Bush sends senator to Libya in step to normalize relations

[Up2Late]

(Got to get that Oil Flowing! * has his priorities you know.)

(corrected headline and artical posted at #4 below) CORRECTED-U.S. senator going to Libya to help normalize relation
Thu Aug 18, 2005 06:43 PM ET

Bush sends senator to Libya in step to normalize relations

Thu Aug 18, 2005 01:54 PM ET

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President George W. Bush is sending Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar to Libya in another step toward normalizing relations after Tripoli decided to abandon weapons of mass destruction, the White House said on Thursday. "Senator Lugar will also travel to Libya for official meetings as a part of the president's initiative to move toward more normal relations reflecting that country's renunciation of terrorism and abandonment of its weapons of mass destruction and longer range missiles," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.

Lugar, an Indiana Republican, will go to Libya August 19-20, but it was not yet clear which officials he would meet, Perino said. "His schedule is still being ironed out."

A congressional official said Lugar planned to press Libyan officials to continue coordinating the scrapping of its weapons of mass destruction programs with the goal of eventually being removed from a U.S. list of sponsors of terrorism. Lugar's trip will be the highest-profile U.S. visit to Libya, following visits by officials from the Treasury and State departments.

Stuart Levey, U.S. Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, went to Libya in June and met with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and other officials to press Tripoli to take a tougher stance against terrorism financing and money laundering.

<http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=9414666&src=rss/politicsNews>
(more at link above)

[napi21]

1. Can we assume Stuart Levey failed at his mission?

I just bet LUgar is thrilled about this trip!

[ironman202]

2. why does he believe Qadaffi and not Husein?

I'm just looking for a little consistency here?

[davidinalameda]

3. because Qadaffi

or however you spell his name is kissing our ass

and Saddam didn't

both are guilty of crimes against their people but Qadaffi is our dictator now

[Up2Late]

4. CORRECTED-U.S. senator going to Libya to help normalize relation

(This story is meant to replace the original for clarity)

CORRECTED-U.S. senator going to Libya to help normalize relation

Thu Aug 18, 2005 06:43 PM ET

(Corrects to make clear in headline and story that Lugar is not going as a representative of Bush.)

A corrected story follows:

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar is going to Libya in another step toward normalizing relations after Tripoli decided to abandon weapons of mass destruction, the White House said on Thursday.

"Senator Lugar will also travel to Libya for official meetings as a part of the president's initiative to move toward more normal relations reflecting that country's renunciation of terrorism and abandonment of its weapons of mass destruction and longer range missiles," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.

Lugar, an Indiana Republican, will go to Libya August 19-20, but it was not yet clear which officials he would meet, Perino said. "His schedule is still being ironed out."

<http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=9416605&src=rss/politicsNews>
(more at new link below)

[MO_Dem]

5. How much oil does Libya have?

Hmmm.

[nookiemonster]

6. Aw...Crap!

Can I please get off this merry-go-round from hell?

:crazy:

[Parche]

7. Libya

All the right wingers are frothing at the mouth
when the heard that Khadafi said that he would
not pursue Nucular weapons, like he really
would anyway, they say that it was the
toughness of GW Bush that did it.........hahaha
I laugh a thousand laughs, what a bunch
of Krap/Crap