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*'''22 February.''' Sens. Blumenthal, McCain, and Graham visit Libya and meet with Abdulhakim Belhadj. <font color="brown">Belhadj oversees training for the Obama administration in Eastern Libya (principally Derna and Benghazi) of jihadis for Syria.</font>
*'''22 February.''' Sens. Blumenthal, McCain, and Graham visit Libya and meet with Abdulhakim Belhadj. <font color="brown">Belhadj oversees training for the Obama administration in Eastern Libya (principally Derna and Benghazi) of jihadis for Syria.</font>
'''May 2012'''
*'''May.''' Justice Dept. official Lisa Monaco writes to Sec. Clinton asking to designate [[Boko Haram]] as a terrorist organization. The following month, Gen. Carter Ham, the chief of U.S. Africa Command, said that Boko Haram provided a ‘safe haven’ for al Qaeda in North Africa, and was likely sharing explosives and funds with the group.<ref>Morrissey, Ed (May 8, 2014). [http://hotair.com/archives/2014/05/08/did-hillary-refuse-to-designate-boko-haram-as-a-terrorist-organization/ Did Hillary refuse to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization?] Hot Air website.</ref> The group had already bombed the [[United Nations]] headquarters in Abuja. Clinton refused despite requests coming from the US Justice Dept, the [[FBI]], the CIA, and numerous Senators and Congressmen.
*'''May.''' Justice Dept. official Lisa Monaco writes to Sec. Clinton asking to designate [[Boko Haram]] as a terrorist organization. The following month, Gen. Carter Ham, the chief of U.S. Africa Command, said that Boko Haram provided a ‘safe haven’ for al Qaeda in North Africa, and was likely sharing explosives and funds with the group.<ref>Morrissey, Ed (May 8, 2014). [http://hotair.com/archives/2014/05/08/did-hillary-refuse-to-designate-boko-haram-as-a-terrorist-organization/ Did Hillary refuse to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization?] Hot Air website.</ref> The group had already bombed the [[United Nations]] headquarters in Abuja. Clinton refused despite requests coming from the US Justice Dept, the [[FBI]], the CIA, and numerous Senators and Congressmen.