01/12/2009
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"From our perspective, he has lost legitimacy."
"the President has constitutional authority, long recognized, to direct the use of force to serve important national interests"
"the United States engagement in Libya followed the administration's strategy of 'using the combined assets of diplomacy, development, and defense to protect our interests and advance our values.'"
"the term 'hostilities' was vague but they declined to give it more concrete meaning"