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  • Obama Administration Lays Out $56 Million Plan for Libya

    06/16/2016 7:06:33 PM PDT · by Golden Eagle · 28 replies
    U.S. News and World Report ^ | June 16, 2016, | Julian Pecquet
    The Obama administration is throwing its weight behind Libya's new UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), laying out a $56 million aid plan for the coming months. The State Department plans to reallocate $35 million in current and prior year funding to help the political transition in Tripoli, special envoy for Libya Jonathan Winer told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a June 15 hearing. The proposal would require moving around money that has already been approved by Congress. Secretary of State John Kerry said in May that he was ready to look at exemptions to the international arms embargo...