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*Sec. [[Robert Gates]] warned establishment of a no-fly zone meant attacking Libya.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20038391-503544.html</ref>
*Sec. [[Robert Gates]] warned establishment of a no-fly zone meant attacking Libya.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20038391-503544.html</ref>
*[[National Security Advisor]] Tom Donilon and Deputy National Security Advisor [[Denis McDonough]] oppose attacking Libya; but [[Hillary Clinton]] "won the bureaucratic battle to use Department of Defense resources to achieve what's essentially the State Department's objective... and Obama let it happen."<ref>[http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/03/18/how_obama_turned_on_a_dime_toward_war How Obama turned on a dime toward war.]</ref> It is rare for a president to publicly go against the advice of his National Security Adivisor in a decision on military intervention, nonetheless Tom Donilon did not resign.
*[[National Security Advisor]] [[Tom Donilon]] and Deputy National Security Advisor [[Denis McDonough]] oppose attacking Libya; but [[Hillary Clinton]] "won the bureaucratic battle to use Department of Defense resources to achieve what's essentially the State Department's objective... and Obama let it happen."<ref>[http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/03/18/how_obama_turned_on_a_dime_toward_war How Obama turned on a dime toward war.]</ref> It is rare for a president to publicly go against the advice of his National Security Adivisor in a decision on military intervention, nonetheless Tom Donilon did not resign.
On February 26, 2011 UNSC 1970 passed an arms embargo barring “the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer” of weapons to any party in Libya.<ref>https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/RES/1970(2011)</ref>
On February 26, 2011 UNSC 1970 passed an arms embargo barring “the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer” of weapons to any party in Libya.<ref>https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/RES/1970(2011)</ref>