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U.S. freezes Libyan foreign minister's assets


(CNN) The United States government on Tuesday took steps to boost opposition forces attempting to oust Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi by freezing the assets of that country's foreign minister and identifying 16 companies operating in the U.S. that are owned or controlled by the regime.

The White House said Tuesday it also looking for ways to use some of the $32 billion in assets frozen by U.S. sanctions to aid Libyan anti-government groups.

"We are exploring authorities to free up some of the seized regime assets," Obama administration spokesman Jay Carney told reporters on Tuesday.

 

For further details, see CNN at this link: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/15/us.libya.assets/index.html

   

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