their presence across the area, and officials sending hundreds of marines and two ships to the region. the military has three ships in the mediterranean including two naval destroyers and moments ago the defense secretary gates and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff briefed reporters of the situation. jennifer griffin was on the conference call or just left the meeting. reporter: a press conference here. we just came out of. shepard: secretary gates spoke of the libyan crisis for the first time? reporter: that is right. what was clear talking to secretary gate and admiral mullen, there does not appear to be the stomach here and in the pentagon and in the international community to set up a no-fly zone. listen to secretary gates. the u.n. security council resolution provides no authorization for the use of armed force. there is no unanimity in nato for the use of armed force.
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the arm base here you see the monarch flag which is the flag of the rebels here and they have renamed bases in honor of february 17th which is the day the protests started. there is definitely significance that the army has thrown their back and are behind the rebels. shepard: qaddafi is free to give an interview to abc and others for that matter, and his son is speak out. what about cracks in those who guard that legal of the leadership? guest: that is a lot, much more difficult for me to speak for because i am here in the east and partly because it is not transparent obviously. there are reports today as i am sure you have seen of the sacking of the intelligence chief close to qaddafi. and that could be a sign of cracks inside the regime or it could just be an attempt by mr. qaddafi to sort of, you know, find a scapegoat for the . get out of this crisis.
fragmentation as it reports. among numerous offices, government offices and government programs, for instance, 15 agencies administering 30 food-related laws. averages in the report are the same ones president obama mentioned in january. listen. there are 12 different agencies that deal with exports. there are at least five different agencies that deal with housing policy. and my favorite example: the interior department is in charge of salmon while they are in fresh water but the commerce department handles them when they are if salt water. shepard: this report comes as lawmakers work to pass a stop gas spending measure if an effort to avoid a government shut down. republicans push for billions in cuts this fiscal year that the democrats claim cost jobs and slow the economic recovery. and now to the chief political correspondent for context on
shepard: shake the trees. charlie sheen continues to claim he is clean. and is threatening to sue cbs, wanter brothers and the creator of 2 1/2 men. and the guys are back, former prosecutor and defense attorney. and there are many moments of gold, why is so he wonderful? i am behind charlie 100 percent whatever he would like to do. i told charlie i am on the bus and i don t care where the bus is going and that is how we live. what do you want do do today? shepard: that is the goddesses, obviously, what he calls them. i wanted the first thought about why charlie sheen is so great, running 13 seconds. roll it. i am grand, a grand life and i am tired of being shucks, that is not me, that is me, thank you for that, what is wrong with that?