Obama: 'Noose Is Tightening' Around Libya's Gaddafi

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday his administration's actions on Libya do not violate the War Powers Act and that it has consulted repeatedly with Congress on the operation.

"Throughout this process, we consulted with Congress. We've had 10 hearings on it. We've sent reams of information about what the operations are,'' he told a news conference.

Obama also said the "noose is tightening'' around Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle, Alister Bull and Jeff Mason)

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Comments

[charlie53]

11:47 AM on 07/01/2011

The noose needs to be around obama's neck and his nato lackies for the senseless deaths of civilians..
To attack another country is an act war and supply those forces is an act of war.
An act of war must be given by congress and obama has once again torn up the consttituion he swore to uphold.

[gdbaker1]

11:36 AM on 07/01/2011

Obama wants "his" people in there. Kinda like how he brought Chicago politicians to the white house. OOPS - BLOGO didn't make it!

[mycall8]

12:29 PM on 06/30/2011

Does that go well along with belt tightening for the little people ? Hope you get paid back for the expenses of killing another dictator..

[westthea]

11:46 AM on 06/30/2011

The "noose" is tightening around Mr. Obama. GET OUT OF LIBYA!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=megUguhKP6I

[7voiceofreason7]

12:42 PM on 06/30/2011

Excuse me.

Who is IN Libya?

[Stan Silver]

10:51 AM on 06/30/2011

Not sure why Obama wastes our money trying to ruin Gaddafi when all he really needed to do was announce the good Col. is disgusted by gays and is opposed to gays getting married.
Let them handle it.

[LeftWingLift]

10:54 AM on 07/01/2011

Send in "Gay Troop" for Gaddafi's capture

[fatherdjohnson]

10:32 AM on 06/30/2011

And let's not dismiss the possibility that, come January 2013, Gaddafi may still be in power, and that our president, who doesn't mind resorting to lynch-mob rhetoric, may no longer be in power.

[westthea]

11:49 AM on 06/30/2011

Well stated. In 2008, Bill O'Reilly of Fox News was loosely using the word "lynching party" when talking about Michelle Obama. I spoke against that and I am totally against Obama's reference to "noose" when referring to Muammar Gaddafi. There are a large number of persons in the US who would like to see Obama with a "noose" around his neck. He is wrong.

[7voiceofreason7]

12:43 PM on 06/30/2011

Wow.

Let the political correctness explode!

[Rick Paul]

09:53 AM on 06/30/2011

Seems with our economy, the white house is concerned with removing every leader that has ever backed or supported the USA. This is the second country he has gone into to support rebels and demands the leader step down and throw its government to the wind. In part the rebels are part of and supported by the same group that took down the towers.....So what is the real motive here? Are we really doing the dirty work of the Brotherhood?

[7voiceofreason7]

12:44 PM on 06/30/2011

Psssst!

Obama is a secret moooslim!

Boo!

[uwilnotgtridofme]

09:38 AM on 06/30/2011

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday his administration's actions on Libya do not violate the War Powers Act and that it has consulted repeatedly with Congress on the operation.

"Throughout this process, we consulted with Congress. We've had 10 hearings on it. We've sent reams of information about what the operations are,'' he told a news conference.

Telling Congress what you have done after you've already done it is not the same as consulting let alone geting approval

[GraniteSkyline]

10:29 PM on 06/30/2011

The president does not need to get approval in advance from Congress. The War Powers Resolution requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action.

So he is correct and you are wring. He did not violate the War Powers Resolution.

[Dora The explorer]

09:36 AM on 06/30/2011

Obama and his clueless, non-military cronies have been spewing this rubbish for MONTHS now. That 'noose' must be as big as the earth's circumferance! Look for this ' noose' to finally close - if ever - around the year 2096. Whoever is left on the planet can celebrate - I suppose....sigh.

[meanstr]

09:24 AM on 06/30/2011

Not a War and we are winning.Drones have killed Children looking to kill Gadhafi but it is not a War ,we have bombed and killed only god knows how many people so the we do not know who they are rebels could take the citys from them.That none war of Obama is it right or wrong I think it is wrong ,why we are aiding a group from a Lybian city that went wild with joy when the twin towers burned ,we are aiding a group that got the same weapons our enmys are using in the middle east againist us with no answer to were they got them these things are not cheap, the rebels are trying to accuse Gadhafi of anything they can think of when the rebels were the ones who started attacking citys and then was driven back with no mention of how many they killed attacking those citys to begin with they were not welcomed as heros but killed to take the citys.

[cdavecrz]

09:21 AM on 06/30/2011

why are we in libya? were killing thousands of civilians,,,, whom we entered this war to protect,,,,how much of our borrowed money did we pay to get a un sanction??? its all about money in the un,, we can buy any vote,,, who we gonna bomb next? Do you people in washington not understand your broke? when we borrow 200 billion a month,,, were broke,,,. we borrow money from china,, give it to everyone,, it ends up back in china or in the US's rich peoples pocket,,, we borrow more,, and want to raise our taxes on the poor so it can go on,,, Get over this tax the rich,,, its really tax anyone making over 50K. what a sorry group of politicians we have,,,

[Chris398]

09:12 AM on 06/30/2011

It's funny how forgien policy can be so good and domestic policies so bad.

[Whateverwhoever]

09:07 AM on 06/30/2011

This type of language is racist according to the left just a few months ago

[geraldlsolis]

09:06 AM on 06/30/2011

Thanks for your statement on Gaddafi, Mr. President. I needed a good laugh this morning to get my day started. But wait, didn't you say FOUR MONTHS AGO the following: "This operation will be over by the week, if not days".? Duh. Silly Me. I believed you. $50 says Gaddafi will be around for a long time. Of course if you nuke the entire country month by month you might get lucky and get him....

[pvigilante]

09:00 AM on 06/30/2011

Obama is a warmonger