Mission not accomplished till Gaddafi in power: Obama

Washington: US President Barack Obama ruled out any changes in the Operation Odyssey Dawn for Libya till its ruler Muammar Al Gaddafi was in power or till the time he changed his approach towards his own people.
“As long as Gaddafi remains in power, unless he changes his approach and provides the Libyan people an opportunity to express themselves freely and there are significant reforms in the Libyan government, unless he is willing to step down, that there are still going to be potential threats towards the Libyan people,” Obama said.
The US President was responding to a question about the duration of the Libyan mission at a joint press availability with his counterpart Mauricio Funes of El Salvador in San Salvador.
“I think fairly shortly we are going to be able to say that we’ve achieved the objective of a no-fly zone.