1:25 to 1:50 – "When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act. That’s what’s happened in Libya."
5:00 to 5:20 - "At my direction, America led an effort with our allies at the United Nations Security Council to pass a historic resolution that AUTHORIZED a no-fly zone to stop the regime’s attacks from the air and further AUTHORIZED all necessary measures to protect the Libyan people."
6:25 to 7:35 - "We knew that if we waited one more day, Benghazi, a city nearly the size of Charlotte, could suffer a massacre that would have reverberated across the region and stained the conscience of the world. It was not in our national interest to let that happen. I refused to let that happen. And so 9 days ago, after consulting the bi-partisan leadership of Congress, I authorized military action to stop the killing and enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1973."
13:00 to 15:00 - "Some question why America should intervene at all, even in limited ways, in this distant land……It’s true that America cannot use our military wherever oppression occurs. Given the costs and risks of intervention, we must always measure our interests against the need for action, but that cannot be an argument for NEVER acting on behalf of what’s right. …….[In Libya, we had] an international mandate for action. ….As President, I refuse to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action."
15:30 to 15:45 - "The writ of the United Nations Security Council would have been shown to be little more than empty words, crippling that institution’s future credibility to uphold global peace and security."
16:45 to 17:00 - "The task that I assigned our forces, to protect the Libyan people from immediate danger and to establish a no-fly zone, carries with it a UN Mandate and international support."
19:05 to 19:45 - "Let me close by addressing what this action says about the use of America’s military power and America’s broader leadership in the world under my Presidency………I’ve made it clear that I will never hesitate to use our military swiftly, decisively and unilaterally when necessary to defend our people, our homeland, our allies and our core interests."
20:00 to 21:00 - "There will be times though, when our safety is not directly threatened, but our interests and our values are….[common humanity, responding to natural disasters, preventing genocide, keeping the peace] These may not be America’s problems alone but they are important to us, they’re problems worth solving, and in these circumstances we know that the United States, as the world’s most powerful nation, will often be called upon to help. In such cases, we should not be afraid to act."