general hamm has also said we do not operate in direct support of the opposition forces. so so as president obama addresses the nation, i'll be listening for answers to the following questions: when will the u.s. combat role in the operation end? will america's commitment end in days, not weeks, as the president promised? what will be the duration of the noncombat operation and what will be the cost? what national security interests of the united states justified the risk of american life? what is the role of our country in libya's ongoing civil war? the president made clear that our combat forces' role in libia will be limited in scope and duration. tonight i hope he will reiterate that pledge or ask congress before extending the duration or scope of our mission there. and, as always, our thoughts are with the brave young americans in laces places like helmand province, baghdad, those in japan helping the people recover from >> at a town hall meeting earlier today, president obama said that u.s. involvement in libya would be limited in both time and scope. the president

also the african commander, general hamm, is up in europe as well. to work thatamcommand and control architecture with different nations in different locations, that also then has the connect activity and i.t. support. the doctrine worked out. that is really, really hard work. i think it is phenomenal how far we have come thus far and the pros out there are working through the details. >> vice admiral, the way things have gone at the moment, it looks like it is heading for a stalemate. i know you said you are enforcing the no-fly zone, but president obama has called for gernl gaddafi to go. will you consider helping the rebels more directly, such as the way u.s. forces did in afghanistan with special forces on the ground? it looks like at the moment the rebels can't actually break out unde

marine colonel thomas hammes served in iraq and is a leading military analyst.hat did the car bomb mean for iraq. i think the car bomb changed the basic tactical situation in iraq successful counterinsurgency is based on being among the people close to them when you start bombing and you start to withdraw both government forces the police in iraq and u.s. forces in behind bomb barriers you cut off communication with people and carbone separated the government from the people and at the same time inflict casualties so it was the other big piece of an insurgency and other words kaminski merican people were losing car bomb can't be stopped trying to get up. insurgents use car bombs against any target the u.n. religious shrines police stations and street markets. the blast of the car bomb turned blitzkrieg to defeat. to counter the car bomb the u.s. military has established a giant zero joint improvised explosive device defeat organization. with an annual budget of four billion dollars. most of joe's work is top secret it fast electronic countermeasures to jam remot

sarge with sam locklear cordinated the strikes, but once the initial phase of the oberation are over, hamm and locklear will post command to a coalition partner. >> i want to stress, however, this is just the first phase of what will likely be a multi-phase military operation designed to enforce the u.s. resolutions. this is an international military effort urged by the libyan people themselves and the her arab nations. >> the next stage will be the no-fly zone over tripoli and benghazi, an operation that will involve hundreds of aircraft. u.s. f-16s will take part, but most of the fighters will be from britain, france, and other allied partners. the u.s. will provide support aircraft like air refuelers, communications aircraft, and jammers so gadhafi's troops cannot talk to one another. the first phase is supposed to last just a few days. what the u.s. military is watching closely tonight is how the gadhafi regime will react to these attacks and what kind of response that might require. diane. >> and we have more on that coming up. martha, you and i have been consulting all day with retir

commander general carter hamm of the u.s.> reporter: gadhafi's advance on the eastern rebel stronghold of benghazi has come to a halt. >> those in the vicinity of benghazi possess little will or capable to resume offensive operations. >> reporter: the president said the u.s. will soon step back from the vanguard of the international coalition enforcing the no-fly zone and allow a leader from some other country to take the lead. the president has aggressively moved to make sure the libyan operation is not seen as another u.s. war in another muslim nation. he didn't say iraq but he made it clear that war has been carried largely on american shoulders. general hamm said it is possible the war could end with a stalemate with gadhafi still in power. not ideal, he said, but that happens when vau operation that does not have as a target eliminating the libyan leader. >>> "the new york times" journalists released from captivity in libya are now giving a harrowing account of their capture. the four crossed safely over the border into

it's less of a surprise when it hammes to a team like the warriors. the warriors sluggish from the gate, down early 19-3, monta ellis picked there, marcus thornton career night. the kings, he had 42 points, a quick two of them. catch up all good for golden state, down by as many as 25 points, monta 2 of his 15, nice spin on the lefty. sacramento just going throw, samuel dalembert dalembert career night himself. 27 points, 16 rebounds. he is on the scoring end of the alley-oop. not a lot of defense in this one, 129-119 kings. stanford's women's program, shining star, looking for a fourth straight trip to the final four. they'll tampa bay top 4, they'll host uc davis in the ucw at naples pavilion, aggies by the way first-ever bert in the tournament. they get thrown in against stanford on the cardinal home floor no less. >>> you can't point fingers when it comes to injuries particularly to pitchers but when it comes to a's you got to wonder what is the deal. what is goin' on. a month tentially devastating injury, counter balancing the positives, coco cri

officials, most recently general hamm that he might remain in office. were it determined to accomplish its stated aim there's much more the administration could do. it could provide arms to the rebels. and also follow france's lead in recognizing that benghazi-based government it could take advantage of the broad language in the u.n. resolution take more aggressive action against the regime's military assets striking armor, artillery and aircraft wherever they could be found. it says all this would require mr. obama to do something he has avoided from the beginning in libya, exercise u.s. leadership. the president's defenders say he has refused to embrace that role because he wants -- any intervention to enjoy broad support and because he seeks to change the u.s. image in the middle east. but his initial operations in libya have demonstrated effective multilateral action especially involving the military depends on strong american participation. a couple things there. let's begin -- you touched on this. that we have a wide range of tools to deal with co

it's less of a surprise when it hammes to a team like the warriors. the warriors sluggish from the gate, down early 19-3, monta ellis picked there, marcus thornton career night. the kings, he had 42 points, a quick two of them. catch up all good for golden state, down by as many as 25 points, monta 2 of his 15, nice spin on the lefty. sacramento just going throw, samuel dalembert dalembert career night himself. 27 points, 16 rebounds. he is on the scoring end of the alley-oop. not a lot of defense in this one, 129-119 kings. stanford's women's program, shining star, looking for a fourth straight trip to the final four. they'll tampa bay top 4, they'll host uc davis in the ucw at naples pavilion, aggies by the way first-ever bert in the tournament. they get thrown in against stanford on the cardinal home floor no less. >>> you can't point fingers when it comes to injuries particularly to pitchers but when it comes to a's you got to wonder what is the deal. what is goin' on. a month tentially devastating injury, counter balancing the positives, coco cri

>> right now actually and i was just in a conversation this morning with general carter hamm, we continue from a coalition standpoint to press forward. we had expectations that today not just united states plans will be flying but including the brits, the french, the danes, the spanish, the italians. we continue to press on with the operation. we see him suppressed dramatically. his air te defenses are up sporadically and they are really mobile tied to the location of his troops. we will continue. >> chris: do you have any reaction to what the ar russias are calling for? >> i don't that the particular point. >> chris: when you mention a number of countries involved in an operational sense when will be see the arab nations take part? >> we have seen the qataris move in. there have been significant engagements with arab countries to see what additional capabilities would be committed and that is being worked hard. >> chris: why haven't you gone after qaddafi's command and control compound in tripoli as president regan did in 1986? >> the focus of the united nations security council was real

is it general hamm at africom is it admiral stavridis as the supreme allied commander of europe? my hope is that we identify one key allied commander who is not just in charge of combat air patrol enforcing a no-fly zone but also close air support to ensure that the rebels are not defeated to a trite armor and artillery from moamma moammar qs army and to achieve a lasting victory which in my mind could only mean the end of the qadhafi dictatorship. i am particularly concerned today about key weapons systems that are available to the united states and not to other countries. particularly the a-10 wart hog and the warship. these are critical assets critical to take out libyan tanks and artillery. if we internationalize this conflict and, as i've heard potential talk of removing combat platforms of the united states from executing close air support missions, my question is, would ac-130 gunships and a-10's be available for these missions? they are uniquely effective and would make this conflict shorter and more likely end to victoriously and my hope is that they would continue to be

so hamm a.m., consumer union policy counsel, why do you think this is a valuable resource?t of all, as you alluded to in "the l.a. times" article, there are complaints either to the manufacturer or to the cpsc either don't see the light of day or take months or years before they see the plight of day. in the meantime, that is information that another consumer could use to protect themselves from a product hazard. we have unfortunately too many stories of individuals who sadly lost children to products that had been recalled. or lost children or had their children injured due to products that other consumers already had experience with as being dangerous. this is life-saving information that's now going to get into the public's hands more easily and quickly with certain safeguards in place with -- to keep out inaccurate information. the other reason that it's really important is that there is a -- there's a large amount of information that consumers right now have that perhaps the cpsc is not always able to get its hands on quickly and efficiently. the cpsc's current i.t. sy

you think i was raising the next mia hamm by the looks of it. it is very difficult.try to tell them, "you are not so good. you have to practice every single day and even if you do that i cannot guarantee you that you will be great." it is hard for them to reconcile that with all the trophies and ribbons. we have to regain our competitive spirit in america. we have to teach children that you have to work hard in order to be the best. we have to stop allowing the children of our country to be prowled of mediocrity. that is the only thing we can do. >> if a question up here. wait for the microphone. >> thank you, dean. i am also a student at the clinton school. i want to go back to teachers and results. you mentioned the need for good teachers with great results in our schools. my question is, in a school where it is split between black kids and white skids and other ethnicities -- agent, the growing hispanic population -- what does a good teacher looked like in a school as diverse as that and how do you measure that? you talk about results in the key is results but i a

you think i am raising the next mia hamm. it is difficult. and what to tell them that you are not so good. we have to practice every single day. even if you do that, i cannot guarantee you that you will be great. it is hard for them to reconcile that with all the trophies and medals. we have to regain our competitive spirit in a medical -- spirit in america. you have to work hard. we have to stop allowing the children of our country to be proud of mediocrity. that is the only way. [applause] >> thank you. in a school like this -- what does a teacher of the quite? how do you measure that? the talk about results. how you evaluate this teachers? >> i think that it is important to note that a teacher who is a great teacher for a black kid is not all that different for a teacher who is a great teacher for a white kid or an asian kid. great teachers said very high expectations for children. they do not let children be stupid. they tell them to the expectations. the thing that used to make me so mad was when children and tell me stories of adults wh

this administration has these sanctions, and i would also then point out this on the hammes report and i'm not going to quote it but it talks about how the community to cubin employees to be to authorities of benefit from travel for u.s. visitors and then later goes on to say that the results suggest that for cuba the loosening of travel restrictions help offset the decline and the arrivals from the global financial crisis. and it goes on. in the interest of time, madam secretary, i'd like to continue to work with you because it is evident that the loosening of the restrictions are frankly helping the regime, not helping at. it is helping to fund the regime at that time when this administration has said publicly on more than one occasion the situation in cuba, the economy is in dire straits, and yet, according to the imf and others, we are now being one of the -- the united states through travel such as possibly the muslim brotherhood. >> well, first we are working closely with of the so-called staff, the supreme council of the armed forces field marshal who is the head of the organiza

this administration has these sanctions, and i would also then point out this on the hammes report and i'm not going to quote it but it talks about how the community to cubin employees to be to authorities of benefit from travel for u.s. visitors and then later goes on to say that the results suggest that for cuba the loosening of travel restrictions help offset the decline and the arrivals from the global financial crisis. and it goes on. in the interest of time, madam secretary, i'd like to continue to work with you because it is evident that the loosening of the restrictions are frankly helping the regime, not helping at. it is helping to fund the regime at that time when this administration has said publicly on more than one occasion the situation in cuba, the economy is in dire straits, and yet, according to the imf and others, we are now being one of the -- the united states through travel such as possibly the muslim brotherhood. >> well, first we are working closely with of the so-called staff, the supreme council of the armed forces field marshal who is the head of the organiza

commander, general carter hamm, over to me as nato commander and that's in progress today. >> very well. to general fraser and admiral winnefeld, thanks and it's good to see you again. joe fraser, it's great that your staff hosted me down there at your headquarters, very pristine headquarters and very functional headquarters. one of the concerns i have, as we discussed before, with the t.c.o.'s, we do have a radical islamic threat that we are starting to see central america, latin america and even crossing over to mexico, we're seeing many of these submersibles. it can be used for drugs but what could it possibly be used for in the future? when i go to the border patrol website i see this category called o.t.m. which is other than mexicans, which we know fits in that category. are we seeing the age old maxim of the enemy of the enemy is my friend. is there an alliance somewhat growing in your two perspective a.o.i.'s of some of these radical islamic nonstate belligerents and how do we track it? >> there is a lot of complexity to the relations of the t.c.o.'s within the renal. nd even th

you would think of was raising the next mia hamm but the looks of it.got to tell them they are not so good. in order to be good, you have to practice every single day. even if you do that, i cannot guarantee that you'll ever be great. it is hard for them to reconcile that with all of the trophies. we have to regain our competitive spirit in america. [applause] we have to teach children that you got to work hard to be the best. we have to stop allowing the children of our country to the prow of mediocrity. that is the only -- proud of mediocrity. that is the only way we can do it. [applause] >> next question. wait for the microphone. >> thank you. i am also a student at the clinton school. i am very glad you are here to join us. i want to go back to teachers and results. you mentioned the need for great teachers and great results for our schools. in a school where it is split between black kids and whites with other ethnicities -- asian, the growing hispanic population -- what does a teacher look like? you talk about the kids results, but i am interested

also, yesterday, general hamm made a point of saying that there was no official communication with therebel forces during this operation. were there any communications with the rebel forces in the course of recovering either of these two air man? >> let me answer your second question first. i had no communications with anybody from the rebel force in this coalition during recovery operations. the first question was about, was there any collateral damage during the recovery operations? recovery operations, any time we have an aircraft malfunction and we lose that aircraft, there will be a complete investigation conducted. i am not prepared to talk about what that investigation mayor may not reveal. i will say that the recovery mission, from my perspective, was executed as i would have expected it to be given the circumstances. >> you cannot even say if you opened fire? >> what i am going to say is that we are doing an investigation. we are only hours away from having that incident occurred. we're in the middle of a major operation out here. this investigation will take time, and it will

>> he is the commander and i will defer to general hamm in his opinion to the opposition is not wellrganized and it's not a very robust organization. any gain that they make is tenuous based on that. there clearly achieving a benefit from the actions they are taking. i think the generals assessment is very good. >> does he know who the opposition is and does it matter to you? >> we are not talking with the opposition. we would like a much better understanding of the opposition and we do not have that. yes, it does matter to us and we're trying -- we are trying to fill in those gaps. >> of the 983 do you know of a single instance where a single one of those aircraft came under fire from gaddafi's forces? >> last night we have reporting of what we think it's a ballistic missile launch. it was a pilots in flight report. we are investigating that. that's the only one we are aware of. i will tell you as an aviator every time you fly -- you are assuming you are being shot at. there's a lot of aimed aaa, as well as a significant number in the thousands of ir-missiles. those are the threats.

this administration has these sanctions, and i would also then point out this on the hammes report and i'm not going to quote it but it talks about how the community to cubin employees to be to authorities of benefit from travel for u.s. visitors and then later goes on to say that the results suggest that for cuba the loosening of travel restrictions help offset the decline and the arrivals from the global financial crisis. and it goes on. in the interest of time, madam secretary, i'd like to continue to work with you because it is evident that the loosening of the restrictions are frankly helping the regime, not helping at. it is helping to fund the regime at that time when this administration has said publicly on more than one occasion the situation in cuba, the economy is in dire straits, and yet, according to the imf and others, we are now being one of the -- the united states through travel such as possibly the muslim brotherhood. >> well, first we are working closely with of the so-called staff, the supreme council of the armed forces field marshal who is the head of the organiza