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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses military officers at the Naval Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool) (AP)

Lolita C. Baldor
A Libyan rebel gestures before moving closer to the frontline after Moammar Gadhafi's forces fired on them on the frontline of the outskirts of the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Tuesday, March 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Maggie Michael, Ryan Lucas
Libyan rebels retreat as mortars from Moammar Gadhafi's forces are fired on them on the frontline of the outskirts of the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Coalition forces bombarded Libya for a third straight night, targeting the air defenses and forces of Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, stopping his advances and handing some momentum back to the rebels, who were on the verge of defeat just last week. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Ryan Lucas
President Barack Obama answers question on the ongoing situation in Libya during his joint news conference with President of El Salvador Mauricio Funes at the National Palace in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, March 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Donna Cassata
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Diaa Hadid
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U.S. plane crashes in Libya, 2 crew safely eject

Cassandra Vinograd
Libyan men celebrates on a destroyed tank belonging to the forces of Moammar Gadhafi in the outskirts of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Sunday, March 20, 2011. The tanks were destroyed earlier by U.S. and allied airstrikes. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Richard Lardner, Pauline Jelinek

Desmond Butler
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Royal red arrows aerobatic planes pass over the RAF (Royal Air Force) Akrotiri a British military base near southern port city of Limassol, Cyprus, Monday, March 21, 2011. The European Union's top foreign policy official brushed aside concerns Monday that the coalition supporting military action against Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi is already starting to fracture, saying the head of the Arab League was misquoted as criticizing the operation.Early Sunday, U.S. French and British planes began bombarding Libyan military targets with a barrage of Tomahawk cruise missiles and precision bombs. Late in the day, a cruise missile blasted Gadhafi's residential compound.(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) (AP)

Hadeel Al-shalchi, Ryan Lucas

The last, bloody days of Robert Mugabe

Laura Miller
Libyan people celebrate on a tank belonging to the forces of Moammar Gadhafi in the outskirts of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Sunday, March 20, 2011. The tanks were destroyed earlier by NATO plans. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Ryan Lucas
In this photograph made available by the Ministry of Defence, the Royal Air Force VC10 and Tristar air-to-air refuelling aircraft, from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England, which supported overnight operations against targets in Libya, Saturday, March 19, 2011. They accompanied RAF Tornado GR4 fast jets from RAF Marham that struck Libyans air defences, in the longest strike mission since the Black Buck operations during the Falklands conflict. British Prime Minister Cameron said that launching a military action against Libya is "necessary, legal and right." Speaking after chairing an emergency meeting with senior government officials in his office in Downing Street, the leader said his thoughts are with British service personnel who are risking their lives to save others. (AP Photo/SAC Neil Chapman, MOD) EDITORIAL USE ONLY (AP)

Robert Burns
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Egyptian Muslim brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie, casts his vote in polling station in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 19, 2011. The referendum on constitutional amendments gives Egypt's 40 million voters their first taste of a free vote in decades, but also poses the first major challenge to the country's transition to democracy after decades of authoritarian rule. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) (AP)

Maggie Michael
Washington Post columnist George Will discusses Libya on ABC's "This Week."

Peter Finocchiaro
This Saturday, March 19, 2011 photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) as it launches a Tomahawk missile in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn from the Mediterranean Sea . The U.S. fired more than 100 cruise missiles from the sea while French fighter jets targeted Moammar Gadhafi's forces from the air on Saturday, launching the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war in support of an uprising that had seemed on the verge of defeat. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Fireman Roderick Eubanks) (AP)

Associated Press
This photo provided by the French Army shows French Mirage 2000 jet fighter taking off for Libya at the military base of Dijon, central France, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Top officials from the United States, Europe and the Arab world have launched immediate military action to protect civilians as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces attacked the heart of the country's rebel uprising. The Mirages 2000 are operating in Libya. (AP Photo/ Anthony Jeuland; SIRPA AIR) NO SALES (AP)

Lolita C. Baldor
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This photo provided by the French Army shows pilot preparing to take off in a French Mirage 2000 jet fighter at the military base of Dijon, central France, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Top officials from the United States, Europe and the Arab world have launched immediate military action to protect civilians as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces attacked the heart of the country's rebel uprising. The Mirages 2000 are operating in Libya. (AP Photo/ Anthony Jeuland; SIRPA AIR) NO SALES (AP)

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen take part in a news conference at the Pentagon, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP)

Lolita C. Baldor
This photo provided by the French Army shows a pilot checking a French Mirage 2000 jet fighter at the military base of Dijon, central France, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Top officials from the United States, Europe and the Arab world have launched immediate military action to protect civilians as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces attacked the heart of the country's rebel uprising. The Mirages 2000 are operating in Libya. (AP Photo/ Anthony Jeuland; SIRPA AIR) NO SALES (AP)

U.S., allies strike Libya targets from air and sea

Hadeel Al-shalchi, Ryan Lucas

Gadhafi calls intervention "crusader aggression"

Hadeel Al-shalchi, Ryan Lucas
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Libyan police stand in front of a group of women supporting Moammar Gadhafi staging a demonstration on the front doors of the Rixos hotel where foreign journalists are staying in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday March 19, 2011. Moammar Gadhafi warned international forces they would "regret" intervening in Libya and his troops attacked the heart of the 5-week-old uprising on Saturday, swarming the first city seized by the rebels with shells, gunfire and warplanes. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) (AP)

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President Barack Obama makes a statement about Japan following last week's earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent nuclear concerns, Thursday, March 17, 2011, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo) (AP)

Ben Feller
A rafale jet fighter takes off at the military base of Saint Dizier, eastern France, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Top officials from the United States, Europe and the Arab world have launched immediate military action to protect civilians as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces attacked the heart of the country's rebel uprising. (AP Photo/ ECPAD, Sebastien Dupont) NO SALES (AP)

U.S. launches air strikes on Libya

Robert Burns
ALTERNATIVE CROP - A doomed warplane plummets towards earth after it was shot down by anti-Gadhafi forces over the outskirts of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Saturday, March 19, 2011. An object, thought to be the pilot, was seen to eject from the cockpit shortly before impact. Explosions shook the Libyan city of Benghazi early on Saturday while a fighter jet was heard flying overhead, and residents said the eastern rebel stronghold was under attack from forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

U.S. to target Libya military with missile strikes

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