{"id":280570,"date":"2011-02-24T12:23:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T12:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/24\/official-u-s-military-options-for-libya-being-planned\/"},"modified":"2011-02-24T12:23:07","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T12:23:07","slug":"official-u-s-military-options-for-libya-being-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/24\/official-u-s-military-options-for-libya-being-planned\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: U.S. Military options for Libya being planned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"58.8314606742\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link --><br \/>\n       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p>By  <b>Barbara Star<\/b>, CNN Pentagon Correspondent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"28\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>Pentagon begins looking at military options, official says<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Prudent planning&#8221; for military options centers around the president&#8217;s priorities of protecting U.S. citizens and interests<\/li>\n<li>U.S. officials have confirmed there is a vigorous debate inside the administration about whether to involve the military<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>(CNN)<\/b> &#8212; In the first indication the crisis with Libya could take on a military dimension, the Pentagon is looking at &#8220;all options&#8221; it can offer President Barack Obama in dealing with the Libyan crisis a senior U.S. military official tells CNN.<\/p>\n<p>The official declined to be identified because of the extremely sensitive nature of the situation but he has direct knowledge of the current military planning effort.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our job is to give options from the military side and that is what we are thinking about now,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We will provide the president with options should he need them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The official said the &#8220;prudent planning&#8221; for military options centers around the president&#8217;s priorities of protecting U.S. citizens and interests and stopping the violence against Libyan civilians. He cautioned against thinking the U.S. military &#8220;was about to storm the beaches&#8221; but he also declined to specifically rule out the use of military force.<\/p>\n<p>So far the State Department has not requested the U.S. military to assist in the evacuation of civilians from Libya, something it would specifically have to request. Several U.S. officials have confirmed to CNN there is a vigorous debate inside the administration about whether to involve the military because of concern it could cause further provocations by the Libyan regime.<\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><!-- \/cnn_strycntntrgt --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/edition_africa\/~3\/1cwvHENsEpk\/index.html\" title=\"Official: U.S. Military options for Libya being planned\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official: U.S. Military options for Libya being planned<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Barbara Star , CNN Pentagon Correspondent STORY HIGHLIGHTS Pentagon begins looking at military options, official says &#8220;Prudent planning&#8221; for military options centers around the president&#8217;s priorities of protecting U.S. citizens and interests U.S. officials have confirmed there is a vigorous debate inside the administration about whether to involve the military (CNN) &#8212; In the first indication the crisis with Libya could take on a military dimension, the Pentagon is looking at &#8220;all options&#8221; it can offer President Barack Obama in dealing with the Libyan crisis a senior U.S<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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