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libya to shake off its image as an international pariah and state sponsor of terror and to be accepted by the international community. moammar gadhafi began in 2003 agreeing to give up his weapons of mass destruction program. libya was reeling from decades of multilateral sanctions that had really held the country back. they were looking forward to investment in the oil industry in the country and really needed an opening to the west to do this. reporter: libya hired some of the best and brightest u.s. lawyers and lobbyists, the livingstone group, blank rome and whiting case spending more than $2 million in 2008 and 2009, according to records filed under the foreign agents registration act. libya s hired representatives pressed the state department and members of congress to lift economic sanctions and to exempt libya from an anti-terrorism law that would have allowed victims of terror to seize government assets. paul blumenthal has written