the country's dictator moammar khadafy had been cooperating with the u.s. since the invasion of iraq since 2003 and many voices around the world were demanding that he be removed from power. once again, the president's top military advisers counseled caution, and he sided with those who urged him to support the overthrow of khadafy, the secretary of defense reported to extraordinary measures. >> did you tell your subordinates to limit the amount of infor pags they gave to the white house on the military options available in will libya? >> all i said was that i don't want any military plans or options going to the white house that i have not seen. >> you write it more bluntly. you say, don't give the white house staff too much information on the military options, because they don't understand it. >> pretty much. >> that is a little bit more blunt. >> yes. >> and you had concerns about that, running a military operation out of the white house. >> yes. the experience we had with that in vietnam did not work out so well. >> and then president obama krigt humani