Today I authorized the Armed Forces of the United States to begin a limitedmilitaryaction in Libya in support of an international effort to protect Libyan civilians.
Yesterday, as you know, the President authorized the armed forces of the United States to begin a limitedmilitaryaction in Libya in support of an international effort to support and protect Libyan citizens.
For more than a decade we have tried everything diplomacy, sanctions, inspections, limitedmilitaryaction except war to convince Saddam to keep the promises he made, and the U.N. endorsed, to end the Gulf War.