Rice excited ahead of historic Libya visit

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she’s excited about a landmark trip she will make to Libya today, becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the North African country in more than a half-century.

“I am very much looking forward to it,” she said here before leaving for Tripoli, where she will meet and shake hands with Muammar Gaddafi and close a nearly three-decade era of bitter animosity between the United States and Libya.