Cantor: Congress "Left Out" On Libya

The Hill reports:

RICHMOND, Va. — President Obama must provide more answers to congressional questions about air strikes against Libya, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Thursday.

Cantor, the second-ranking Republican in the House, said the White House seemed more concerned with talking to U.S. allies than with lawmakers in the days before the strikes were authorized.

“Many members of Congress feel left out, that there wasn’t enough consultation with Congress prior to the commitment of forces and military action,” Cantor told reporters after an event in Richmond.

He also said the public wants answers from the White House about U.S. objectives in Libya.

The public wants to know, “Where is the leadership, what is the endgame here, where is Washington taking us,” Cantor, the second-ranking House Republican, told reporters.

Cantor’s criticism comes a day after a letter to the White House from Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) that slammed Obama for not clearly stating the goals of the Libyan mission before launching the attacks. Boehner ripped the White House for offering a “sometimes contradictory” case for the war.

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