U.S. Wants Limited Role In Libya

The administration wants to maintain a limited U.S. role in the offensive against Libya. Defense Secretary Robert Gates cites the fact that U.S. ground forces are stretched thin by operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He says the U.S. hopes to turn control of the Libya mission over to a French and British coalition, or to NATO this week. Ships and aircraft pounded Libya over the weekend, taking out radar, communications and surface-to-air missile sites along its Mediterranean coast.