It is US policy that Gaddafi needs to go:
US President Barack Obama said from Chile on Monday that it is US policy that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi needs to go, adding that US military actions will stick to the ``international mandate'' given by the United Nations.
The end of the Gaddafi regime in Libya is near and he must relinquish all power to avoid further bloodshed, a spokesman for EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said on Monday.