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New York Meeting: Muammar al-Qaddafi
Libyan President Muammar al-Qaddafi discusses Libya's relations with the world and states his position on terrorism, nuclear security, and...
Speaker: Muammar al-Qaddafi, Leader and Guide of the Revolution, Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Presider: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
September 24, 2009
Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi spoke at the New York office of the Council on Foreign Relations on September 24, discussing why Libya decided to give up its chemical and biological weapons program in 2003; his perspective on terrorism; and how he would respond if Iran develops a nuclear weapon.
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