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>> thank you. >> thank you. >> europe and the u.s. receive oil from libya, but it's not just politicians who have been friendly to the gadhafis, a number of american celebrities have received big bucks from the gadhafi family. take a look. here's lionel richie in 2006 performing in tripoli. if that backdrop looks familiar, you're not seeing things. it's gadhafi's bombed out house, the one he spoke in front of yesterday. ritchie was performing what the libyans call the festival of freedom and peace to mark the 20th anniversary of that air strike. they showed a film called "the resistance to the...

Here's what hillary clinton said back then. >> i am very pleased to welcome minister gadhafi here to the state department. we deeply value the relationship between the united states and libya. we have many opportunities to deepen and broaden our cooperation and i'm very much looking forward to building on this relationship. >> thank you. >> europe and the u.s. receive oil from libya, but it's not just politicians who have been friendly to the gadhafis, a number of american celebrities have received big bucks from the gadhafi family. take a look. here's lionel richie in 2006 performing in tripo...

Deeply osified countries, lacking in real institutions, any civil society. so you crack these regimes and a lot of instability is going to flow out. it's going to be a long time before they find their footing. >> it's incredible when you look at all the money gadhafi has made from oil, and yet he spent very, very little on his people. there's only 6 million people or something in libya, and yet their education system is a joke. >> yeah. even egypt, you know, you have somewhere around 30% illiteracy in egypt, which we consider a leader of the arab word. 30 years from now, anderson, historians w...

Minister gadhafi here to the state department. we deeply value the relationship between the united states and libya. we have many opportunities to deepen and broaden our cooperation and i'm very much looking forward to building on this relationship. >> thank you. >> europe and the u.s. receive oil from libya, but it's not just politicians who have been friendly to the gadhafis, a number of american celebrities have received big bucks from the gadhafi family. take a look. here's lionel richie in 2006 performing in tripoli. if that backdrop looks familiar, you're not seeing things. it's gadhafi'...

Life. as one libyan said, we just want to be able to live like human beings. we just want to be able to live like human beings. it is the most basic of aspirations. that is driving this change, and throughout this time of transition, the united states will continue to stand up for freedom, stand up for justice, and stand up for the dignity of all people. >> president obama today. but keeping them honest, the u.s. and europe has a lot to answer for in its willingness to turn a blind eye to what gadhafi has done to its people over nine years. mr. obama is the ninth president to face the colonel....