Diplomatic Pressure Tries to Force Gaddafi to Quit

The Takeaway

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Geneva this morning meeting with the United Nations Human Rights council to coordinate a new effort to force Libyan strongman Col. Moammar Gadhafi to step down. Clinton said the U.S. would “offer any kind of assistance” the rebels need. The BBC’s State Department correspondent Kim Ghattas  has been traveling with Clinton and joins us from Geneva.

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