a coherent goal for the mission in libya, president obama says the strategy is clear and he s laid it out pretty well. but a lot of people, perhaps you included, say they re not exactly sure i guess what is going on and what is perhaps more importantly coming up next. some of them are in fact members of congress. another one is my guest, the president emeritus and it s nice to see you. i read your pieces aulg the time. in one of your pieces i was reading last night you wrote, quote, president obama and his team have a herculean task on their hands. so we re there, u.s. is there. we can t argue about that now, les. so what is president obama do next? i think the main thing he
kyung lah, cnn, japan. tough to watch. now to libya. we have heard from lawmakers who are against the operation, against moammar gadhafi s regime, including members of the president s own party, but coming up next here, i will speak with a republican congressman who spores ate tack but disagrees with the president on several aspects here. we will hear the tough back. back in just a moment. curtis: welcome back to geico radio, it s savings, on the radio.
me and good friends of ours at cnn. but i probably lost seven friends in iraq over the years and there s go back in a heartbeat, i bet? of course you would. i would like to be in libya right now. there s yassir and there is durad on the left, the bureau, would have been back in 2003, 2004. you got to remember that there s been iraq was a war, it was the first war where journalists were targeted, high value targets to the enemy, so, they were looking for us, as opposed to us being in the way or being collateral damage toward, still 13 journalist missing in libya right now. two have been kill and it is worth sort of remembering that 160 news men and women were killed around the world. that is more than the world wars, korea and vietnam combined. iraq s been a very deadly place for journalist. when we talked about this morning, talking about the risks
amazing the entire wave in the middle east. we ve covered it for years. hala gorani, thank you very much. here we go, middle east. let s talk libya. the regime launching new air strikes over its people and the question is this. is the opposition losing steam? we ll take you there live to libya. also this. this is no way to run a government. lurching back and forth like a drunken sailor. they left the american people in this country with this pile of crap. well, republicans and democrats, folks, obviously not holding back. the clock is ticking. the u.s. government is scheduled to shut down in a couple of days. are they close to a deal? brianna keilar has some new developments. that is next.
nations that are allies that help us? we ve got sort of this bargain with them that will sort of look the other way with how they govern their countries if they help us advance our u.s. foreign policy goals, witness egypt, for example, which is the noest glaring scamp am of all where democratic and republican administrations kept a very good relationship with an oppressive regime, let s face it, that was not supportive of human rights and free and fair elections. if you start calling for one to step down, are you going to be consistent and have other leaders step down as well? it s a thorny question for the administration. we ll wait and hear from the president, could be later today as you mentioned, possibly tomorrow. perhaps this is all predicated upon that boat in getting those americans to the island of malta. before i let you go, we also can t talk about libya without talking about oil. massively huge oil-rich country. what about concerns about that from the white house perspect