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NATO’s Top Commander Recommends End Of Libya Mission | Today on his Facebook page, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe Adm. James Savridis announced that he will recommend that NATO conclude its mission in Libya. “An extraordinary 24 hours in Libya. As SACEUR, I will be recommending conclusion of this mission to the North Atlantic Council of NATO in a few hours. A good day for NATO. A great day for the people of Libya,” he wrote. The Globe and Mail notes that the North Atlantic Council’s decision “will depend on his recommendation, but will also take into account the wishes of Libya’s new government and of the United Nations, under whose mandate NATO carried out its operations.”

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