town of misrata. this is a town that -- now in western libya. but nato has responded, they responded today with more air strikes and they also had a defense of the -- in the last 24 hours. they -- civilian casualties in misrata and that they're having difficulty -- >> and we have got obviously some complications on our audio from benghazi. our thanks to stephanie gosk and we'll get the latest...

Up one of the networks, but the problem is with that particular network you can't call western libya, places like tripoli, you can't take calls from western libya. so that's why someone in the u.s. can contact eman and her parents, who are here in eastern libya, can't contact her. so they haven't had contact with her for days now. >> nic robertson, you were there in the hotel when eman first came in more than a week ago. you've been relentless in trying to continue to keep the story in the forefront. you asked moussa ibrahim, the spokesman for the gadhafi regime, about her claims that she's ba...

Organization and increased firepower. rebels fought back against gadhafi's forces today with mortars and rocket launchers. they also seemed to have better communication equipment and held their ground rather than retreat as they've done for the previous three days. meantime, gadhafi's forces launched an intense, new attack today on misrata, the only major rebel-held city in western libya. for more, let's bring in nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel live in benghazi. richard, talk to us more about this propose or reports of a possible cease-fire offered by the rebels. >> reporter: the...