Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Tonight speech by President Obama about US involvement in Libya and the political criticism presented. [OBAMA - says the US has done what we said we would do.] [On CNN, Senator John McCAIN - says we should have acted earlier and Libyan leader Muammar el-Kadhafi can be removed; adds we may have to act alone or in partnership.]

(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's David Gergen, former press secretary Ari Fleischer, Johns Hopkins University professor Fouad Ajami and former State Department official Princeton University's Anne-Marie Slaughter about the president's speech and Libya; details given about what happens in a stalemate. [AJAMI, SLAUGHTER, GERGEN, FLEISCHER - offer views on Obama's speech and the timing of US action.] [AJAMI - suggests what France, Britain and NATO can do: provide the air force for the rebels.] [GERGEN - says what France and Britain do does not matter to the whole world; it is what Obama does.] [SLAUGHTER - says the real issue is the battle on the ground; defends the role of NATO in Libya.] [FLEISCHER - wonders what Obama will do in Syria and other Middle East countries.]