commanders to work their way through it in a manner that protects our soldiers. it s an additional burden we re putting on the commanders. the unity of command in the operation, they wouldn t take the additional burden on. general, thank you for coming in. thank you. appreciate it. we re standing by to hear from the secretary of state hillary clinton. she s getting ready to make a statement over at the state department. we ll go there live. you re looking at live pictures. the treaty room at the state dpeept. as soon as she walks to the microphone, you will see her. you will hear her in t the situation room . also, an unsung hero. how his suicide attack may have turned the tide. s future. he can t say social security. much less tell you what it means. he doesn t know that his parents are counting on the money they pay in. or that the hard earned benefits his grandparents receive. are secure. right now he s not thinking about his future. but we are. aarp has been working to pres
room. breaking news as coalition aircraft pound targets in libya. the u.s. and key allies reach a deal for nato to take over command of the operation. there are already questions whether the agreement will hold. we re awaiting a statement from the nato secretary general as well as the secretary of state, hillary clinton. we ll bring you both statements live. congressional critics have been slamming the white house over the handling of the crisis. if nato takes control, will that take some of the heat off of president obama? and an international tribunal investigates gadhafi for war crimes and crimes against humanity. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the u.s. may soon hand over leadership of the libya operation or it may take longer. a deal in principle we are now told has been reached for nato
we re waiting from word on a tentative deal for nato to take over command, and the secretary of state hillary clinton expected to make a statement soon. live coverage as it happens here in the situation room. it brings your best minds and their brightest ideas together. it helps the largest of companies seize opportunity like the smallest of startups. it s the network the intelligent, secure cisco network that lets your employees, partners, suppliers and customers innovate and share so you can unleash the power of your most valuable asset: your people.
called a support and and say cyst role. that s the humanitarian position. then nato will take on the no-fly zone. but how broadly you define what that means seems to be the question you were getting at. chris lawrence, the pentagon, the u.s. military will salute and say yes, sir to whatever the mission is. it seems a little convoluted the way they split the baby, if you will. oh, yeah. well any time you have to try to set up two separate command and control structures, it s going to be much more difficult than if it was all concentrated. just handing it off to a combination of nato and some non-nato countries was going to be challenging enough. i mean, you re talking about, wolf, when you talk about commanding a mission like this, you re talking about, well, the