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## Video: Watch: Secretary of State John Kerry on Libya

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_Published 2014-07-26. Secretary of State John Kerry blamed the rise of "freewheeling militia violence" in the country where an attack by Islamic militants killed four Americans in 2012_


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## Transcript

A lot of the violence is around our embassy, but not on our embassy, but nevertheless it presents a very real risk to our personnel. So, we are suspending our current diplomatic activities at the embassy. Not closing the embassy, but suspending the activities and we have moved people. On ground to Tunisia, where they will then disperse to other places where we will continue our diplomatic activities in Libya.

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