much better than it did unmuammar gadhafi. what toes the situation mean for leaders in syria and what does the situation mean for leaders in syria and yemen? well, the story of what happened in libya is instructive here. an arab consensusç that we helped bill against gadhafi was an essential build against gadhafi was an essential component, bringing on the international community, sharing the burden with countries who had direct interests in this. to the extent we can replicate that kind of a process in syria, i think the syrian people will have a much better chance of shaping their own destiny and getting rid of assad.ç i want to ask about another development this week. the president s announcement that all of our troops will be out of iraq by the end of the year. do you think the iraqi forces, law enforcement, military there are ready to manage their own country? how would you feel about a
alsoç, gadhafi s body remains in the city of misrata, after he was captured and then died on thursday. there s been a lot of controversy over what has happened. but the government has said they were planning to secretly bury him. gadhafi s family has urged that the body be given over to them. but at the moment it remains in that cold stormç facility in misrata, with people still cuing to see it. as the rest of country is celebrating the end of his rule. shannon: thank you david for the update. nato may end its military involvement in libya. the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee saidç the u.s. is committed to helping the libyan people take steps toward democracy. sir, thank you for your time today. thanks for having me. shannon: as nato officially
and paul ryan s plan, if that bill came to my desk, i d sign it, but i have my own plan, and it d different in some respects to congressman ryan s plan. i want to do a couple policy notes and we only have a few minutes left. i ll go through them. first on libya, you said we ve got to get gadhafi out of there. would you send ground troops there at this point? not necessarily. look at what president reagan did, for example, to remove governments in certain areas. you don t necessarily have to send in ground troops. when the rebels had gadhafi on the ropes in the early days, in the early hours of this, had taken over most of the country geographically, he was openly talking about leaving, if the president in that moment would have been decisive and strong and threatened or imposed the no-fly zone, my view is we could have toppled gadhafi then. instead that sounds like a different reading of what the situation was at time. tripoli always seemed difficult to get, and now by the rebe
program? as between president obama s plan, which is doing nothing, and paul ryan s plan, if that bill came to my desk, i d sign it, but i have my own plan, and it d different in some respects to congressman ryan s plan. i want to do a couple policy notes and we only have a few minutes left. i ll go through them. first on libya, you said we ve got to get gadhafi out of there. would you send ground troops there at this point? not necessarily. look at what president reagan did, for example, to remove governments in certain areas. you don t necessarily have to send in ground troops. when the rebels had gadhafi on the ropes in the early days, in the early hours of this, had taken over most of the country geographically, he was openly talking about leaving, if the president in that moment would have been decisive and strong and threatened or imposed the no-fly zone, my view is we could have toppled gadhafi then. instead that sounds like a different reading of what the situation wa
obama to come in that direction? he s the one who s supposed to set the tone and tempo for this country and he s not doing it. do you support paul ryan s approach to medicare? changing it into a voucher program or premium support program? as between president obama s plan, which is doing nothing, and paul ryan s plan, if that bill came to my desk, i d sign it, but i have my own plan, and it d different in some respects to congressman ryan s plan. i want to do a couple policy notes and we only have a few minutes left. i ll go through them. first on libya, you said we ve got to get gadhafi out of there. i d go in there and get him out. would you send ground troops there at this point? not necessarily. look at what president reagan did, for example, to remove governments in certain areas. you don t necessarily have to send in ground troops. when the rebels had gadhafi on the ropes in the early days, in the early hours of this, had taken over most of the country geographically, he