Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. is not planning to get involved in the recent political turmoil in Syria and evaded questions about the long-term outlook for the military intervention in Libya Sunday on CBS' Face the Nation.

Clinton said the U.S. deplores the violence against opposition protestors in Syria but pointed to the absence of an international consensus or a call from the Arab League as reasons why the U.S. is not planning to intervene.

She suggested the violence in Libya from the regime of Muammar Gadhafi that prompted action from the United Nations was of a different scale altogether.

"There's a difference between calling out aircraft and indiscriminately strafing and bombing your own cities than police actions that frankly have exceeded the use of force that anyone would like to see," Clinton said comparing Libya and Syria.

She also pointed out that the history between the U.S. and Syria was considerably different than with Egypt, which was a U.S. ally, or Libya, which has a history of oppressing its own people.

When asked how long the no-fly zone currently in place above Libya would last, Clinton sidestepped the question and said the military actions are going very well.