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administration. he has develop a blueprint for the future. technology, intelligence, allies. senator, is he correct about a new blueprint for the future? well, look. the obama administration here led as the sponsor of the no-fly zone resolution in the senate that then led to the effort at the united nations and nato s engagement. you have to give credit to president obama for leading an international effort here that ultimately eight months later, brought the end of a 42-year dictatorship. and if you add that to the capture and killing of bin laden, the reality is that this is the one administration that is actually brought those terrorists to justice. what about the concern that is out there dealing with loose arms falling into the wrong hands. shoulder fired missiles, some chemical weapons. where do you stand on that? how much of a concern is it?
about moammar gadhafi, and what s your reaction to what appears to be his death? well, as it s been said, we don t have u.s. confirmed reports. we re being very cautious. i think the expectation is this is likely to be true. as someone who sponsored the no-fly zone resolution, i m glad to see the conclusion is a new day for the libyan people. the real question, as the celebration goes on in libya, is where do we go from here? what do the libyan people ultimately end up with? the transitional national council really to move vigorously into the next phase? which is hopefully to have a country that is all inclusive in its representation and is more secular and democratic at the end of its journey. the conclusion about the u.s. policy in this case, and as you said, you supported it, obviously, is very positive of the no-fly zone in place. taking action in libya.
which is launch and all-out offensive against the democratic rebels in the east of the country and it was that action, which finally pushed the world community under the leadership primarily of france and britain and the europeans, into getting a no-fly zone resolution from the u.n. and enforcing it. martha: you talk about your opinion, that he looks weak on the world stage and that that may be why it took place and i want your thoughts on the image that is put out there now, because clin is front and center, throughout the weekend speaking with the leaders involved in the situation and you juxtapose that against the image of the president on the trip in brazil, with his family. and also what about the notion that hillary clinton encouraged the president to make the move? well, i m not surprised a secretary of state or secretary of defense would have a view different from the white house and wouldn t be surprised if at the end of the day they were able to convince the white house to
calls naked aggression. gadhafi s military claims 50 people including women and children were killed in the strikes. these are pictures from libyan state tv of what it says are wounded people from coalition attacks. cnn cannot independently confirm that. shahshank joshi has been with us throughout the morning and says the u.n. s no-fly zone resolution is historic. obviously historical or not, it s under way. absolutely. historic in the sense that it is etched into international law, the ability to protect. it s done so with a broad coalition of states. that s just the first steps. the hard work starts here. with the air strikes we can clear libya s skies but what about ground forces already poised just inside libya s nato cities? how will they deal with those? whatever happens, clearly the