White House Pushes Back On Efforts To End Libya Intervention -- The HillThe White House said Thursday that President Obama believes the NATO mission in Libya is succeeding, and he is opposed to ending that mission right now.
With a number of Democrats and some Republicans pushing for an end to U.S. involvement in the mission, White House press secretary Jay Carney said the president believes most members agree with the mission.
"We believe that the policy is working," Carney said. "We believe the goal the president has is shared by the majority of the members of Congress."
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More News On Congress And The White House At Odds With The War In Libya
House to vent anger over Libya -- CNN
House Sets Votes on Two Resolutions Critical of U.S. Role in Libyan Conflict -- New York Times
Boehner introduces alternative resolution on Libya -- Washington Post
Dueling Libya Resolutions Could Spell Trouble for White House and Republicans -- ABC News
Lawmakers want Obama to justify Libyan operations -- AFP
U.S. House to have two votes on Libya -- Reuters
House to vote on resolutions critical of U.S. role in Libya -- L.A. Times
Speaker Boehner Throws Down the War Powers Act Gauntlet On Libya -- ABC News
House Republicans Demand Rationale For Intervention In Libya -- Huffington Post
House GOP moves to bar ground troops in Libya -- Politico
GOP bill expresses ‘disapproval’ of U.S. military operations in Libya -- Washington Post
GOP seizes on Kucinich idea as a way to condemn Obama on Libya -- Christian Science Monitor
My Comment: I doubt that (in the end) President Obama's authority to wage war will be undermined by these resolutions .... but the political impact of Congress voting for just one of these resolutions will send a very powerful political message to the White House and on how they are conducting themselves in this war. Will the White House listen .... they will have to because if they do not, the next Congressional resolution will be even more drastic.
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