NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. officials met with representatives of Muammar Gaddafi to deliver a message that the embattled Libyan leader must go, a State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday. The rare meeting between U.S. diplomats and Gaddafi envoys on Saturday was held “to deliver a clear and firm message that the only way to move forward is for Gaddafi to step down,” the official said. “This was not a negotiation. It was the delivery of a message,” the official said in a statement issued in New Delhi, where Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is on an official visit. The meeting involved Assistant…
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