McCain: 'I Was Noncommittal' On Helping Qaddafi Get Military Equipment

August 29, 2011, Wonk Room

In an interview with Foreign Policy's Josh Rogin, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said he never pledged to help now-deposed Libyan dictator Col. Muammar Qaddafi get military equipment. A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks recalled a 2009 meeting McCain,…