Obama: No Ground Troops In Libya
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(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama demanded March 18 that Muammar Gaddafi halt all military attacks against civilians and said that if the Libyan leader did not stand down the U.S. would join in military action against him.
Still, Obama also said the U.S. "is not going to deploy ground troops into Libya."
In a brief appearance at the White House, Obama said Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton would travel to Paris the next day to join in a meeting of allies called to discuss next steps in Libya, where Gaddafi has launched a brutal crackdown against rebels trying to end his 42-year reign. (See what Gaddafi's "cease-fire" really means.)
Obama's remarks came less than 24 hours after the U.N. Security Council voted to authorize military action to prevent the killing of civilians by Libyan forces.
There should be no doubt about Gaddafi's intentions "because he has made them clear," Obama said. "Just yesterday, speaking of the city of Benghazi, a city of roughly 700,000, he threatened, 'We will have no mercy and no pity.' No mercy on his own citizens."
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