CBS Wonders if U.S. 'Transfer of Power' in Libya Has 'Brushed Back' Criticism of Obama
On Friday’s CBS Early Show, the network did its first full segment on criticism of the Obama administration’s Libya policy, with co-host Chris Wragge declaring: “As the transfer of power gets set to happen, President Obama finds himself on the hot seat over his handling of the crisis.” However, the segment that followed featured no input from the President’s critics.
A report by White House correspondent Chip Reid described the supposed “control shift” of military operations in the North African nation from U.S. to NATO forces but did not address significant congressional criticism. Following that report, Wragge spoke with political analyst John Dickerson about the criticism of Obama, but started the discussion by wondering if such criticism would start to diminish: “…the President’s been getting a lot of criticism from both sides of the aisle from not consulting more with Congress on this, really kind of waiting for this handover to NATO right now. Does that criticism now get brushed back a little with this handover?”
Dickerson argued: “To the extent the President can now say, Look, the handover is happening, that does allow him to push back. He can say, Look, we saw a humanitarian crisis, a massacre about to happen here. Our role was to just kind of kick down the door and then let the others do the job, and thats what appears to be happening.”
via CBS Wonders if U.S. ‘Transfer of Power’ in Libya Has ‘Brushed Back’ Criticism of Obama.
