Coalition Will Lead Libya Military Mission

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Updated: 11:25 AM Mar 21, 2011 Coalition Will Lead Libya Military Mission U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Pentagon expects to turn control of the Libya military mission over to a coalition - led either by the French and British or by NATO - "in a matter of days." Posted: 2:52 PM Mar 20, 2011 Reporter: Staff Email Address: news@kolotv.com

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Pentagon expects to turn control of the Libya military mission over to a coalition - led either by the French and British or by NATO - "in a matter of days."
In his first public remarks since the start of the bombings, Gates says President Barack Obama feels very strongly about limiting America's role in the operation against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, adding that the president is "more aware than almost anybody of the stress on the military."
While the U.S. "will have a military role in the coalition," Gates says, it "will not have the preeminent role."
Gates' comments came as American ships and aircraft continued to pound Libya, taking out radar, communications and missile sites along its Mediterranean coast.

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Posted by: 40miledesertrat on Mar 21, 2011 at 12:44 PM

Lets have a poll. Who do you want the win? The US hating, terrorist loving Ga-Daffy? Or, the US hating, terrorist loving Rebels?

Posted by: Eli Location: Reno on Mar 21, 2011 at 11:27 AM

So whats with wars... We never run out of money for war but wheres the money for the people here at home? I just dont understand...and if someone has a problem with my comment the answer me this...Where is osama? We went there in the first place to get him and now everybody forgot about him.

Posted by: carlo poliak Location: las vegas on Mar 20, 2011 at 03:43 PM

Our involvement into Libya with aircraft is the practical stragedy of air superiority which minimizes ground troop casualities. Let the insurgents do the ground combat. Our invplvement in Iraq/afganistan should have been limited to air power involvement exclusively too. NERO( George Bush) lacked pragmatic wisdom by involving American ground troops in those two war fronts. Incurring thousands of ground troops maimed and killed and taxpayer dollars wasted as result of ground troop involvement.

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