I declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by Colonel Muammar Qadhafi.
Notice - Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Libya
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Aid must be permitted to reach people in Gaza. There is no justification for keeping food and water away from civilian families.
That then makes them more interested in appeals by folks who say, 'The reason you don't feel respected is because women have been doing this, or this group has been doing that.' And that is not a healthy place to be.
I think that approach is a smart, measured approach, designed to address a very particular problem in a very particular moment in time.
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