“The US President Barack Obama will continue to be updated on the risks of the spread of ISIS to Libya, and the United States will take action in the North African country to counter that threat if necessary,” Earnest told reporters on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
He added that "if there is a need for the United States to take unilateral action to protect the American people, the president won’t hesitate to do that."
Al-Arabiya reported that Earnest declined to comment on whether Obama had made any decisions on the possibility of sending ground troops into Libya, but said the president has "demonstrated a willingness to take decisive action," even in Libya.
Earnest said the US would support the unity government – expected to be formed by Libya’s two warring administrations – on a range of national security measures, but it was too early to say what form that assistance would take.
"The more that we can bolster the capacity of the national unity government to govern that country, the better off we will be," he said.
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