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Nobody died at Watergate, but it was a bigger scandal than Benghazi
Before Wednesday's hearing into last September’s attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said: “If you link Watergate and Iran-Contra together and multiply it maybe by 10 or so, you’re going to...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Steve King, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Elections, Christopher Stevens
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On Benghazi, Obama vs. Republicans again
This post has been updated as indicated below.Maybe because President Obama said so many other things in his speech Thursday -- about drones, Guantanamo and a “new phase” in the war against terrorism -- a reference to Benghazi didn’t attract much attention. But, at the risk of over-...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Republican Party, Pakistan, Mitt Romney, Politics
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McManus: The second-term scandal plague
What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Justice System, Jay Carney, Monica Lewinsky, Taxation
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White House fights back on IRS as GOP keeps up pressure
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON — A senior White House aide insisted Sunday that President Obama learned only from news reports that an IRS office had singled out dozens of tea party organizations and other conservative groups for questionable scrutiny, while...Tags: ABC (tv network), Television Industry, CNN (tv network), Elections, White House
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Letters: Back and forth over Benghazi
Re "Benghazi's smoking guns," Opinion, May 14 Two questions came to mind reading Jonah Goldberg's column. First, who cut the security funding of diplomatic missions a year before the Benghazi attack? (The Republican-controlled House.) And second,...Tags: George W. Bush
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Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Doctor Who'
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 19 - 25, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Doctor Who The Doctor's (Matt Smith)...
Tags: Albert King, Kelly Macdonald, Lou Adler, Taylor Swift, Charles B. Rangel
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The GOP pivots on the IRS scandal
The scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service's handling of applications for tax-exempt status by "tea party" groups and other right-leaning organizations took a sharp turn at the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday. In addition to decrying...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Elections, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Justice System, White House
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Clinton plays down politics at event in Beverly Hills
Hours after Republican members of Congress sharply questioned Hillary Rodham Clinton and the State Department's handling of the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, the former secretary of State did not explicitly mention the controversy in an...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Elections, China, Hillary Clinton, Asia
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Administration emails raise new questions on Libya attack
WASHINGTON — Email traffic exchanged during the drafting of talking points about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, last year shows that the State Department and White House were more involved in shaping the...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Congress, Christopher Stevens, White House
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Republicans say military could have done more in Benghazi
WASHINGTON — The latest chapter in the political battle over the killing of four Americans in Libya is unfolding this week, with Republicans pointing to the testimony of a State Department official as evidence that the U.S. military could have...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Christopher Stevens, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Government, Tripoli (Libya)
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Memorial Day: Former Navy SEALs killed in Benghazi are honored
Many of the nation's Memorial Day ceremonies Monday will honor those who fell in long-ago wars, in order that they not be forgotten. But the ceremony at the Mt. Soledad cross in San Diego will honor two former Navy SEALs killed more recently, under...
Tags: Christopher Stevens, Corporate Officers, Memorial Day, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest
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House Republicans cite cable calling for reduced security in Benghazi
WASHINGTON -- A cable signed by then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed scaling back security personnel in the Libyan city of Benghazi five months before militants there killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, according to an...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Congress, Republican Party, U.S. Department of State, Hillary Clinton
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