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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 812569" data-attributes="member: 12952">Re: Obamanation here today<a href="http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/25/obama_declares_national_state_of_emergency_over_libya" target="_blank">Obama declares national state of emergency over Libya</a>&nbsp;President Obama issued an <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/49572797" target="_blank">executive order</a> Friday evening that imposes immediate sanctions on Libyan ruler Muammar al Qaddafi, his sons and his accomplices in the slaughter of civilians. <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/49572778" target="_blank">In a letter</a> accompanying the order, Obama declared a national emergency over the situation. &nbsp; &quot;I have determined that the actions of Colonel Muammar Qaddafi, his government, and close associates, including extreme measures against the people of Libya, constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. The order declares a national emergency to deal with this threat,&quot; Obama wrote in the letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 812569, member: 12952"] [b]Re: Obamanation here today[/b] [B][URL="http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/25/obama_declares_national_state_of_emergency_over_libya"]Obama declares national state of emergency over Libya[/URL][/B] [B]President Obama[/B] issued an [URL="http://www.scribd.com/doc/49572797"]executive order[/URL] Friday evening that imposes immediate sanctions on Libyan ruler [B]Muammar al Qaddafi[/B], his sons and his accomplices in the slaughter of civilians. [URL="http://www.scribd.com/doc/49572778"]In a letter[/URL] accompanying the order, Obama declared a national emergency over the situation. "I have determined that the actions of Colonel[B] Muammar Qaddafi[/B], his government, and close associates, including extreme measures against the people of Libya, constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. The order declares a national emergency to deal with this threat," Obama wrote in the letter to House Speaker [B]John Boehner[/B] (R-OH). [/QUOTE]

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