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*'''18-30 March.''' Hillary Clinton engages with [[UAE]], [[Qatar]], and [[Jordan]] to seek their participation in coalition operations. Over the course of several days, all three devote aircraft to the mission.

*'''18-30 March.''' Hillary Clinton engages with [[UAE]], [[Qatar]], and [[Jordan]] to seek their participation in coalition operations. Over the course of several days, all three devote aircraft to the mission.

*'''31 March.''' [[Reuters]] reports '''"President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi...Obama signed the order, known as a presidential "finding", within the last two or three weeks"'''<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-order-idustre72t6h220110331</ref>

*'''31 March.''' ''[[Reuters]]'' reports '''"President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi...Obama signed the order, known as a presidential "finding", within the last two or three weeks"'''<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-order-idustre72t6h220110331</ref>

:*Another ''Reuters'' article notes Obama had CIA personal on the ground ''before'' signing the finding, and the Adm. Mike Mullen figured there were only about 1,000 rebels in number.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-rebels-idUSTRE72U7NM20110331</ref>

:*Another ''Reuters'' article notes Obama had CIA personal on the ground ''before'' signing the finding, and the Adm. Mike Mullen figured there were only about 1,000 rebels in number.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-rebels-idUSTRE72U7NM20110331</ref>

:*''[[NYT]]:'' C.I.A. Agents in Libya Aid Airstrikes and Meet Rebels.<ref>https://archive.is/GDICo#selection-303.0-303.53</ref>

:*''[[NYT]]:'' C.I.A. Agents in Libya Aid Airstrikes and Meet Rebels.<ref>https://archive.is/GDICo#selection-303.0-303.53</ref>