US intervention in Libya

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Ryan Crocker, former US Ambassador to Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, and Kuwait talks with host Marco Werman about the limits and possibilities of western intervention in Libya. Ambassador Crocker says the West must act, but without putting its boots on the ground.

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