Obama: Not acting in Libya 'would have been a betrayal of who we are'

By the CNN Wire StaffMarch 29, 2011Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Monday rejected criticism of his decision to commit U.S. forces to the U.N.-authorized military mission in Libya, telling the American people there were strategic and moral reasons to act.In a nationally televised speech at the National Defense University, Obama said his administration kept its pledge that the