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Lobbying 2016: Libya seeks nation-building partner in Washington

Pro-UN-backed government protesters hold placards and shout slogans during a demonstration in the Libyan capital Tripoli on April 1, 2016.
Hundreds of supporters of the Government of National Accord (GNA) rallied in the capital where the unity cabinet is striving to exert its authority, calling on a rival administration to depart. / AFP / MAHMUD TURKIA        (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)

The United States is back in Libya to kill terrorists after deposing a dictator.

The lesson here, the country’s envoy to Washington warns, is that focusing on narrow goals will bring neither stability to the region nor security to the West.

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