State Department on U.S. relations with Qaddafi: [PAUSE] "Mixed"

Posted By Blake Hounshell Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 9:45 PM Share

This bit from today's press gaggle with the State Department's P.J. Crowley is amusing:

QUESTION: Okay. And just separately, could you just comment on the U.S. relationship with Libya now in light of President Qadhafi's visit here and the way he spoke about the U.S.?
MR. CROWLEY: Mixed.
QUESTION: That was a long pause.
QUESTION: I'm not trying to be, you know, coy --
MR. CROWLEY: Our - no, I would say - I guess I would say our relationship is a work in progress.

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