NATO chief hails end of Libya mission

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NATO chief hails end of Libya mission

Oct 31, 12:04 PM (ET)

By KARIN LAUB and SLOBODAN LEKIC

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - NATO's top official on Monday praised the alliance's 7-month sea and air campaign in Libya - a key in ousting longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi - saying the mission's end Monday marks the close of a "successful chapter in NATO's history."

Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who was making his first visit to Tripoli since the end of the civil war less than two weeks ago, also congratulated the country's revolutionaries on their victory and said they "helped change the region."

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