Obama: U.S., NATO Mission Will Soon Come To An End

Hours after the first reports involving the capture and killing of ousted Libyan ruler Moammar Gaddafi surfaced, President Obama proudly confirms the end of the Gaddafi’s era.

Speaking to reporters in the White House Rose Garden, Obama calls Gaddafi’s reported death an opportunity for the Libyan people, and encouraged them to capitalize on their chance to start fresh under a new government. (0:39)

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Libya Will Face Long, Winding Road To Full Democracy, Says Obama

Hours after the first reports involving the capture and killing of ousted Libyan ruler Moammar Gaddafi surfaced, President Obama proudly confirms the end of the Gaddafi’s era.

Speaking to reporters in the White House Rose Garden, Obama calls Gaddafi’s reported death an opportunity for the Libyan people, and encouraged them to capitalize on their chance to start fresh under a new government. (0:24)

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Obama: Libya's Momentous Day Comes With Great Responsibility

Hours after the first reports involving the capture and killing of ousted Libyan ruler Moammar Gaddafi surfaced, President Obama proudly confirms the end of the Gaddafi’s era.

Speaking to reporters in the White House Rose Garden, Obama calls Gaddafi’s reported death an opportunity for the Libyan people, and encouraged them to capitalize on their chance to start fresh under a new government. (0:20)

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NATO Will Continue Relying On Nuclear Arms, Says Albright

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright tells the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee that, as long as nuclear weapons exist "in the system," NATO will continue relying on a nuclear component. (0:29)
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Albright For "Sustainable" NATO Forces

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright suggests that NATO develop "sustainable, deployable, inter-operable" military forces, prepare rapid-response capabilities, increase cyber security and more wisely allocate resources as the backbone of the new Strategic Concept. (0:38)
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U.S. Operating Under Favorable Circumstances In Afghanistan Says NATO General

Lieutenant General William Caldwell, head of US and NATO commands that train Afghan Army and Police forces, says that conditions for fighting the war in Afghanistan have never been better. (:15)
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Analyst: Troop Levels Vital To Success In Afghanistan

Lisa Curtis, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., says that she learned from NATO commanders in Afghanistan that they do not have enough resources in Afghanistan to win the war, and that the war strategy has been successful in regions supplied with enough troops. (0:30)

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McGovern thinks military options might stop genocide

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service

Congressman Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) said today that although he hopes diplomacy can work to stop the genocide in Darfur, he thinks that a military option should be on the table. He thinks this military option could take the form of a no-fly zone. (01:43)
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U.S. seeks more leverage for fighting heroine in Afghanistan

Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell says that the U.S. military in Afghanistan is seeking more leverage to go after "kingpins" and "large labs" that use Afghanistan's huge poppy crop to make heroine. (0:50)
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Gates: We have not neglected Afghanistan

During a trip to Afghanistan, the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says that the United States has not neglected Afghanistan and lists the troop deployments the U.S. has sent there. (0:33)
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U.K. willing to shed blood, says British Brigadier

Brigadier Phil Jones, military attache and British defense staff at the British Embassy, says that the U.K. ministry of defense has signed contracts for state-of-the-art aircraft. Jones says this demonstrates substantial investment and the U.K.'s willingness to expend blood and national treasure alongside the U.S. in matters it believes in such as Afghanistan and Kuwait. (0:48)
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Thomas Lynch: Moving forward in Afghanistan

Thomas Lynch, a Colonel of the U.S. Army and a Federal Executive Fellow at the Brookings Institution, says that NATO needs to “play not to lose” in Afghanistan. He says that the first order condition is to stop the development of safe havens for those who have terrorist agendas. Lynch also says that Afghanistan needs to move forward from the nineteenth century and fight against some “background culture and traditions”. (1:23)
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Pamela Wallin: “Dealing with failed states”

Pamela Wallin, a member of the Independent Panel on Canada’s Future Role in Afghanistan and a Senior Advisor for the Council of the Americas, talks about the “not normal” fighting situation in Afghanistan. Wallin says that Afghanistan is a “failed state” and that the warfare over there is much different than the general public perceives it to be. (1:02)
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Coalition forces short on trainers, affecting police progress

Speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce North American Forum, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says that the forces in Afghanistan are 3,000 police trainers short. He says that the Afghan police are the ones who will fulfill a role similar to the "Sons of Iraq" and act as the local force to keep out the Taliban. (0:52)
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More coalition deaths in Afghanistan than Iraq

During the press conference while traveling at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says that in May there were more coalition deaths in Afghanistan than Iraq. (0:40)
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Humanitarian aid in Afghanistan bolsters coalition support

Talk Radio News Service Military Affairs Correspondent Richard Miller interviews Lt. Doug Lowery about humanitarian assistance while embedded in Afghanistan. (8:34)
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NATO recognizes missile proliferation threat

Assistant Secretary of State of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Daniel Fried, says that the Allies at NATO recognized the threat of ballistic missile proliferation, and endorsed the U.S.-proposed system for protection. (0:33)
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Biden: When a nation engages in genocide, it forfeits its sovereignty

At the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Darfur, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) says that if it were his choice, he would “literally, not figuratively” unilaterally deploy U.S. forces to Darfur because “when a nation engages in genocide, it forfeits sovereignty.” He said that the only way to take action is for the United States to mobilize the rest of the world. (0:45)
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Darfur needs more helicopters

At the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Darfur, Jane Holl Lute, officer in charge of the United Nation’s Department of Field Support, says that there are 4,000 helicopters available in NATO countries, and asks if there are not 24 for Darfur. (0:41)
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Rice praises NATO enlargement

At the American Turkish Council’s 27th Annual Conference on U.S.-Turkish relations, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praises NATO enlargement despite controversy. (0:20)
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