clear, no intention of letting up in libya. the washington post says, our duty and mandate under u.n. security council resolution 1973 is to protect civilians and we are doing that. it is not to remove gadhafi by force but it is impossible to imagine a future for libya with gadhafi in power. the piece goes on to say, it is unthinkable that someone who has tried to massacre his own people can play a part in their future government. carol? many thanks. live from london. i appreciate it. a 10-year-old boy survives when his mother drives his three siblings into the hudson river. saying, help me, help me. so i opened my window and i said, what s the matter? and he said, my mom drove the car into the water. coming up, we ll hear more from the woman who came to the boy s aid, in her own words. [ jennifer garner ] there s a lot of beautiful makeup out there.
downside. that is if the allies at the u.s. is relying on are not capable by themselves of carrying out the mission. and, in fact, some are suggesting that is what s happening in libya. so that drives home the point that american military might still indispensable. jill dougherty at the state department for us. we are just getting in a sharply worded statement from the secretary of state. hillary clinton. the statement says, quoting now, the united states condemns the gadhafi s regime continued brutal takes on the libyan people in violation of u.n. security council resolution 1973 which calls for a stop to all attacks on civilians. regime forces are firing mortar and artillery rounds into residential areas. strong statement. condemning the gadhafi regime by the secretary of state hillary clinton. a suspected u.s. drone strike today killed six suspected militants in
international community decided to step in with force. it was a decision president obama referenced directly tonight in terms of the dramatic nature of its timing. we knew that if we waited one more day, benghazi, a city nely the size of charlotte could suffer a massae tt would have reverb ated across theeasoning and and stained the conscience of the world. it was not in our national interest to let that happen. i refused to let that happen. and so nine days ago after consulting the bipartisan leadership of congress, i authorized military action to stop the killing and enforce un security council resolution 1973. the president says a massacre was averted in benghazi. a massacre was averted in libya.
it was a decision president obama referenced directly tonight in terms of the dramatic nature of its timing. we knew that if we waited one more day, benghazi, a city nearly the size of charlotte the conscience of the world. it was not in our national interest to let that happen. i refused to let that happen. and so nine days ago after consulting the bipartisan leadership of congress, i authorized military action to stop the killing and enforce un security council resolution 1973. the president says a massacre was averted in benghazi. a massacre was averted in libya. but what about after that?
i refused to let that happen. and so nine days ago, after consulting the bipartisan leadership of congress, i authorized military action to stop the killing and enforce u.n. security council resolution 1973. we struck regime forces approaching ben benghazi to save that city and the people within it. we hit gadhafi troops allowing the opposition to drive them out. we hit gadhafi s air defenses which paved the way for a no fly zone. we targeted tanks and military assets that had been choking off towns and cities and cut off much of their source of supply. and tonight i can report that we have stopped gadhafi s deadly advance. in this effort, the united states has not acted alone. instead, we have been joined by a strong and growing coalition.