Since I've never been the president, I can't say I know everything, however, I see no reason that multiple AC130's couldn't be put in the air, along with a few other types of air assets.
Then make a call to the goof in charge of Libya, and lay it out for him. US property and personnell are under attack in your country. Here is what we are doing now, here is the timeline, and here is what we are going to do. A strong suggestion could be passed along to the goof that he might want to find a resolution in the alloted time, or we will.
Instead, nothing was done. We probably should pull all the people out of these $h!t holes, but that's another topic all together.
I see no real difference between the two offerings for potus, but this along with fast and furious, and loaning borrowed money to your donors so they can go bankrupt and donate that money back to you reason enough to fire the current pres, and hire a new one even if he isn't my first pick.