President Obama is briefed in the Oval Office before a March 2011 meeting with congressional leaders on the conflict in Libya. (Pete Souza, White House / March 17, 2011)
Obama's foreign policy approach: Act cautiously, and not alone - The president fashions a use-of-force doctrine that supporters say is prudent but critics deem too timid - ".....Supporters of the administration point to the military intervention in Libya as an example of success for the Obama doctrine, despite the storming of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi last week. While agreeing that the deaths there of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans show that Libya is still threatened by Islamist radicals and other armed groups, they say the radicals remain weak and that Libya has made a promising start after decades of dictatorship.....