WASHINGTON — U.S. officials already were focused on helping the new Libyan leaders build a stable government before word came Thursday that former dictator Moammar Gadhafi was dead, seven months after the U.S. and NATO began their bombing campaign in Libya.
U.S. focused on promoting democracy in Libya
Thursday, October 20, 2011 | 11:13 a.m. CDT;
updated 3:25 p.m. CDT, Thursday, October 20, 2011
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