- TOKYO: US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is declining to say whether the Obama administration wants to establish military relations with Libya after the ouster and death of longtime leader Muammar Qaddafi.
Panetta told a news conference in Japan on Tuesday that the US would take its lead from NATO.
He said Washington’s immediate concerns in Libya are focused on the possibility of providing medical assistance to the wounded and preventing weapons from falling into the wrong hands.
Panetta also expressed satisfaction with Japan’s efforts to end a stalemate over the relocation of US Marines on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa.
