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Lawmakers Reject Authorizing US Strikes In Libya
(WASHINGTON) — As the NATO bombing campaign in support of Libya’s rebels enters its fourth month, another rebellion is brewing thousands of miles away on Capitol Hill. Frustrated lawmakers from both parties have threatened to cut off funding for American operations there amid concerns about its cost and growing dissatisfaction with the Obama administration’s skirting of the War Powers Resolution. On Friday, the House of Representatives declined to grant the president the authority to support the NATO mission in Libya.
(Source: abcnewsradioarchive)
