
US Defense Secretary First Visits Libya
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (2nd R) lays a wreath during his visit to the American Cemetery in Tripoli, Libya, on Dec. 17, 2011. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Saturday for a brief visit of the North African country which has embarked on a road to reconstruction after a months-old civil war. <Photo: Xinhua/Hamza Turkia>