James B. Steinberg: “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.

I think the most significant feature is the quite strong consensus in the international community to not look for half-measures, not to look for ways to let him stay or try to begin to cut back on our basic demands for what needs to happen.

We have made clear that we thought that the election was not conducted fairly, openly, that we spoke out against the oppression, we spoke out against the violence.

I feel very confident that the voices in the streets in Tahrir Square are not voices that are--voices that are looking to al-Qaeda as their salvation.