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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates’

By Philip Kopper

Bodies of two dead migrants lie on a dock after a rescue operation of more than 100 people by the Libyan Coast Guard near Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Dec. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Mohamed Ben Khalifa) ** FILE **

Libya truck bomb kills at least 60 policemen, wounds 200

By Essam Mohamed - Associated Press

Thomas Jefferson (Portrait by Rembrandt Peale) ** FILE **

BRIAN KILMEADE: To defeat ISIS, President Obama must take Thomas Jefferson’s lead

By Brian Kilmeade

This image made from a video released Feb. 15, 2015, by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State purportedly shows Egyptian Coptic Christians in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach before being executed. (Associated Press)

Islamic State takes hold in Libya; Arab League weighs airstrikes in emergency meeting

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, a son of former Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi's, speaks to the media at a press conference in a hotel in Tripoli, Libya, in February 2011. (Associated Press)

Seif al-Islam, Moammar Gadhafi’s son, sentenced to death by Libya court for 2011 killings

By Esam Mohamed - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, March 20, 2015 file photo, U.N. special envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, speaks during a press conference at the Palais des Congres of Skhirate, 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Rabat, Morocco. Libya's parliament drops out of U.N.-brokered negotiations in protest against a draft plan for it to share power with its rivals, throwing doubt on what is seen as a last-chance effort to avert the further collapse of the North African nation. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar, File)

Libya talks endangered as Islamic State group advances

By RAMI MUSA and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Libyan freedom fighters signal victory before her departure from Tripoli on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton had ‘ownership’ of U.S. Libya policy, own aide said

By Jennifer Pompi - The Washington Times

Libyan followers of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades and other Islamic militias hold a demonstration against a film and a cartoon denigrating the Prophet Muhammad in Benghazi. (Associated Press)

Libya rejects U.S.-led offensive against Islamic State, seeks aid

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Libyan follower of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades chants anti-U.S. slogans during a protest in front of the Tibesti Hotel, in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 14, 2012 (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Al Qaeda-inspired gunmen seize radio, TV stations in central Libya

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President Barack Obama delivers remarks during a meeting with people that wrote him letters explaining how they benefited from the Affordable Care Act in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, in Washington. Obama also condemned the execution of Jordanian Air Force pilot First Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh by the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama, U.S. blind to Islamic State Libya threat, top official warns

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Echoes of the past: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton recalled the Rwanda genocide in making her case for U.S. intervention in Libya. (Associated Press Photographs)

Hillary Clinton undercut on Libya war by Pentagon and Congress, secret tapes reveal

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro and Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

In this image made from video posted by a Libyan blogger, the Cortinthia Hotel is seen under attack in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. Gunmen stormed the luxury hotel in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Tuesday, killing several foreigners and guards, officials said. The blogger, @AliTweel, captured the moments shortly after the blast, when flames rose up from outside the hotel, appearing to be from the aftermath of the car bomb. (AP Photo/@AliTweel via AP video)

Islamic State’s Libya branch claims deadly attack on hotel; U.S. contractor among those killed

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Lebanese army soldier opens fire during clashes with Islamic militants in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014. The Lebanese army brought tanks and commando forces into the northern city of Tripoli Sunday, where fighting with Muslim militants has intensified and spread to nearby areas. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanese troops fight street battles in Tripoli

By BILAL HUSSEIN and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

A fire truck drives towards smoke caused by an attack by Islamist militias during clashes with forces led by renegade Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. Islamist militias fought Wednesday with forces loyal to Hifter, who vows to seize the eastern city of Benghazi, as a top militia commander accused Egypt of bombing his positions with warplanes. (AP Photo/Mohammed el-Sheikhy)

Egypt’s foray into Libya underlines its concerns

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and OMAR ALMOSMARI - Associated Press

Militia says it ‘secured’ US compound in Libya

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** FILE ** Smoke rises from the direction of Tripoli airport in Tripoli, Libya, Sunday, July 13, 2014. Rival militias battled Sunday for the control of the international airport in Libya's capital, as gunfire and explosions echoed through the city and airlines canceled some international flights. (AP Photo)

U.S. evacuates embassy in Libya amid violent clashes between militias

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** FILE ** This May 14, 2014, file photo shows former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

News Guide: What Benghazi means in US politics

By CONNIE CASS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, March 18, 2011 file photo, then Libyan senior Rebel commander Khalifa Hifter leaves a press conference in the court house in the center of Benghazi, eastern Libya. Gen. Khalifa Hifter has been waiting for his moment for decades. A top general under Moammar Gadhafi, he was tainted by a disastrous defeat in a war in Chad. Exiled in the United States, he joined the opposition but even since Gadhafi’s 2011 ouster he has struggled for a role, distrusted by other generals. Now supporters are flocking to his self-professed campaign to crush Islamists and bring stability. But there are fears his ultimate goal is to become a new strongman. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

AP INTERVIEW: Rogue Libya general vows to fight on

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, March 18, 2011 file photo, then Libyan senior Rebel commander Khalifa Hifter leaves a press conference in the court house in the center of Benghazi, eastern Libya. Gen. Khalifa Hifter has been waiting for his moment for decades. A top general under Moammar Gadhafi, he was tainted by a disastrous defeat in a war in Chad. Exiled in the United States, he joined the opposition but even since Gadhafi’s 2011 ouster he has struggled for a role, distrusted by other generals. Now supporters are flocking to his self-professed campaign to crush Islamists and bring stability. But there are fears his ultimate goal is to become a new strongman. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

Libya general calls for council to take power

By ESAM MOHAMED and BRADLEY KLAPPER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, March 18, 2011 file photo, then Libyan senior Rebel commander Khalifa Hifter leaves a press conference in the court house in the center of Benghazi, eastern Libya. Libya's army chief ordered the deployment of Islamist-led militias to the capital Tripoli on Monday, May 19, 2014 in response to the storming of parliament by forces loyal to a renegade general, paving the way for a possible showdown between rival militia fighters. The revolt by Gen. Khalifa Hifter threatens to detonate the long volatile divisions among the multiple militias that dominate Libya amid the weakness of the central government and military. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

General’s revolt threatens to new fight in Libya

By ESAM MOHAMED and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press