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Hillary Clinton: Muammar Gaddafi 'must go now'
Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, has called for the immediate departure of Muammar Gaddafi saying that he "must go now".
Testifying before the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, Clinton called for an end to the violence in Libya.
She also added that the United States had reserved all its options as it considered additional steps that might be needed to stop Libyan forces from attacking civilians.
Clinton said: "As the Chairman said, we have joined the Libyan people in demanding that Colonel Gaddafi must go now, without further violence and bloodshed, and we are working to translate the world's outrage into action and results.
"Marathon diplomacy at the United Nations and with our allies has yielded quick, aggressive steps to pressure and isolate Libya's leaders. We welcome yesterday's decision to suspend Libya from the Human Rights Council, as I had urged a day earlier.
"USAID is focused on Libya's food and medical supplies, and is dispatching two expert humanitarian teams to help those fleeing the violence into Tunisia and Egypt.
"Our combatant commands are positioning assets to prepare to support these critical civilian missions, and we are taking no option off the table, so long as the Libyan government continues to turn its guns on its own people."
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