On Meet the Press, Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told NBC’s David Gregory that the Obama administration is sending mixed signals on Libya. “I was startled to hear Secretary Gates say that Libya was not a vital interest,” he said. “I think there should have been a plan for what our objectives were, a debate as to why this was in our vital interest before we committed military forces to Libya.”

“I don’t believe we should be engaged in the Libyan civil war,” Lugar added. “I believe the Libyans are going to have to work that out.”