and support from the arab league. and i think what you're seeing now amongst the rebels is a little better organization. one of the good things that's happened is we found the thousand soldiers or so that defected. they are getting organized and interfacing with the rebels, getting them more tactically oriented. the pressure on the gadhafi regime is intense. the foreign minister has defected. they are treating him well. he's providing valuable information to the british and the united states and to the rebels. at this point just by the fact he's cooperating and being treat well, the pressure on the regime and more defections, i do believe, will follow in adding pressure. >> you heard senator durbin talk about pressure on the regime. "the wall street journal" argued for a robust unified voice from republicans saying republicans ought to prod president obama to push for a faster resolution that ends with toppling of gadhafi and his sons from power.