DTN News - LIBYA UPRISING: U.S. Military Aircraft To Aid Egyptians Leaving Libya....NSI News Source Info # 1662
(NSI News Source Info)
WASHINGTON,
- March 4, 2011:
President Barack Obama announced today he has approved the use of U.S. military aircraft to help Egyptians who have fled to the Tunisian border get back home to Egypt.
Speaking from the White House, Obama said the United States and the world continue “to be outraged by the appalling violence against the Libyan people.”
Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has ordered U.S. Africa Command to take the lead for defense planning regarding the situation in Libya, according to a Pentagon statement. The DOD will continue to work in close coordination with the State Department and other agencies as needed.
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