Strategic mistake

Obama admits Libya failure

President Obama on Thursday admitted his administration's failure in Libya, where Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton played an outsized role.

For years, Obama has lambasted President Bush's decision to invade Iraq and that administration's lack of planning to stabilize the country afterward. But Obama acknowledged making similar mistakes in Libya.

"In Libya, we were right to launch an air campaign to prevent [Moammar] Gadhafi from massacring innocent civilians," he said. "But we didn't do enough to plan for the day after, when deep-rooted tribalism plunged Libya into disorder."