U.S. envoy Chris Stevens arrives in Libya to help opposition fighters

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Source: Associated Press

A U.S. envoy arrived Tuesday in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi to begin talks on possible financial help to the Libyan opposition amid reports of fresh setbacks for anti-government forces in the key port city of Brega.

Chris Stevens, a former U.S. Embassy official in Tripoli and the highest-ranking U.S. representative to travel to Libya since the uprising began, will explore ways to open the funding spigots for an opposition movement that is desperately short of cash and supplies, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday.

“We’re well aware that there’s an urgency,” spokesman Mark Toner told reporters. “The Transitional National Council does need funding if it’s to survive, and we’re looking for ways to assist them.”

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[David__77]

1. I find this "regime change" effort to be supremely deceitful and sneaky.

Bush laid it out on the table that "regime change" was the goal in many places. Obama has not even given people this.

[No Elephants]

2. Wing tips on the ground.

[EFerrari]

3. The degree of engineering this revolt seems to need

raises the question of popular support.