Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman issued this statement following President Obama's speech on our military action in Libya:

"I think the president made a strong case for why he had committed U.S. military assets to this effort.   I was encouraged to hear that this is going to be a limited mission, and I believe he did a good job of defining that mission.  He was clear that we are not pursuing regime change through military action.  Finally, I am glad to hear that as of Wednesday, NATO will take on the lead role in enforcing the UN resolution, and that we will be playing a supporting role."