Optimists, however, point to plans by several Western nations, including the United States, to train recruits for a professional Libyan military that may help the central government control the fractious local militias that have proliferated across the country. And Western diplomats in Tripoli say they hope that the elections for a 60-member panel to draft a constitution will revive momentum toward the formation of a new Libyan state. No date has been set for the voting.