secretary of state robert gates has said the secretary of defense robert gates has said that the nato nation libya has exposed serious capability gaps. the first sea lord admiral -- the first -- the first sea lord -- the first sea lord admiral mark stanhope has said that the operations in libya cannot be sustained for longer than three months without serious cuts elsewhere? given -- given those problems -- >> order! order! >> quick sentence. >> isn't it time -- isn't it time the prime minister re-open the defense review and did yet another u-turn on his failed policies? >> what he's called mark stannoff is his name. i had a meeting with him yesterday and he agreed we can sustain this mission as long as we want to and that's exactly what the chief of the defense staff used yesterday because we are doing the right thing and i want one simple message to go out from every part of this government and indeed every part of this house of commons and that ime

nation. nato is extending its operation in libya by another three months the alliance chief says the decision is meant to signal to colonel gadhafi that the coalition is determined to fulfill the u.n. mandate to protect the libyans said more on this than from a journalist small city in williamsburg joining us from new york british day to you from moscow thanks for the program you say in a recent article the choice in libya is clear support a popular uprising or support the popular unpopular tyrant but what about the third option then stay out of it what's wrong with that idea. well we have a whole new era of the responsibility to protect and there was a lot of widespread pressure in europe less so in america where they're tired of going to stern and iraq to say that these people could not stand by and watch these people being killed by gadhafi his military plan so there was intervention and i must remind you that the security council voted for that intervention to protect civilians and you know there are people who abstained but they could have voted against and stopped it judges are the way

nation. >>> libya today, officials there say a nato airstrike fired two missiles targeting the personal bus inside come pound of tripoli. gaddafi is not believed to be staying in that compound. nobody was killed. officials say two people were slightly injured. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is celebrating new york's legalization of same-sex marriage. she spoke at a gay pride event at the state department. the third event since i became secretary and the first following the historic vote in new york, which i think gives visibility and credibility to everything that so many of you have done over so many years. >> she says the campaign for same-sex rights is one of the most urgent and important human rights struggles of all time. but says much more needs to be done to end discrimination. new york is the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage, taking effect next month. >>> the l.a. dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection. the team's owner blames major league baseball refusal to approve a multi-billion dollar tv deal to keep them afloat. i allows to team to use $150 million for daily

nation. >>> libya today, officials there say a nato airstrike fired two missiles targeting the personal bus inside come pound of tripoli. gaddafi is not believed to be staying in that compound. nobody was killed. officials say two people were slightly injured. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is celebrating new york's legalization of same-sex marriage. she spoke at a gay pride event at the state department. the third event since i became secretary and the first following the historic vote in new york, which i think gives visibility and credibility to everything that so many of you have done over so many years. >> she says the campaign for same-sex rights is one of the most urgent and important human rights struggles of all time. but says much more needs to be done to end discrimination. new york is the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage, taking effect next month. >>> the l.a. dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection. the team's owner blames major league baseball refusal to approve a multi-billion dollar tv deal to keep them afloat. i allows to team to use $150 million for daily

in the case of libya, however, the arab league and the united nations and nato, and what have you, ultimately the united states, made a decision to intervene in a civil war. there was shooting going on in libya. it can very well be that person's organs -- who were innocent not be caught in the crossfire. this is the tragedy of civil wars, i suspect, wherever they may be held on this earth. our decision was to intervene in a civil war, and we're continuing to do that. despite the fact, we talked about the end of the muammar gaddafi rule, about the importance of gaddafi leaving the country and even sending out rumors that he may be entertaining such thoughts. my basic question is, if we do not have some ground rules. we have to have a more formal declaration of war. this country could decide to intervene in numerous civil wars. it could decide to affect the governance of peoples all over the world. we feel that is unfair. what is your general comment about this predicament? he may feel very strongly that gaddafi world is so egregiously out of line, as opposed to all the other dictators, there's

nato to play a lead role. i'm convinced others have the capabilities and the required expertise to assist with libya's transition following the conflict. the united nations will be in the lead of the transition. nato, however, can play its part. we could support a post-gadhafi libya in building modern and democratic security forces that will protect the people, not attack them. many allied nations went through similar reforms some two decades ago. we are ready to provide our stance if we are asked to do so. the debate will not end this week, but we do need to start the debates now because the tide has turned against gadhafi, and we all need to prepare for what comes next. >> ready for your questions. >> and please don't forget to introduce yourselves. we'll start. >> translator: secretary general, you just said that you could not maiming nato playing a dominant role following a cease fire. what do you mean by this? do you mean that it would be the u.p., the after -- u.n., the african union, or anyone else, but nato would provide the controllers, the observers on the ground required for verifying the implementation of a cease fire? >> translator: allow me

joint declaration on international affairs charging that air strikes on libya by nato goes beyond the mandate of a united nations security council resolution. they also agreed to cooperate on finding solutions to iran and north korea's nuclear programs. >>> north korea has urged south korea to return nine people who crossed a maritime border in the yellow sea on two small boats last week. a south korean patrol boat spotted the boats near the south korean eye lan of yeonpyeong last saturday. the north korean red cross thursday sent a written message and demanded the south immediately send the group back. the south's government said the group is from south huayhei province in north korea. all nine reportedly asked for political asylum. south korea says it will not send them back unless they change their minds about defecting. >>> in february, a fishing boat carrying 31 north koreans drifted into south korean territory. the south refused to allow the return of four people who it said had claimed asylum. >>> the pictures next to me show what china looked like 20 years ago. the bicycle was the main mode of transporta

what vital national security interests justify this military intervention and with this resolution we give him 14 days to do so. now, sadly and ironically, by becoming involved in libya, our nato alliance, which does remain a vitally important national security interest, may well have been put at risk. so this congress will be heard. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 294, the previous question is ordered on the resolution. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: madam speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays have been requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek redskin this nation? ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you,

this is nato nations as well as other nations involved in the libya campaign.says to assess the evident to get gaddafi to leave, increase support for the country's opposition. >> yeah, it's been four months. they still have not consulted with congress on this. they still don't have authorization to do what they are doing. i have don't know on what planet progress is significant in libya, as the president just said. but more concerning is what he said today, where he talked about where we have to get the libyan people on their feet with the economic and political work. the idea that we're going to now be getting libya's economy, you know, and rebuilding that country, even though i know he thinks he will get germany to do it or other people to do is it problematic, substantively and politically going into the election. >> bret: there was -- it didn't seem like there was a lot of buy-in from chancellor merkel today in the joint press conference. >> she seemed to grit her teeth and say what she needed to say to support the president saying that gaddafi will go. i w

of its of its oil and it's important from libya and that part is true the problem then is of course what are the italians what are the rest of the nato nations on the european continent doing to work and work this issue and that i think was at the heart of secretary gates and statements last week where he talked about european nations not being really the same level of spending as the u.s. is right and of course the united states continues to i'll spend the rest of the world but they would if i can turn back to you are you know we have peace situations in this current day and age where certain countries have these what we call them is a bad guys you know on their arms and they're pressing their people and sometimes things get out of hand at a time pressed to go in but aren't we to some extent as in this country in our previous policy is to blame i mean if we're arming be with the prof raney came to him as a state department report that came out recently so we said we had i think it was something like two hundred million dollars in military states from american firms to bahrain and twenty twelve should we be reconsidering broader policy is. a

military engagement in libya, far beyond even the 90-day nato extension, but it justifies u.s. military engagement in libya as undertaken to enforce a united nations security council resolution and at the request of the transitional national council the gulf -- national council, the gulf council and the arab league. where is the united nations in this equation? if an authorization resolution had been put forward in february i might have been able to support it. i understand the mission, but in the intervening period, conditions have changed significantly on the ground in libya within nato, with our nato partners and here in the u.s. decisive action with congressional authorization at the outset might have solved this problem quickly. but now we have drifted into an apparently open-ended commitment with goals that remain only vaguely defined, and that is at the heart of the problem, mr. speaker. the president asserted, quote, these strikes will be limited in their nature, duration and scope, end quote. well, it is now day 97. 97 of our involvement of u.s. armed forces in hostilities regarding libya, yet, gaddafi still clings to power and the opposi

what vital national security interests justify this military intervention and with this resolution we give him 14 days to do so. now, sadly and ironically, by becoming involved in libya, our nato alliance, which does remain a vitally important national security interest, may well have been put at risk. so this congress will be heard. i yiel back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 294, the previous question is ordered on the resolution. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: madam speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays have been requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek redskin this nation? ms. ros-lehtinen: ank you, mad

libya and syria the russian president speaking quite harshly about the nato military intervention in libya saying that some of russia's partners basically chose to misinterpret the resolution. passed by the united nations security council resolution that russia passed hoping that it will. be observed and kept to as it is worded but of course it emitted is said that basically a very good resolution turned into a meaning was. a paper with nato is a military intervention in libya and that precisely because of that no resolution will be passed on syria russia will make sure that no similar resolution will have a chance to come into effect of course following the events in the libya what you see all the serious matters of course that were discussed we do know that the russian president is very fond of his gadgets he is rarely seen without his i pad and he did let slip that he has a special on it that lets him monitor exactly what of this what is. employees are doing and what of his the tasks have already which of his tasks have already been fulfilled is a very useful thing i personally plan to check out the app store to see whether it's been specifically custom made for the president or whether it's availab

in the case of libya, however, the arab league and the united nations and nato, and what have you, ultimatelynited states, made a decision to intervene in a civil war. there was shooting going on in libya. it can very well be that person's organs -- who were innocent not be caught in the crossfire. this is the tragedy of civil wars, i suspect, wherever they may be held on this earth. our decision was to intervene in a civil war, and we're continuing to do that. despite the fact, we talked about the end of the muammar gaddafi rule, about the importance of gaddafi leaving the country and even sending out rumors that he may be entertaining such thoughts. my basic question is, if we do not have some ground rules. we have to have a more formal declaration of war. this country could decide to intervene in numerous civil wars. it could decide to affect the governance of peoples all over the world. we feel that is unfair. what is your general comment about this predicament? he may feel very strongly that gaddafi world is so egregiously out of line, as opposed to all the other dictators, there's no do

nato thinking united nations or u.n. security council resolution and with a nato operation we would have seen a massacre of one proportions extent so i think that the operation in libya is right it is legitimate because it's based on the. u.n. security council resolution and it is just because it protects the people from now if you ask me about the final how do we get out of that question that question is very much a political question and i think the international community has laid very clearly what are the requirements or the. stepping stones towards reaching such an agreement and bulgaria takes a very strong interest in libya because we have a strong relationship with the people of libya and we have many bulgarian national school of them if you would we are analysis shows very clearly the political resolution to the future of libya must be based on a strong and very clear roadmap which brings people together from both east and west of the country unites the tribes of libya the different families the different factions and brings them together in a process which allows them to choose their. own transitional authority a transitional authority that will design a new

nato to play a lead role. i am convinced others have the capabilities and required expertise to assist with olivia's transition -- libya's transition following the conflict. the united nations be in the lead in the transition. nato, however, can play its part. we could support a post-qaddafi libya in the building modern and democratic security forces that will protect the people, not attack them. many allied nations went through similar reforms some two decades ago. we are ready to provide our assistance if we are asked to do so. the debate will not end this week, but we do need to start the debate now because now the tide has turned against qaddafi and we all need to prepare for what comes next. >> and with that, i am ready for your questions. >> please do not forget to introduce yourselves. >> secretary general, you just said that you could not imagine nato playing a dominant role following a ceasefire. what do you mean by this? do you mean that it would be the u.n., the african union, the european union or whoever else but not need to know who would provide the controllers and observers on the ground required for verifying the implementation of a cease-fire? >> allow me

libya they said was because of the humanitarian problems. he talked to the french, the english, the nato, united nations and the arab league for about two weeksinto libya, but he didn't have time to talk to the congress who appropriates the money and authorizes this stuff. he's the commander in chief once we go to war, but he needs the authority from congress to go into it and he didn't do it. so there are a lot of wars of opportunity. the president could go into syria. key go to the ivory coast. may i have one more minute? mr. mckeon: i yield the gentleman an additional minute. the speaker pro tempore:he gentleman is recognized. mr. burton: there are a lot of places to go to war if we choose to do it. there are humanitarian problems around the war, but unless it's a threat to the united states or an attack to the united states, the president does not have the authority to do what he did without the support and proval of congress. president bush came to congress before he went into iraq. president bush came to congress fore he went into afghanistan. and that's as it should be. and this president should not overstep his boundaries. and wh i wi

nation got a report coming up early. nato is extending its own. operation in libya well over three months the alliance chief says the decisions meant to signal to colonel gadhafi that the coalition is determined to fulfill the u.n. the u.n. mandate to protect the libyan this group more about that than from author joining us from brussels. or even from moscow thanks be with us is this expansion of nato campaign in libya a solution to the crisis is a good way forward do you think. i don't i don't know or way that would be a solution to the cases you see the point is that when they wanted went into war with libya they never expected to have it last so long and now this is going to be another three months of it how do they know it all depends on the resistance in libya i don't know if you think in this so do you think it could go on and on even past the date. well you have get this thing has been going on for ten years now the reason they killed civilians of your boat you don't. you know. karzai government is asking them not to in civilians and is that an end to the cra

libya in the talks or when they'll begin. earlier this month the united nations declared gadhafi a legitimate target. that followed more than two months of natoxpected to get any worse than it is now. the swollen source river has krefed and will slowly recede over the next week. up to 4,000 homes have been flooded to some degree representing one-third the city. residents have been ordered to boil their tap water before drinking or cooking. >>> now that vice president joe biden's budget talks have collapsed, president obama is getting directly involved

the political process and leave their case in it and national issues so we can see that nato has intensified dramatically its very efforts here in libya wow this campaign this whole operation against gadhafi is getting more and more unpopular among all the sides been involved. the head of france's nationalist party has told us here in libya isn't that it. but a mission to topple the current regime. we're here for the next hour. completely outside international law we should stop talking nonsense it is no longer at all an air exclusion zone we are in a mission to bring down a man and a regime and in order to do say. it is much more obviously we will send an army on the ground so it's no longer it's all about humanitarian issues it's about a civil war in which we take one side. where the russian concern abuse are you going down there to libya moscow is striving to make sure the same mistakes and was repeated elsewhere it's oppressively blocking that draft resolutions put forward a p u n nuclear watchdog in the security council for a pressuring the syrian regime has reported reports it's because the same kind of language is being used wh

stayed out of the political process in leaving national issues but we can see that nato has intensified dramatically it's here it's here in libya wow this can paint this whole operation against gadhafi is getting more and more and popular among all the sides been involved. the notion of their reporting from the libyan capital tripoli well just a few minutes ago i spoke to nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen he said the libya operation is only targeting military bases but i put to him some of our viewers strongly disagree with that plane. i would like to stress that we are not targeting individuals we believe military. targets. and of course control centers can be used to plan and organize attacks against civilians show amount of control genders commit military targets that's what i'd like to read a question to you that was written to us by one of our viewers on facebook. the who is from paris france wants to know why nato is bombing metropolitan areas in libya civilians are being killed what do you say to. we do all we can to avoid civilian casualties we are in libya to protect civilians against attacks and this is a r

of the political process in leave their case in a national issue while we can see that nato has intensified dramatically its military efforts here in libya wow this campaign this whole operation against gadhafi is getting more and more unpopular and none of the sides been involved. we're reporting there from tripoli well head of france's nationalist party has told r.t. that the war in libya isn't a humanitarian issue but a mission to topple the current regime or some of what we'll hear from marina pam in just under half an hour's time. competing outside international law which is still talking no since it is no longer until an air exclusions say we are in a mission to bring down a man and regimes and in order to do say. more obviously we will send an army on the ground so it's no longer it's all about humanitarian issues it's about a civil war in which we take one side. with russia concerns over abuse of the u.n. mandate in libya moscow is trying to make sort of the same mistakes are not repeated elsewhere it's effectively blocking draft resolutions put forward at the u.n. nuclear watchdog on the security council which are aimed at press

rigidly to stop the president from international approval of the expressed request of nato, and libya's own transitional national council for the narrow of -- but urgent purpose of preventing the slaughter of innocent civilians in libya. third and finally, senators, we fully recognize reasonable minds might read the resolution differently. that is not a surprise 10 scholars have spent their entire careers debating these issuance -- scholars have spent their entire careers debating these issues. we acknowledge there are steps we should have taken, or connected to foster better communication on these very difficult questions. none of us believe the best way forward now is for khaddafi to prevail, and resume his attack such as some people. were the united states dropped out of this mission, or starkly curtail contributions, it would not only compromise international relationships and destabilize the region, but it would under nato's process welcome al-qaida back. however we construe the war powers resolution, we can all agree would only serve gaddafi's interests for the u.s. to withdraw from this operation before i

in the case of libya, however, the arab league and the united nations and nato, and what have you, ultimately the united states, made a decision to intervene in a civil war. there was shooting going on in libya. it can very well be that person's organs -- who were innocent not be caught in the crossfire. this is the tragedy of civil wars, i suspect, wherever they may be held on this earth. our decision was to intervene in a civil war, and we're continuing to do that. despite the fact, we talked about the end of the muammar gaddafi rule, about the importance of gaddafi leaving the country and even sending out rumors that he may be entertaining such thoughts. my basic question is, if we do not have some ground rules. we have to have a more formal declaration of war. this country could decide to intervene in numerous civil wars. it could decide to affect the governance of peoples all over the world. we feel that is unfair. what is your general comment about this predicament? he may feel very strongly that gaddafi world is so egregiously out of line, as opposed to all the other dictators, there's

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in the case of libya, the arab league and the united nations and nato made decision to intervene in the civil war there was -- civil war. there was shooting going on in libya. it could well be that innocent people could be caught in the crossfire. this is the treasury of civil war. in this particular instance, our decision was to intervene in a civil war and we are continuing to intervene in a civil war. despite the fact that we talked about limited hostilities, we also talk openly and the government about the end of the gaddafi rule, about the importance of gaddafi leaving the country and even sent that rumors that he might be entertaining such thoughts. a basic question is, if we do not have some ground rules, the work hours at maybe one area where we try to work this thing out, a more formal declaration of war. this country could decide to intervene in numerous civil wars it could decide to affect the governance of peoples all of the world that we feel is unfair. what is your general comment about this predicament? you may feel very strongly that the adopted a rule is egregiously out

libya they said was because of the humanitarian problems. he talked to the french, the english, the nato, united nations and the arab league for about two weeks before we went into libya, but he didn't have time to talk to the congress who appropriates the money and authorizes this stuff. he's the commander in chief once we go to war, but he needs the authority from congress to go into it and he didn't do it. so there are a lot of wars of opportunity. the president could go into syria. key go to the ivory coast. may i have one more minute? mr. mckeon: i yield the gentleman an additional minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burton: there are a lot of places to go to war if we choose to do it. there are humanitarian problems around the war, but unless it's a threat to the united states orn attack to the united states, the president does not have the authority to do what he did without the support and approval of congress. president bush came to congress before he went into iraq. president bush came to congress before he went into afghanistan. and that's as it should be. and this president should not overstep his bou

russia's envoy says that libya needs national reconciliation after meeting loyalists in tripoli years part of attempts to mediate a ceasefire but nato raids continue unabated against gadhafi strongholds but he's with national has the details from the libyan capital. after meeting with the libyan prime minister and foreign minister here in tripoli russia's peace mediator because the together has sided dollface people are actually ready for peace negotiations but this could only happen if nato top spawn in their country recently nato has dramatically intensified its matrix to be seen here in libya just ahead of marvellous first visit to libya as peace mediated have been ghazi made to actually launched the most intensive race yet since the beginning of the operation in march we just had over gallops arrival to tripoli we've been hearing massive bombardments over knowledge this lawless officials has been able to speak to are saying that this must be stopped and only that they could start looking tripoli is expecting to see an immediate cease fire before a peace process can begin it's also refusing to discuss the departure of colonel gad

speaking quite harshly about the nato military intervention in libya saying that some of russia's partners basically chose to misinterpret the resolution passed by the united nations security council resolution that russia led past hoping that it will be observed and kept to as it is worded. but of course you did just said that basically a very good resolution turned into a meaningless bit of paper with nature's military intervention in libya and that person i see because of that no resolution will be passed on syria but the most and all the serious matters of course that were just cause we do know that the russian president is very fond of his gadgets he's rarely seen without his i pad and he did let slip that he has a special on it that lets him monitor exactly what his employees are doing there which of his staff savile already been fulfilled now that is a very useful thing i personally plan to check out the app store to see whether it's been specifically custom made for the president or whether it's available for the general public. in greece workers at a state owned electricity company have gone on a forty eight hours try against a star regime measures the un

speaking quite harshly about the nato military intervention in libya saying that some of russia's partners basically chose to misinterpret the resolution passed by the united nations security council resolution that russia let pass hoping that it will be observed and kept to as it is worded. but of course the mediator said that basically a very good resolution turned into a meaningless bit of paper with nature's military intervention in libya and that precisely because of that no resolution will be passed on syria but the serious matters of course that were discussed we do know that the russian president is very fond of his gadgets he's fairly secret out despite any did it slip that he has a special on it that lets him monitor exactly what his employees are doing and which of his tasks have already been fulfilled is a very useful thing i personally like to check out the app store to see whether it's been specifically custom made for the president or whether it's available for the general public. well you can log on to our website there you can find that interview with president ford leave your comments if you like as well it's good to hear from you. while you're v