Reply #10: US acknowledges missteps in handoff of Libya to NATO

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(The comments to this article are really stupid)

By John T. Bennett - 04/22/11 12:41 PM ET
Flournoy said those “early bumps in the road” have been ironed out, adding the mission now is “working very smoothly.” The Pentagon official made the remarks in a wide-ranging interview with Charlie Rose on PBS.

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“It’s a mixture of people. Many of them have had experience, you know, in government before as former ministers. A number of them are prominent leaders of civic society,” said Flournoy, who sought to provide a detailed description of anti-Gadhafi forces.

As for rebel fighters, she said, “there are a number on the military side that are actually defectors. They switched sides from the regime once it began attacking the population — they couldn't abide it.”

Administration officials have been “very impressed” with opposition members’ ideas about fashioning a new Libyan constitution and forming “representative bodies,” said Flournoy, who is considered a dark-horse candidate to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates when he retires this year.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/157327-us-official-acknowledges-missteps-in-libya-handoff