   GATES: No, no. It was not -- it was not a vital national
interest to the United States, but it was an interest and it was
an interest for all of the reasons Secretary Clinton talked
about. The engagement of the Arabs, the engagement of the
Europeans, the general humanitarian question that was at stake.
There was another piece of this though that certainly was a
consideration. You've had revolutions on both the East and the
West of Libya.  TAPPER: Egypt and Tunisia.  GATES: Egypt and
Tunisia.   TAPPER: Secretary Clinton, how does --  CLINTON:
Jake, I just want to add too because, you know, I know that
there's been a lot of questions and those questions deserve to
be asked and answered. The president is going to address the
nation on Monday night.    TAPPER: You heard the Secretary of
Defense say that Libya did not pose an actual or imminent threat
to the nation and bearing in mind what you just said, I'm still
wondering how the administration reconciles the attack without
congressional approval with then ca