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Barack Obama: Faced with the potential of mass atrocities and a call for help from the Libyan people, the United States and our…

On the recordOctober 19, 2011
Faced with the potential of mass atrocities and a call for help from the Libyan people, the United States and our friends and allies stopped Gadhafi's forces in their tracks.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama discusses the U.S. and allied intervention in Libya to protect civilians and support the uprising against Gadhafi.

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