Gibbs Says U.S. Ready to Impose Sanctions on Gbagbo

The Obama administration is ready to impose “targeted sanctions” to ramp up pressure on Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo to accept his defeat in a Nov. 28 election, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said.

Gbagbo continues to cling to power “illegitimately,” Gibbs told reporters at his daily briefing. “That election was clear, its result was clear, and it’s time for him to go.”