Tripoli (Libya)

Signed at Tripoli on June 4, 1805, the Treaty of Peace and Amity ended the First Barbary War between the United States and the Regency of Tripoli. Negotiated by Colonel Tobias Lear and Pasha Yusuf Karamanli, the treaty secured the release of American prisoners in exchange for a $60,000 payment,…

<p><span class="deck">The Corps is supposed to be tough, and is. This often confounds its enemies and sometimes irritates the nation’s other services</span></p>