president obama wants to start a discussion about gun rights. he weighed into the debate in an op-ed in the arizona daily "star" and writes we have a responsibility to put a stop to horrific shootings like the one in tucson last month and that's why our focus right now should be on sound and effective steps that keep irresponsible law-breaking few from getting their hands on a gun in the first place. he called that the pentagon and now the spokesman for the state department resigned. p.j. crowly resigned after making disparaging remarks about the pentagon to a small seminar at m.i.t. he was talking about the treatment of private first class bradley manning, the man accused of leaking classified documents to wikileaks. crowley called the treatment of manning ridiculous and counter productive. in libya today things aren't looking good for rebel forces. moammar gadhafi is expanding his campaign to clear rebels from the area on the west side of the capital.