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The article reports on the successful destruction of the chemical weapons supply of Libya, built up under the administration of the late dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi. Details are given explaining how shared activities by Libya and the United States covertly eliminated the weapon supply between November 2013 and February 2014. Commentary is also offered comparing and contrasting the Libyan experience with ongoing efforts to destroy the chemical weapon supply of Syria during its civil war.

The article discusses a foreign policy debate between U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney for the 2012 election in Novermber. The said debate focused on Benghazi, Libya where the buzz of surveillance drones has grown heavy as part of the U.S. mission. It relates the views of the candidates on the said mission.

The article reports on the release of four American military personnel assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya in December 2013.

The article focuses on the intelligence reports received by the U.S. President Barack Obama administration that Islamic extremists groups were operating training camps in Libya. The warning was part of the reports indicating that the country's security situation had deteriorated since the opening of the embassy in Tripoli. It notes that mentions the embassy's security officer Eric A. Nordstrom has been requested by the request of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security to develop an exit-strategy.