how would a president romney or gingrich or cain handle a situation like this? that is the kind of topic the republican candidates will debate tonight. its focus will be foreign policy and national security. cnn, the heritage foundation and the american enterprise institute will bring it to you from washington tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. we re talking to our deputy political director paul steinhauser, pentagon correspondent chris lawrence and joe johns at constitution hall where the debate will take place. joe, let s start with you. is the 11th big gop presidential debate this year, what are the expectations? who might benefit from a foreign policy question tonight and who might, you know, possibly be in trouble? well, when you look at the range of all these republican candidates who are going to be here at dar constitutional hall, the first thing you can say is that there are at least three candidates who are expected to know this stuff cold. that would be the former spe
of course, cnn will bring you live coverage. nato should officially take over the no-fly zone mission today. logistically commanders say it could take until thursday or i friday to have things fully in hand. rebel forces are marching toward gadhafi s hometown. they took two important oil hubs over the weekend. momentum seems to be going their way right now thanks to the coalition air strikes. let s talk more about their changing fortunes with cnn s arwa damon. she s in eastern libya. arwa, why are the rebels gaining now? well, we re in this area that s only around 60 miles to the east of sirte. sirte being gadhafi s hometown. the opposition now controls much more territory than it ever has since this uprising began. and that is credited, as you just mentioned tlor edmentionede
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from the left, they ve criticized the action that the president is taking in libya john bolton has criticized the president for acting too slowly. and then you have people like newt gingrich who is contemplating a run for president who said that the president is getting involved in a civil war. so it looks like today at least the president complaian t win. and one speculation over the action is for political purposes. but who gains from libyan action? i don t see the politics in this. i think there is a lot of risk in the president getting involved in libya. after all, i think that whether or not the president is seen winning this battle all depends on whether moammar gadhafi at the end of it is still in power. the president has spoken many times about wanting moammar gadhafi to leave office. what happens after this no fly
message board, this site also allows people to see the names of people in some of those emergency shelters that have been set up this. so perhaps if you re looking for a loved one who is in japan, you can go on the site and at least check into see if will they ve checked into one of these shelters. interesting stuff. tanks for the warning about it, too. jason reporting live from new york. libya announces a cease-fire after it the urn apmy as no fly zone and residents of a rebel-held city react. just ahead live reports on the situation in libya and what the united states role will be in a no fly zone mission. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 are still talking about retirement tdd# 1-800-345-2550 like it s some kind of dream. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 it s either this magic number i m supposed to reach, or. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 it s beach homes or it s starting a vineyard. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 come on ! tdd# 1-800-345-2550 just help me figure it out tdd# 1-800-345-2550 in a practical, let s-make- this-h