Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told ABC News that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s confidants have been speaking to other nations “allegedly on Gadhafi’s behalf” for exile options.

She did not say which nations Gadhafi’s regime has been speaking to but former Libyan officials who spoke to The Examiner said Venezuela, headed by American foe Hugo Chavez, is one.  Chavez is a close ally of Gadhafi and defended him at the beginning of the uprising.