Obama Cites Lack of ‘Day After’ Plan in Libya as Biggest Mistake
- President tells Fox News intervention was still justified
- Chaotic aftermath in north African country a campaign issue
President Barack Obama pauses while speaking during a news conference at the White House on April 5, 2016.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/BloombergThis article is for subscribers only.
A failure to adequately plan for the aid and governing of Libya after the U.S.-led NATO attacks in 2011 “probably” was his biggest error in office, President Barack Obama said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
Asked by host Chris Wallace about the “worst mistake” of his soon-to-end White House years, Obama listed the aftermath of the ouster and death of Moammar Qaddafi, even as he defended the intervention.