 However the new President Mohamed Morsi was overthrown in 2013 by the military.President Obama noted that the crisis in Egypt is deplorable and tragic; the situations at the end of 2013 remained very tense.After initial skepticism of international involvement to prevent Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi from using violence to suppress popular demonstrations in his country, the Obama administration crucially backed United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 to create a Libyan no-fly zone, with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice successfully pushing to include language allowing the UN mandate free rein to launch air attacks on Libyan ground targets threatening civilians.