Last week in Libya, Secretary Clinton visited injured soldiers in a Tripoli hospital. Here is what she announced today.
Wounded Libyan Fighters To Receive U.S. Medical Care
Press Statement
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta
Washington, DC
October 27, 2011
After
months of struggle and sacrifice, the Libyan people have liberated
their country with the support of the United States and the
international community. The violent dictator and his regime have
collapsed. But Libya’s new freedom has come at a price in human life and
suffering. Just as the United States and the international community
stood with the Libyan people during the revolution, we continue to work
with Libya to address urgent humanitarian needs.
Saturday, in
response to a request by the Transitional National Council, the United
States is transporting 24 seriously wounded fighters to Spaulding
Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. An additional six critical cases will
be transferred to Germany for immediate care. All of these patients
were injured as a result of recent fighting and suffer from conditions
that cannot currently be treated in Libya.
The United States
offers this humanitarian gesture of emergency medical evacuation
assistance as a token of our support for the democratic aspirations of
the Libyan people and our hope for a continued strong partnership as
they build a new Libya.
