U.S. trying to support Gadhafi’s opponents

ROME (AP) - The United States is trying to free up some of the more than $30 billion it has frozen in Libyan assets so it can support the opponents of Moammar Gadhafi, U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton told a conference today. The meeting in Rome was focused on how to financially help the Libyan rebels, who say they need $1.5 billion in the coming months just for food, medicine and other basic supplies.