James B. Steinberg: “I feel very confident that the voices in the streets in Tahrir Square are not voices that are--voices that are looking…”

Qadhafi had lost the legitimacy to lead, and he had to go to allow the Libyan people to reclaim their own future.

I think, going on to your broader question, part of the reason we've done this as an international coalition is that we don't have the full burden and responsibility for this.

We think it has been an enormously helpful tool, and it has had enormous impact in helping us to galvanize the international community to take steps to put additional pressure on Iran.

I think there is an opportunity here for us to shape this, to engage with the constructive elements that are there that want to be associated, that want to embrace the values that were in the Transnational National Council's statement.