Perspectives on the Crisis in Libya

Testimony by Richard Haass

April 6, 2011

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Richard N. Haass testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations about the U.S. approach to the ongoing civil war in Libya, and offers recommendations for its policy going forward.

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