There are rumors that Libya’s oil minister may have fled to neighboring Tunisia over the weekend, and sources in Libya say rebel fighters – aided by NATO airstrikes, which destroyed eight artillery vehicles – killed more than a dozen of Colonel Gadhafi’s forces Wednesday. But it is unclear how and in what form U.S. involvement in the mission will continue. The New York Times’ John Burns reports from Tripoli on the latest. In the United States, Friday, it will have been 60 days since President Obama told Congress about the campaign in Libya. According to the War Powers Act, he has until then to secure congressional support for the war. The Takeaway’s Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich, who says that while Friday will not see a sudden pullout of troops, both Senators and Representatives are moving to take the issue to the floor.
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