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Leon Panetta Visits Libya

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As U.N. unfreezes assets.

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The new Libyan government finally has some money to spend, now that the United Nations has lifted sanctions on its central bank. The move unfreezes tens of billions of dollars in assets. Meanwhile, Leon Panetta is in Tripoli to meet with the new government—it's the first ever visit by a U.S. defense secretary. He'll meet with Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim al-Keib and Defense Minister Osama al-Juwali, as well as visit the graveyard of 13 U.S. sailors killed in a raid on a pirate ship in Tripoli's harbor in 1804.

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