Obama Administration Chaos Over 'Boots On The Ground' In Libya -- Thomas Lifson, American Thinker
Testifying before Congress this morning, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates claimed that the United States would put no military "boots on the ground" in Libya, only hours after the New York Times revealed that President Obama had signed an order authorizing CIA agents to operate in Libya, where they have been on the ground for some time now.
The BBC reports:
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
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Yemen's Crisis: The President Who Cried "Al-Qaeda!" -- Erik Stier, Time Magazine
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The Struggle for a New Japan -- Thomas Berger, The Diplomat
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