No-Fly Zone Over Libya Urged as McCain, Kerry Downplay Risks
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Senior U.S. senators from both parties stepped up their push for a no-fly zone over Libya, suggesting Pentagon concerns about its risks are overblown.
Senator John Kerry, a Democrat and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the U.S. should begin working with allies to prepare a no-fly zone that would be implemented if Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi used his air force “as a means of massacring large numbers of civilians.”