U.S. Defense Secretary Panetta Says He Will Visit Libya and Iraq

  • 12/16/2022
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CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti, Muharram 18, 1433, Dec 13, 2011, SPA - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he will visit Libya, becoming the first Pentagon chief to travel the country, which is emerging from an eight-month civil war. Speaking Tuesday to U.S. troops, Panetta said he will also travel to Iraq in the coming days for a ceremony that will shut down the U.S. military mission there. Panetta says the U.S. wants to help Libyans move in the right direction as the people take back their country. --SPA 13:17 LOCAL TIME 10:17 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/952028

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