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Our military action is in support of an international mandate from the Security Council that specifically focuses on the humanitarian threat posed by Colonel Gadhafi to his people. I also have stated that it is U.S. policy that Gadhafi needs to go.

Context

Obama clarifies the dual objectives of U.S. military action in Libya: to protect civilians and to remove Gadhafi from power.

03/20/2011

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