He praised the recent move to make committees more independent by allowing all MPs to elect committee chairs in a secret ballot and enabling MPs from each party to decide who among them should join committees.

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The U.S. stopped blocking Libyan efforts to join United Nations committees, and in 2008 Libya served for a month as president of the Security Council.

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In certain cases, such as with the use of private money and political action committees, he decided to join the game and make sure it worked to his advantage.

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