ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT - The United States sees several possibilities for future leadership of the campaign in Libya, but Arab allies are sensitive to operating under a NATO flag, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday.
"I think that there a couple of possibilities. One is British and French leadership. Another is the use of the NATO machinery," Gates said as he to flew to Russia on Sunday.
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Gates also said a break-up of Libya would be a formula for instability.
