Obama strongly defends US military action in Libya
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President Barack Obama speaks about Libya at the National Defense University in Washington, Monday, AP Photo/Charles Dharapak
Obama strongly defends US military action in Libya
BEN FELLER, AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defending the first war launched on his watch, President Barack Obama declared Monday night the United States intervened in Libya to prevent a slaughter of civilians that would have stained the world's conscience and "been a betrayal of who we are." Yet he ruled out targeting Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, warning that trying to oust him militarily would...
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