Libya was removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list in 2006 after achieving success through diplomacy.

May 29 - Cuba is officially removed from the US State Sponsors of Terrorism list.

In May 2015, Cuba was taken off the United States's list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.

State Sponsors of Terrorism (according to the United States Department of State)

Her second book, "Shrewd Sanctions: Statecraft and State Sponsors of Terrorism," was published in 2003.

In 1982, Iraq was removed from a list of State Sponsors of Terrorism to ease the transfer of dual-use technology to that country.

Libya was also dropped for the U.S. list of "State Sponsors of Terrorism," the only country except from Iraq to be removed.

Sending an orchestra there is easier that removing North Korea from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism and lifting trade sanctions against it.

Brennan also said Sudan must combat al-Qaida to be removed from the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism list.

These latest developments culminated in North Korea's long-awaited removal from America's "State Sponsors of Terrorism" list on the same day.

On April 14, 2015, the Obama administration announced that Cuba would be removed from the United States State Sponsors of Terrorism list.

The seven countries include the four that the United States lists as "State Sponsors of Terrorism" as well as Nigeria, Pakistan and Yemen.

Russia, one of Cuba's closest allies, encouraged Washington to go further by lifting the embargo and removing Cuba from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.

This, according to Havana and to business sources, is due to Cuba's inclusion on the U.S. State Department's list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.

However two days later the U.S. removed North Korea from the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism list and the Yongbyon deactivation process resumed.

The five nations currently on the State Department's State Sponsors of Terrorism list are Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria.

Cabelly allegedly performed work looking for Sudanese oil companies and provided advice to Sudan's government a country currently on the State Department’s State Sponsors of Terrorism list.

To prevent a collapse in the process, Bush agreed to remove North Korea from the State Department's list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, which Obama supported.

In her capacity as an ex officio board member of a pension system for Missouri government workers, she requested similar divestments from countries on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that she was considering renaming North Korea on the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism.

The United States also defines a list of State Sponsors of Terrorism and an Axis of evil which are subject to various US foreign intervention policies like sanctions.

The United States has refused to remove North Korea from its State Sponsors of Terrorism blacklist unless Pyongyang accepts the comprehensive mechanism to verify its atomic program.

April 14 - President Barack Obama moves forward with removing Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list in light of his efforts to normalize relations with the country.

But the denuclearization process is stuck over disagreement on the verification measures, which Washington says should be adopted before it removes North Korea from its State Sponsors of Terrorism blacklist.

The United States Will Also Remove North Korea From The State Department's List Of State Sponsors Of Terrorism.