U.S. President Barack Obama supports decision by its allies, such as Britain and France, to send
military personnel to help Libyan rebels, the White House said on Wednesday.
"The president, obviously, was aware of this decision and supports it, and believes it will help the opposition," Jay Carney said in a press
gaggle onboard Air Force One which is en route to San Francisco.
But he said this does not change Obama's stance which promised "no boots on the ground for American troops."
British Foreign Minister William Hague said on Tuesday that the country is sending a group of military officers to Libya to advise rebel forces.
French foreign ministry also said on Wednesday the country had sent military liaison officers to Libya to assist the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) in Benghazi.
While the Obama administration has insisted that no American military ground troops participate in the Libyan military operations, small groups of CIA operatives have been working in Libya for weeks as part of the efforts to fight Gaddafi's forces, according to a New York Times story on March 30.
The story, quoting American officials, said the CIA has inserted clandestine operatives into Libya to gather intelligence for military air-strikes and to contact and vet Libyan rebels.