Obama Libya

Libya: What the Intervention Has Wrought

Rajan Menon | Posted 06.02.2012

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Rajan Menon

Neoconservatives, liberal internationalists, and "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P) advocates were, all in separate ways, pleased to see their programs enacted. Yet none of the above parties will suffer the consequences of what they enabled, from afar, in Libya.

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Rebuilding Libya

Saeb El Kasm | Posted 01.21.2012

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Saeb El Kasm

Along with a record of overwhelming human rights abuses, Gaddafi left his people with a country rife with corruption, poverty and severe internal divisions.

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Michael Calderone

New Yorker Writer Changes Source Of 'Leading From Behind' Quote

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 12.27.2011

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NEW YORK -- When "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno asked President Obama this week about "leading from behind" in Libya, the president pointed out that he ...

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Inside Obama's War Room

Rolling Stone | Michael Hastings | Posted 12.13.2011

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On the afternoon of monday, March 14th, the French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy stood nervously in the lounge of Le Bourget Airport on the outskirt...

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Jennifer Bendery

Obama Unlikely To Sink Money Into Rebuilding Libya, Experts Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 10.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- At a time when the country couldn't be more fixated on cutting spending, a revolution taking place thousands of miles away is presenting...

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Libya After Gaddafi Could Mean Good News For Obama, U.S. Economy

AP | By JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 10.24.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The dramatic advance of Libyan rebels over the forces of longtime strongman Muammar Gaddafi offers vindication, at least for now, f...

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Deposing Gaddafi 'From Behind'?

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.22.2011

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Leon T. Hadar

In a way, the basic idea of the U.S. "leading from behind" makes a lot of sense if it means that Washington encourages regional players to protect their own direct strategic interests in a way that does not require direct U.S. military intervention.

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LIVE: Obama Speaks Out On Rapid Developments In Libya

Posted 10.22.2011

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President Barack Obama spoke Monday at 2p.m. on the rapidly developing situation in Libya. As the AP reports: Libyan rebels claimed to be in contro...

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Matt Sledge

Lynn Woolsey Thinks Public Will Get 'Sick' Of Libya 'Pretty Soon,' Predicts Successor Will Share Anti-War Views

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 09.14.2011

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On Tuesday, Rep. Lynn Woolsey stood in the House of Representatives and gave her 400th floor speech against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "I will ...

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Knee-Deep in the Blood-Soaked Battlefields of Europe

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 09.09.2011

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Like any nation, there are limits to our manpower and resources. America should not have to be the world's policeman.

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Senate Takes Up Libya Resolution

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 09.04.2011

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WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leaders abandoned plans for a test vote Tuesday on authorizing the U.S. military operation against Libya as Repub...

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

Posted 08.29.2011

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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 ...

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Jennifer Bendery

Corker: White House's 'Cute Arguments' No Excuse For Bypassing Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 08.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a resolution backing President Barack Obama on Libya, despite Re...

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Senate Panel Votes To Give Obama Limited Authority To Continue Libya Mission

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 08.28.2011

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WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, a Senate panel voted Tuesday to approve U.S. participation in the military campaign agains...

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Top Obama Lawyer Defends Legality Of Libya Operation

Posted 08.28.2011

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WASHINGTON –- The State Department's top lawyer on Tuesday defended the legality of the U.S. military involvement in Libya as some lawmakers acc...

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Tea Party Splits On Contentious Issues

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 08.24.2011

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WASHINGTON — The House's tea party caucus split on a major foreign policy vote Friday – whether to cut off money for air attacks in Libya ...

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Jennifer Bendery

Progressive Democrats In Disarray Over Whether To Back War Operations

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 08.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In some of the most bizarre votes seen yet in this Congress, House lawmakers from both parties banded together Friday to rebuke Presiden...

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House Rejects Bill To Cut Off Funds For Libya Operation

Posted 08.24.2011

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The House voted Friday to reject a bill which would have cut off funds for U.S. military attacks in Libya. The bill would have barred funds for Lib...

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House Rejects Bill Authorizing Libya Mission, Resolution To Cut Off Funding

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 08.24.2011

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WASHINGTON — Challenging presidential power, a defiant U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Friday to deny President Barack Obama the authority to wa...

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House Set To Rebuke Obama's Libya Policy, Move To Cut Off Funding

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 08.24.2011

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WASHINGTON — Challenging presidential power, a defiant U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Friday to deny President Barack Obama the authority to wa...

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WATCH: Colbert Defends Obama's War On Libya

Posted 08.23.2011

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Colbert's sharpest satire is often reserved for members of the GOP, but on Wednesday night's "Report," it was President Obama who was the subject of t...

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Jennifer Bendery

GOP Leaders To Push Bill, Not Resolution, After Members Demand Tougher Action

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 08.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Republican leaders will bring a bill to the floor as soon as Friday to defund U.S. military operations in Libya, a much stronger c...

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Boehner: Obama Lacks House Support For Authorizing Libya Operation

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 08.22.2011

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WASHINGTON — Setting up a showdown on Libya, House Republicans agreed on Wednesday to vote on dueling measures, one to give President Barack Oba...

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Amanda Terkel

Mitch McConnell Explains GOP Isolationism

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 08.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) expects the Senate to soon debate and vote on the conflict in Libya, although he is refus...

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If Our Troops Are "Warriors" and "Warfighters," How Can They Not Fight Wars?

William Astore | Posted 08.22.2011

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William Astore

How, Mr. President, can we possibly deploy "warriors" and their deadly war-fighting weapons and not call it "war?"

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