Robert Gates actually said...

The truth of the matter is we have trouble coming up with proof of any civilian casualties that we have been responsible for. But we do have a lot of intelligence reporting about Gadhafi taking the bodies of people he's killed and putting them at the sites where we've attacked. We have been extremely careful in this military effort.

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates addresses claims of civilian casualties due to U.S. military actions in Libya.

03/27/2011

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