the pressure is building on syrian president bashar al assad who is no doubt watching his back this evening after an attack struck the heart of his regime. a regime that s been in power for over 40 years and has launched a brutal crackdown on rebels over the last 16 months, killing more than 16,000 people, according to one opposition group. whether today s bloodshed is the result of a rebel attack or an inside job, one thing is clear assad s security perimeter has been breached. state tv reports those assassinated at a high-level meeting in damascus include the defense minister, the deputy defense minister who s also al assad s brother-in-law, and his security adviser. rebels danced in the street following the explosion. the opposition forces have come a long way since the uprising began. that has deputy defense secretary leon panetta worried the situation is quickly deteriorating. the violence there has only gotten worse and the loss of lives has only increased. which te
outfront tonight, is syria at a tipping point? the pressure is building on syrian president bashar al assad who is no doubt watching his back this evening after an attack struck the heart of his regime. a regime that s been in power for over 40 years and has launched a brutal crackdown on rebels over the last 16 months, killing more than 16,000 people, according to one opposition group. whether today s bloodshed is the result of a rebel attack or an inside job, one thing is clear assad s security perimeter has been breached. state tv reports those assassinated at a high-level meeting in damascus include the defense minister, the deputy defense minister who s also al assad s brother-in-law, and his security adviser. rebels danced in the street following the explosion. the opposition forces have come a long way since the uprising began. that has deputy defense secretary leon panetta worried the situation is quickly deteriorating. the violence there has only gotten worse a
outfront tonight, is syria at a tipping point? the pressure is building on syrian president bashar al assad who is no doubt watching his back this evening after an attack struck the heart of his regime. a regime that s been in power for over 40 years and has launched a brutal crackdown on rebels over the last 16 months, killing more than 16,000 people, according to one opposition group. whether today s bloodshed is the result of a rebel attack or an inside job, one thing is clear assad s security perimeter has been breached. state tv reports those assassinated at a high-level meeting in damascus include the defense minister, the deputy defense minister who s also al assad s brother-in-law, and his security adviser. rebels danced in the street following the explosion. the opposition forces have come a long way since the uprising began. that has deputy defense secretary leon panetta worried the situation is quickly deteriorating. the violence there has only gotten worse a
reid says he has the votes to pass that resolution, although it is expected to bail him out. the second measure house republicans discussed today is an attempt to force withdraw from libya, most likely by cutting off funding. withdraw is a measure senators mccain and kerry strongly oppose. gadhafi is going to fall. it s just a matter of time. is this the time to ride to the rescue of a failing tyrant when the writing is on the wall that he will collapse? gadhafi s finished, ask the people in the country. the last message that any united states senator wants to send in my judgment is that all he has to do is wait us out. all he has to do is wait for the congress even as the progress is being made, the vice is tightening because we re divided at home. interesting, two vietnam veterans saying stay in libya for a year.
republicans discussed today is an attempt to force withdraw from libya, most likely by cutting off funding. withdraw is a measure senators mccain and kerry strongly oppose. gadhafi is going to fall. it s just a matter of time. is this the time to ride to the rescue of a failing tyrant when the writing is on the wall that he will collapse? gadhafi s finished, ask the people in the country. the last message that any united states senator wants to send in my judgment is that all he has to do is wait us out. all he has to do is wait for the congress even as the progress is being made, the vice is tightening because we re divided at home. interesting, two vietnam veterans saying stay in libya for a year. we can chalk this up as another example as the republican led house of representatives wasting time on ideological statements instead of focusing on creating