have to once libya say for this leg of their if you want to libya and the biggest issue is this the u.s. doesn't know who to support the u.s. is baffled france is baffled italy is baffled you case before for france of the u.k. this was supposed to be a straightforward operation we go in we remove their feet we get the contracts and we rebuild libya for the u.s. it was supposed to be straightforward we get rid of give their feet we stablish regimen in libya and we prevent the spread of terrorism but now it's all over the place because now you have qatar and turkey on one hand and then you have you egypt on the other hand and both lobbying washington lobbying paris lobbying london for international support this is the reason why so. we should be wary how we skew the narrative even if you got rid of you in egypt and i believe there are disastrous influence on libya i would say it i believe they are disastrous on libya if you remove them it does not remove the core issue here which is how do you reconcile nato interference in libya how do you reconcile the fact that nobody really wants

that's a reform project which will bring calm back to libya there are many young patriots in libya now they are so enthusiastic they're not concerned about political affiliations the main thing they care about is a patriotic spirit and they see it in the reforms by saif al islam they view them as an effective tool to fight corruption. after the nato led incursion a civil war has raged in libya since more market was overthrown with a power vacuum two competing governments are still vying for control of the country the conflict has led to a massive migrant crisis widespread terrorism as well as violence among tribal militias and the lawyer. reveals life is still in danger next that as about saif al islam whereabouts are kept secret for security reasons as his lawyer i would do everything to protect saif al islam from all anti libyan plots masterminded by the country's interfering in libya and a friend as well as promised saif al islam will make a speech when the right time comes and then everything will be revealed libya will return back to its roadmap will become a democratic sovereign

that's a reform project which will bring calm back to libya there are many young patriots in libya now they are so enthusiastic they are not concerned about political affiliations the main thing they care about is a patriotic spirit and they see it in the reforms by saif al islam they view them as an effective tool to fight corruption well after the nato led incursion civil war has raged in libya since moammar gadhafi was overthrown with a power vacuum two competing governments now vying for control of the country the conflict has also led to a massive migrant crisis widespread terrorism as well as violence among tribal militias the lawyer also revealed that saif life is still in danger. as about saif al islam is whereabouts are kept secret for security reasons as his lawyer i would do everything to protect saif al islam from all anti libyan plots masterminded by the countries interfering in libyan affairs as promised saif al islam will make a speech when the right time comes then everything will be revealed libya will return back to its roadmap will become a democratic sovereign state

that's a reform project which will bring calm back to libya there are many young patriots in libya now they are so enthusiastic they're not concerned about political affiliations the main thing they care about is a patriotic spirit and they see it in the reforms by saif al islam they view them as an effective tool to fight corruption well after the nato led incursion civil war has raged in libya since moammar gadhafi was overthrown the power vacuum two competing governments and i vying for control of the country the conflict has also led to a massive migrant crisis widespread terrorism as well as violence among tribal militias the lawyer of the or safe life is also still in danger. about saif al islam is whereabouts are kept secret for security reasons as his lawyer i would do everything to protect saif al islam from all anti libyan plots masterminded by the countries interfering in libyan affairs as promised saif al islam will make a speech when the right time comes then everything will be revealed libya will return back to its roadmap and become a democratic sovereign state a state w

that's a reform project which will bring calm back to libya there are many young patriots in libya now they are so enthusiastic they're not concerned about political affiliations the main thing they care about is a patriotic spirit and they see it in the reforms by saif al islam they view them as an effective tool to fight corruption. after the nato led incursion civil war has raged in libya since moammar gadhafi was overthrown with a power vacuum two competing governments are vying for control of the country the conflict has led to a massive migrant crisis widespread terrorism as well as violence among tribal militias the lawyer reveals life is still in danger. as about saif al islam whereabouts are kept secrets for security reasons as his lawyer i would do everything to protect saif al islam from all anti libyan plots masterminded by the countries interfering in libyan affairs as promised saif al islam will make a speech when the right time comes when everything will be revealed libya will return back to its roadmap will become a democratic sovereign state a state where the law will

that's a reform project which will bring calm back to libya there are many young patriots in libya now they are so enthusiastic they're not concerned about political affiliations the main thing they care about is a patriotic spirit and they see it in the reforms by saif al islam they view them as an effective tool to fight corruption. after the nato led incursion a civil war has raged in libya since more market duffy was overthrown and with a power vacuum two competing governments are vying for control of the country the conflict has led to a massive migrant crisis widespread terrorism as well as violence among tribal militias loyal reveals that life is still in danger. as about saif al islam is whereabouts are kept secret for security reasons as his lawyer i would do everything to protect saif al islam from all anti libyan plots masterminded by the countries interfering in libyan affairs as promised saif al islam will make a speech when the right time comes then everything will be revealed libya will return back to its roadmap and become a democratic sovereign state a state where the

called the core component which african refugees they were all that out through libya. well i did already another crisis during the phil cole our springs italian pulled into sense and italian government worse than most reluctant to engage on to do war against gadhafi regime because i did time prime minister berlusconi used to ask a very simple question what next what next do you war there was no answer there was america and gauging the sarkozy deciding to go i had anyway to boming benghazi and of course the older partners for loyalty where we wear a blue eyes to goal i had but it was not a war was the pasta war the origin not the migration crises with left libya and the whole we're left to libya to its destiny and our european partners left it to me as a whole and with bill sort of guy ritchie with no cooperation and of course when our d'italia get da facing a real invasion of towels and so how's uncertain talos and so migrants that pop maly economic migrants all refute it in mind or are we to g.'s the large majority it cannot make migrants we cannot accept people by el

leaders agreed to a controversial plan that stem the flow of migrants from from libya but we've seen them subject since then to massive abuse and your coast guard actually sometimes shoots at them i mean what what kind of treatment is this what kind of humanity is this for libya first of all you're putting issues that are not necessary the full facts i would tell you for example when the all the europe is talking about fighting or combating even migration where they're coming out of their countries and their ultimate. target is to reach europe not libya we're just a passage and we're a country of conflict we're a country we're divided we have limited resources how do you expect us to deal with this flood where even europe is not able to manage it if they're not using it as it has you don't have sufficient resources you coastguards iraq you know that's not true that's not out refugee that's not true that's not true well the this is from the high commissioner for human rights know last month they. sailors we never he never said that we were shooting he said you have a coast guard that

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>> libya. >> libya, i beg your pardon. for libya, hands? yes? no? okay. not sure? thank you for being honest. much appreciated. into cummaquid. >> i think it goes will be on a moral obligation. i think there's a security rationale for playing a more prominent role or to be more engaged in trying to bring libya to greater peace and stability. the meltdown in libya has had profound impact across the sale in places like tunisia that share a very long border, goods, illicit goods and terrorist transshipped through the territory pics of their are many good reasons. at the same time that also underscores the importance of partnerships and alliances. i do think we can and should be engaged by do think we can and should do so with strong partners who share our views, our values and our vision for what the pathway might look like for libya. >> i love to jump in and just recommended a study that had the privilege of taking place in, one of my colleagues at the critical threats project at the american enterprise institute actually did a very substantial study of planning for

armed groups in libya are continuing to receive foreign support from nations

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that's a reform project which will bring calm back to libya there are many young patriots in libya now they are so enthusiastic they are not concerned about political affiliations the main thing they care about is a patriotic spirit and they see it in the reforms by saif al islam they view them as an effective tool to fight corruption well after the nato led incursion civil war has raged in libya since moammar gadhafi was overthrown in a power vacuum to competing governments are now vying for control of the country the conflict has also led to a massive migrant crisis of widespread terrorism as well as violence among tribal militias that lawyer reveals saif life is still in danger. about saif al islam is whereabouts are kept secrets for security reasons as his lawyer i would do everything to protect saif al islam from all anti libyan plots masterminded by the countries interfering in libyan affairs as promised saif al islam will make a speech when the right time comes and then everything will be revealed libya will return back to its roadmap will become a democratic sovereign state a s

we need to work to prevent civil war inside libya. we need to support the political process and we need to work to try to combat the migration issue which ultimately makes its way in many occasions to the coast of somalia where these migrants move into europe. >> thank you very much. i yield back. >> congratulations on your service as commander of u.s. africa command. my home state of south carolina is grateful to have a shared culture with africa having freed slaves in south carolina. when i visited at the a&m university sponsored by many churches in south carolina i felt immediately at home. what you're doing there is so important. as terrorists flee from the middle east because of our successful middle east efforts there i'm concerned about other emerging terrorist threats in africa. in order to prevent these terrorist organizations from establishing themselves i believe effective information operations are essential to disrupt terrorist propaganda and recruitment efforts. what capability do you have to rapidly execute operations i

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report blames regional powers for defying an embargo by arming rival factions in libya. south korea's president says japan must do more to acknowledge its role in world war two sex slavery. was a busy day in washington as a top trump aide resigns and the president seems to change direction on god it's. the third day of a five hour humanitarian pauses on the way in syria's east and go to that follows the deaths of at least fourteen civilians on wednesday from russian and syrian government raids the u.n. estimates more than five hundred eighty people have been killed and well over a thousand injured since an upsurge in fighting in february eighteenth a deliveries an evacuation. take place despite the russian troops. in the past ten days there was a lot of pressure on medical care and we have large numbers of were injured and now seem to as there are thousands of wounded and more than five hundred martyrs there is a shortage of medical supplies we have been in a besieged area for more than five years the regime perhaps its medical care for the wounded it is extremely hard t

i mean, libya, what's the difference between libya and the united states? libya is a multiethnic country too. 140 different peoples. it's a failed state. it's disintegrated. why? because they don't have the overarching strong libyan identity, strong enough to hold the country together. it was really a colonial construction. but we do. this is what makes us special. >> "q&a" sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> the house today approved a $1.3 trillion spending bill that funds the government through september 30. it increases pentagon spending by $80 billion and increases democracy spending by $63 -- domestic spending by $63 billion and includes $1.6 billion for border security and it makes changes to the gun background check system. the vote was 256-167. the measure now heads to the u.s. senate. current government funding expires tomorrow at midnight, so the senate must pass and the president must sign this bill by tomorrow night to avoid a government shutdown. . the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, last night at a lat

he publicly asked sarkozy to give the money back to libya. he is thanking the french justice system for interrogating nicolas sarkozy. he says he has solid proof that sarkozy accepted money from libya. he is not been questioned by french investigators, but he hopes they will seek him as a witness. he is in libya, where he plans to run for president despite the fact that the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for him for crimes ainst humanity. >> 2 rival children's books about a bunny rabbit are battling it out for the top spot on the amazon bestseller list. >> mike pence's wife and daughter have written about a bunny. john oliver was so inspired he created a rifle book about mike pence' bunny. the book has shot to the top of the amazon bestseller list and be doubt the book by james comey. 'book iumbe not too sbby in i own right. mike pence's wife says she is not totally unhappy about the new book because they will be giving the proceeds to charity. for both books. so either way, it is a winner. >> you can find the stori

that's a reform project which will bring calm back to libya there are many young patriots in libya now they are so enthusiastic they're not concerned about political affiliations the main thing they care about is a patriotic spirit and they see it in the reforms by saif al islam they view them as an effective tool to fight corruption. the u.s. senate intelligence committee is now officially completed its trump russia probe party smear a car report from washington. in a partisan vote the house intel committee has voted to shut down its investigation into alleged russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen election finding no evidence of collusion between trump and russia the committee also voted to release the g.o.p.'s report on the investigation but the report however will not be immediately made available to the public it's expected to be released in a few weeks after it's reviewed and declassified by the intelligence community but the house intel committee did publish a summary of its findings reiterating that they found no collusion coronation or conspiracy between trump an

libya, even egypt to some extent and what you saw happened there was a few things. one is you saw this collapse of state authority because institutions were so fragile and you saw the conflict exacerbated primarily because of external actors come into making the situation worse. one of the things that happens when you have a fragile state is you create security sackings and everybody else is around them is worried about losing influence or sees an opportunity. so the iranians have a close syrian ally that look like they're teetering and want to protect the situation and so they start investing in various militias and groups on the ground and dumping weapons and money. the saudis are trying to counter the iranians so there dumping money and weapons. the turks are worried. you taken a fragile state that was already on fire and then dump a bunch of gasoline on it. >> the proxy aspect causally comes up. we have clips to play some some people are very close to the conflict and one of them has to do with the proxy aspect of that. kimberly kagan, let me bring you in. the t

called the core capone which african refugees there were all that out through libya. well i did already another crisis during the still cold arris brings italian pulled into sense and italian government worse than most reluctant to engage on to do war against gadhafi regime because of their time prime minister berlusconi used to ask a very simple question what next what next do you war there was no answer there was america and gauging this sarkozy deciding to go i had anyway to bohem being bengazi and of course older partners for loyalty where we wear a blue eyes to goal i had but it was not a war was the pasta war all regional good migration crises with left libya and the whole we left libya to its destiny and our european partners left eternally as old with bill sort of guy ritchie with no cooperation and of course when our eternally onstott da facing they re our invasion of towels and so how's uncertain talos and so migrants the top male ie economic migrants all are if you g.'s n. minor or are we to g.'s the large majority it cannot make migrants we cannot accept p

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banned the sale of weapons and military support groups in libya since two thousand and seven mohamad and these he reports. armed groups in libya are continuing to receive foreign support from nations aiming to influence who will control the oil rich nation that's according to a panel of united nations experts. after the fall of moammar gadhafi in two thousand and eleven during the arab spring libya spiraled into civil war between rival political factions international sanctions were imposed in reaction to gross and systematic violations of human rights the latest report highlights countries that have both directly and indirectly fueled the ongoing conflict in libya it mentions the repeated air raids by the egyptian air force on the oil areas to support the forces of renegade general khalifa haftar. countries in the gulf as well as you see there foreign policy not only as directed towards intergovernmental relations but as putting governments in place in various countries or imposing policies that are in line with their definition of national security and their geopolitical designs an

in libya? all three. what about the audience? for libya, hans yes. no? not sure? >> thank you for being honest. i think it goes well beyond a moral obligation, there is a security rationale for playing a more prominent role to be more engaged in trying to bring libya to greater peace and stability. -- meltdown in libya has had a very long border. illicit goods and terrorists are shipped through that territory, there are many good reasons. at the same time, it also underscores the importance as a partnerships and alliances, so i think we can and should be engaged and we can and should do so. for what the pathway might look like for libya. >> one of my colleagues at the critical threats project at the american enterprise actually did -- iy substantial study highly commend her work on this project,. thee are speaking to founder and president for the institute for the study of war. nancy, the institute of peace. i am joshua johnson from npr. continue with audience questions. >> i worked at the washington we have- i feel like not spent enough time talking and ifailed s