Weldon said in his opinion piece Wednesday that he traveled in 2004 to support Gadhafi 's decision to give up Libya 's nuclear weapons program , though neither he nor the White House wanted to support Gadhafi himself . Curt Weldon 's proposals include a cease - fire on both sides , a joint interim government . Obama : ` ` It will be very hard to simply cut him into pieces '' He led a congressional delegation to Tripoli in August and met privately with Obama .
Curt Weldon 's proposals include a cease - fire on both sides , a joint interim government . Obama : ` ` It will be very hard to simply cut him into pieces '' He led a congressional delegation to Tripoli in August and met privately with Obama .