i hope mr. winer can explain to us what lessons the administration has learned from the failure of the last time we tried to develop libyan security forces and what political progress needs to occur in order for us to try again. to determine the way forward we need an accurate assessment of tripoli's ability to govern and what we are doing to help them and what can bring the rival administration on board with the new government. we have sanctioned libyan individuals who are hindering the formation of a unity government in the past. but are we prepared to do so in the future? for a country with vast oil wealth and thankfully void of widespread sectarian tensions, libya should become a success story. i think we all are disheartened that nm ways the failure of u.s. policy following the fall of gadhafi has hindered libya's progress. with that i want to thank our special envoy for being here. who i know has concerns about the future of libya. we look forward to your testimony. we thank you for being here t

mr. winer, thank you for your work in this regard. i think this is particularly important hearing because we should be riveted on what, if anything, the united states can do beyond what it is doing to assist the libyan people in building a country a mad dictator had systematically dismantled over the course of four decades and ultimately how to bring libya into the community of nations with accountable institutions and respect for human rights, security for law abiding citizens and a productive economy that contributes to not only detract global resource and other markets. but this complicated reality and the ground is one that had been centuries in the making. it is a transactional society with hundreds of militias competing ethnic and tribal affiliations, very competitive loyalties that can include home grown and foreign born radical islamists seeking to spread jihad. gangs stealing oil and wealth and engaging in violence. tribes in states of cold wars against one another for generations. regional actors in three distinct libyan reg

mr. winer, this appears to be a moment ripe for aggressive political intervention. the united emirates have a history of support. if the general goes to war with the militias loyal to the government of national accord, there will only be further chaos and isis will have an opportunity to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and resume the expansion in libya. what are we, the u.n. and e.u. doing to bring the house of representatives together with the government of national accord? >> thank you, senator. i must say that each of you worry about the same things that i worry about. the anxieties are consistent with what we worry about every day when it comes to libya. >> in your answer could you specifically tell me if we are working with egypt and the uae to push general hifter and the house to an agreement with the new government. >> egypt and the uae and every country neighboring libya and every other in the region has signed on both expressly and in bilateral discussions with us as well as in multilateral. secretary kerry said in vienna last month that the united s