Obama to address United States on Monday to explain his decisions over Libya conflict
Obama will address the nation about Libya at 730 pm MONDAY from National Defense University
Miami Herald
WASHINGTON — To a nation and a Congress seeking answers, President Barack Obama on Monday will offer his most expansive explanation of the U.S. role in the Libyan war, delivering a speech that is expected to cover the path ahead and his rationale about the appropriate use of force.
Obama’s 7:30 p.m. EDT speech, to be given from the National Defense University in Washington, comes as leading Republican lawmakers and some from his own party have pressed him for clarity about the goals and exit strategy of the United States. Obama and top U.S. security officials spent about an hour talking to lawmakers on Friday, with the president answering direct questions from critics.
For a president who was on a Latin American outreach trip when the U.N.-sanctioned military assault on the Libyan regime began, the speech offers him his best chance to explain the purpose and scope of the mission to a nation already weary of war. Obama has spoken about the matter since authorizing the use of force, but not in a setting as prominent as an evening speech, as he seeks to take command of the story.
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The White House announcement of Monday’s speech came after Obama’s teleconference Friday with a bipartisan group of key members of Congress. The call came amid complaints on Capitol Hill that Obama was not adequately consulting about the intervention in Libya with Capitol Hill.
Obama reiterated the U.S. position that Gadhafi should leave power. ( NOTE here obama changes his mind once again ~ Wild Thing )
House Speaker John Boehner asked a series of questions and got direct answers from both the president and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, the official said. The president also took questions from the Senate’s top Republican, Mitch McConnell, and from other lawmakers.
After the call, a spokesman for Boehner said the speaker wants the Obama administration to do more to explain how the mission in Libya “is consistent with U.S. policy goals.”
Obama also faced political pressure from his own party, with one prominent Democrat expressing reservations about the wisdom of continuing the military mission.
“I know the president carefully weighed all the options before taking this emergency action but now that our military has prevented an immediate disaster, I have very serious concerns about what this intervention means for our country in the coming weeks,” Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said.
Meanwhile, a Pentagon official said Friday that even as other nations begin taking a larger role in the international air assault mission in Libya, the Pentagon was considering adding Air Force gunships and other attack aircraft that are better suited for tangling with Libyan ground forces in contested urban areas like Misrata.
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Wild Thing’s comment…..
How he will make a war in Libya all about him I have no idea, but he will do just that.
What is to explain, Barack, you jackass? I want Gaddafi to hang for Lockerbie but he is not a threat to this nation since he voluntarily gave up his nuke program. Oh, humanitarian concerns? Hussein was responsible for 1.3 million deaths but that wasn’t enough of a humanitarian concern for you FREAK obama.
Possible speech will say or use:
combination of these words:
“Kenetic” “Humanitarian” “Liberation” “NATO allies” “peace” “self-determination” “enable” and “human rights”.
If I hadn’t intervened in Libya, it would have been a massacre! If I hadn’t intervened in our economy, it would be a real mess now.
“Let me be clear” ….this one causes my blood to boil, I swear I want someone to punch his lights out when I hear him say it and the attitude he delivers these words with. PUNCH HIS LIGHTS OUT TILL KINDGDOM COME! ~ Wild Thing
“Uh..uh, let me be clear. I, uh, humanitarian…coalition…had to act…not taking the lead…uh, Secretary Clinton…make no mistake…I…my…me…Gaddafi, Kaddafi, Hibachi…wrote a letter to Congress…uh, limited engagement…Bush’s fault, Palin’s fault, Sarkozy’s fault…hope and change”
Keep in mind this is after……
AFTER he sent Hillary to do his speaking for him
AFTER he has already told the Media he is sending some 4,000 troops ( husbands, wives, sons, daughters, brothers etc.
First he had to get back from his being a traitor to our oil industry with his BS with Brazil, Soros and screwing our American oil industry.
Then of course he made the decision to speak about this WAR until Monday due to the NCAA viewing schedule.
Plus it will take all weekend to load the teleprompter with bullcrap.
Some reasons to be busy when he gives his speech:
Have to Color code your closet
Arrange your sock drawer
your driveway needs waxing
have to study for a blood test
your spice cabinet needs alphabetizing
new kitties or a new puppy that needs your attention
If you have kids, let the kids go at the tv screen with wipable coloured pens when Obama’s on, tell them to have at it and see what they can turn him into.
Oh you people from Florida, Waxing the drivway ??????? How absurd, Here we shovel the drivway. Right now it is 22 degrees… Next year, in January I am out looking for Punxatawny Phil and am going to shoot that little Rodent. The end of March signifies now, 6 months of Winter and we still have 3 seasons left. That leaves, Orange barrel season, Single lane season then back to winter.
*cut your grass with scissors….so many ideas, thanks, Chrissie!…..btw – I absolutely HATE the jerk’s faux shoutout to troops…I HATE HIM!!!!! ;/
The man cub’s photo is sure turning gray, eh?
“Hail Caesar? We gladiators that are about to die… salute you?” Simba is worse than LBJ!
Let me be clear. I will not raise my blood pressure listening to a steaming shovel full from obama Monday. Tuesday I will catch the highlights of his propaganda speech. I am sure the various medias will highlight his lies, erroneous points and self serving praises. I am just hoping that 22 months(maybe sooner?) from now he will be an expresident.
From the Sharon Statement, written by William F. Buckely, sep. 11,1960.
That Liberty is indivisible, and that political freedom cannot long exist without econimic freedom; That the purpose of government is to protect those freedoms through the preservation of internal order, the porvision of national defense, and the administration of justice.
What obama has done is against Article 1, section 8 of the constitution. Actually calling for Military action without permission from congress and not following the laws set down in the Constitution.
Is this a new thing an obama original, Nope it started about 61 years ago with Truman, Then Eisenhower, sending Marines into Lebonon, Kennedy and Vietnam, LBJ and Vietnam, and Dominican Republic, Carter and the debacle in the dessert, and also Reagan with the bombing of kidaffy, Bush 41, Panama, Clinton, Smolia, Bush 43 did get permission from Congress. So what have we got here. A government that is out of control not only in this aspect, Congress no longer reads the bills it votes on that can do horrible damage to our economy and country. If we are to get back to the republic as it was founded, we have a great deal of work to do before the sun goes down.
Chrissie don’t hold back tell us what you really think!
We got about three inches of snow on Wed. and still have some of that on the north sides of objects that hasn’t melted. So go ahead and rub it in that you can cut grass and where do I go to request delivery of Global Warming?
For tomorrow I have a DVD “Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay” which should be in keeping with the intellectual tone of an Obama speech.
You all are so wonderful!!!!
Thank you so much!!!!
But if this military operation is successful in the end Obama together with Cameron and Sarkozy will definitely win more support among their voters as was the case of Margaret Thatcher after the Falklands war in the 1980s. This brings me to the conclusion that two possible ways to increase the popularity of a particular politician nowadays is either to spread nationalistic ideas or take the country into the war.
Monday’s speech has all the potential for a truly monumental round of “Bullshit Bingo.”