giving them a brief on what's going on. what is still going on up to date. and what you'll see for the u.s. now is more of a focus on a few areas. surveillance. flying that global hawk very high in the air to get eyes on the ground. you'll see a lot more when you think about some of the strikes. the strikes on gadhafi's forces. that's primarily where the u.s. is going to be concentrated. surveillance, jamming electronics and going after these individual strikes. they've already moved out of the area of just patrolling the no-fly zone. all of that right now already being handled by the coalition partners. >> chris lawrence, live at the pentagon. many thanks. the white house is defending its military action in libya, but admits that the north african country posed no threat to americans. here's what secretary of defense robert gates said about the administration's decision to launch air strikes. >> secretary gates, is libya in our vital interest as a country?