12/08/2009
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"I would continue to support those efforts."
"democratic transitions are notoriously difficult, and political progress is organic, not linear."
"Two years on, the euphoria that accompanied the uprising of the Libyan people and the fall of Colonel Qadafi and his brutal dictatorship has been replaced by a sober recognition of the enormity and th..."
"These groups have attempted to use coercion and intimidation to exact legislative changes, such as the recently passed political isolation law."