U.S.-Libya Relations
Policy and Political Responses to the Benghazi Attack
After the swell of confidence and international recognition that followed the announcement of Libya’s liberation in late 2011, Libya’s citizens, revolutionaries, and Transitional National Council (TNC) leadership moved haltingly down a path of political transition and economic recovery during the first half of 2012. Political parties and civil society organizations ― long banned ― have emerged in large numbers, and a lively political atmosphere now exists, as reflected in the preparation for and conduct of Libya’s first national election in nearly 50 years on July 7, 2012. The election of an interim 200-member General National Congress (GNC) to replace the…
