we will talk to reporters covering it and retired general wesley clark and she was led clark and members from congress on how they are waiting and on president obama's decision. what do using about the announcement that nato will lead the effort over libya and the no-fly zone? it is not clear cut, though. the u.s. testing involved and the u.s. is being dependent depended on specifically for operations. let us hear from sammy on the republican line from jacksonville, florida. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. i don't think obama knows exactly what he wants. first, he said gaddafi has to go then he goes back and says, well, i don't think -- maybe he should stay. and then he comes back -- a couple of times he would say, he has to go. we've got to get rid of him. then he comes back and says, well, i don't know so, he is just flailing around any don't know what he wants. all of these other democrats calling in now saying he is doing a good job, they approve of him -- they are a bunch of hypocrites. sorry, i got your name mixed up. look at the way they did when bush went in iraq

retired general wesley clark commanded nato during the wars in the balkans in the 1990s. >> the u.n. security council resolution says no occupation by foreign military troops. but that doesn't mean you couldn't put, let's say, air and naval gun fire liaison coordinating teams on the ground and use those folks to support the rebels, if it comes to fighting. or taking out gadhafi's forces. >> the united states essentially lit a fuse that's easier to light than it is to extinguish. because the limited steps that we are doing are unlikely to be the end of it. if they fail, the united states and the world are going to be on the hook to do a lot more. >> reporter: and finally, what is the end game? it might be clear who we're fighting against, moammar gadhafi, a long-time weirdo and thug in the region, a boogie man in the middle east for decades, but who are we fighting for? >> one of the lessons of the last few years of iraq and afghanistan ought to be we need to be doubly careful of getting involved in these military situations when we are not fully knowledgeable of the situation. sure,

missy ryan discuss the mission in libya and how could change and more about libya with general wesley clark. he will talk about who should be leading the mission and what role the u.s. should play. also your e-mail, tweets, and phone calls. every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern from c-span. >> tonight, a look at education reform with former washington d.c. schools chancellor michelle rhee and kevin johnson. there will discuss disparities between children of different races and why they think student achievement has worsened despite a doubling of spending. >> it is always doing our part. we have to do our part. there are too many kids languishing and schools that are doing well. their kids that live in nice neighborhoods and their schools are not serving them to the degree they should as well. >> i concur with him. we are in a position in this country where if you were to tell me this of code a child lives in and the race of that child, we could with pretty good accuracy tell you what their academic achievement levels are. that is one of the most of american things that i could possibly imagine. it

host: general wesley clark was a nato supreme allied commander in eupe. he is joining us from little rock ark., this morning. he is the chairman and ceo of wesley clark and this is it, a consulting firm. he is a contributor cnn. he is involved in the global energy advisory council. let's goo the telephones. bill joins us from illinois on the democrat's line. caller: i am a decorated, a disabled vietnam veteran. one thing i cannot stand t hear one more time is that we went into this country for humanitarian police and not oil. where were we when the khmer rouge slaughtered people? where are we with the genocide being committed in africa and other nations? if we had a civil war in the united states and other countries joined in against the people against our police as a democracy, we would be outraged. look at all the people in the united states who need help. we have children going to sleep at night hungry. we have people losing their homes. we have the highest unemployment rate in history. people can g on tv and say that this is humanitarian aid because t

host: laura meckler, on top of that, wesley clark says that libya is not worth the risk. guest: i do not know whether it is worth the risk or not. i will point to a story in the "jrnal," or senior milary officials see this. they seem to be against the no- fly zone. it was largely needed -- to make sure that the president's options are all on the table. but in truth, the pentagon tends to be very opposed to this idea. we had one senior official saying that is so problematic to put boots on the ground. i worry about no alternative to the government. we have seen that movie before. they are concerned about a repeat of iraq, where this would be an easy military situation, let's get saddam out of there. and then 10 years later we are still there. the military is very cautious about military intervention. think e no-fly zone is no big deal, throws some planes in the air in your done. but what happens next? i think that is why it's in the president be so cautious. he has his own military people cautioning the full course here. international consens as well. host: water bird, con

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. >>> joining us nous to explain the no-fly zone options is retired general wesley clark. sir, good to have you with us this morning. >> thank you, erica. >> as we look at this, secretary gates was very clear yesterday in saying that any sort of a no fly zone is, in fact, an attack on libya. this is a military option. the white house, though, said nothing is off the table. the arab league has said if there is a no-fly zone we want to be in charge of it. is it the best option to step back and let the arab league take a lead on something like this? >> i think the best option is go ahead and work through the diplomatic channels and put the diplomatic resolution in place and the international law procedures in place to authorize a further set of military or humanitarian actions. we would knee a u.n. security council resolution. under chapter 7 for humanitarian actions and possibly for the no-fly zone. >> it's much more implicated than saying, look, planes aren't going to fly in this area. paint for us, if you could a more descriptive picket of what the risks are here and espec

host: laura meckler, on top of that, wesley clark says that libya is not worth the risk. guest: i do not know whether it is worth the risk or not. i will point to a story in the "journal," or senior military officials see this. they seem to be against the no- fly zone. it was largely needed -- to make sure that the president's options are all on the table. but in truth, the pentagon tends to be very opposed to this idea. we had one senior official saying that is so problematic to put boots on the ground. i worry about no alternative to the government. we have seen that movie before. they are concerned about a repeat of iraq, where this would be an easy military situation, let's get saddam out of there. and then 10 years later we are still there. the military is very cautious about military intervention. think the no-fly zone is no big deal, throws some planes in the air in your done. but what happens next? i think that is why it's in the president be so cautious. he has his own military people cautioning the full course here. international's consensus as well. host: water

first, let me say i want to personally thank secretary all right, ambassador galbraith and general wesley clark for a great panel this morning. i thought they did a terrific job, and i hope you did as well. we are going to talk now about the dayton peace accords, what's happened 15 years later, and where bosnia and the region go now. something dick holbrooke used to say all the time is that dayton was far from perfect peace. the tracing of november 1995, was between an imperfect peace and we did everything we could to convince the parties to choose peace. we knew at the time that it was just the beginning, and i want to say a few words about what we did. but i would like to begin by placing the last question ron brownstein asked is relevant to what this panel was going to discuss. the last question that has to deal with this was the model used to bring about the peace agreement, the work the united states did, is it a good model for the challenges we face today since relatively speaking there are -- it is a more multipolar world. and so, again, to go back to what i said in the beginning a littl

we will talk to retired general wesley clark and several reporters about the situation in libya.couple of live events to tell you about this morning. friends of the earth post a discussion comparing japan but the nuclear situation with what happened at the nuclear power plant at chernobyl. that is on c-span2. at 9:45, will be live on c-span3 with the national association of community health centers. >> in a numbers guy. >> as an op-ed column -- as an op-ed columnist, he uses charts and graphs. >> i do not decide i am going to talk about a subject and not had the data. i really do search for the data to find something interesting and see if it agrees with an opinion i have. >> q and a, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. >> now, a forum on economic development and does it -- and budget pressures facing cities. the local initiatives support organization listed the event. this is a little less than an hour and a half. >> you got quiet over food. i was slow to that one. thank you you all. where do i start with our next moderator? how about welcome home. [applause] for those of you who ar