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(Reuters) - A growing number of Republicans are criticizing President Barack Obama for failing to lay out a clear plan on Libya and mounting costly military operations at a time when America's budget deficit is gaping.

Republicans largely backed Obama's strategy in Afghanistan. But senior party figures including House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard McKeon and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen are questioning the Libya air assaults.

The disagreement could further sour relations with the Republicans at a time when the Democratic president needs them to agree on levels of federal spending at home to avoid a government shutdown and potential debt default.

Ros-Lehtinen expressed concern that Obama has not yet clearly defined for the American people what vital U.S. national security interests are at stake in Libya.

"Deferring to the United Nations and calling on our military personnel to enforce the 'writ of the international community' sets a dangerous precedent," Ros-Lehtinen said.

Ros-Lehtinen last week defended Obama's surge strategy in Afghanistan against a bipartisan resolution to pull out. It failed in the House on a vote of 321-93.

Some of the loudest Republican voices of dissent over the U.S. role in the attacks on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces are from rank-and-file Republicans with support from the conservative Tea Party movement.

"We are currently involved in two wars right now and I don't think we really need to be involved in a third war," said Senator Rand Paul, a fiscal hawk and founding member of the Tea Party caucus in the Senate, referring to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Other Republicans are unhappy at what they see as the lack of consultation on Libya from Obama.
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When you're a Nobel Prize winner, who needs a plan?
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It should be pointed out there are more than a few democrats that are less than thrilled with "The One" in regards to this.

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