Barack Obama and David Cameron have said Col Gaddafi will ultimately be forced out of power and Libya's people allowed to "choose their own future".
At a joint press conference in London, the UK prime minister vowed to "turn up the heat" on the regime in Tripoli amid suggestions of deadlock on the ground.
But the US President urged people to be "patient", saying the allied campaign in Libya would be "slow and steady". Both men celebrated the US-UK relationship as "stronger than ever".
Mr Cameron said there was no future for the country - which was seen two months of intense fighting between pro and anti-government forces, with Col Gaddafi in power and he should step down.
"The President and I agree we should be turning up the heat in Libya," he said, adding that "all options" for intensifying the pressure on the regime were being considered.
Mr Obama said the international community had made "enormous progress" in Libya in saving civilian lives under the terms of its UN mandate and the US was "strongly committed to seeing the job through".
"Gaddafi and his regime need to understand there will be no let-up in the pressure we are applying," he said.
But he warned against setting any timetable for action and cautioned against the prospect of any decisive change in the military situation on the ground.
"I believe that we have built enough momentum that, as long as we sustain, the course we are on, he (Gaddafi) will step down. Ultimately this is going to be a slow, steady process in which we are able to wear down the regime forces."
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