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Susan Rice withdraws from secretary of State consideration
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – Susan Rice, who came under heavy criticism for her defense of the Obama administration after armed militants killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, withdrew her name from consideration for secretary of State on Thursday as the...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Lindsey O. Graham, John McCain, Elections, White House
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Panel faults security failures in Benghazi attacks
WASHINGTON — The State Department was guilty of "systematic failures" in security that made the deadly Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. mission in Libya possible, a high-level investigative panel concluded in an unflinching examination made...
Tags: Muammar Gaddafi, U.S. Department of State, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Talk Shows (genre), Career and Workplace
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Hillary Clinton exits Benghazi probe looking stronger than ever
When Hillary Clinton went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Republicans opened their bags of overly ripe conspiracy theories and moldering fruitcake ideas and tossed everything at her. Every shot missed. Republican senators and congressmen on the foreign...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Elections, Politics, Republican Party
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Report examines possible failings in funds for diplomatic security
A recent report examining the funding and implementation of diplomatic security has found, among many things, that congressional appropriations for securing embassies, consulates and the like has been less than the amount requested in every year since...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Benghazi, Media Industry
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Clinton takes responsibility for Benghazi failures
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, facing tough questions from Senate Republicans on the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, insisted Wednesday that she has moved aggressively to address security weaknesses...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Elections, Gastroenteritis, Africa, Republican Party
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Congress should protect diplomats, not just bash Hillary Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton has won consistent praise during her four years as secretary of State, but it looks as if she’ll be leaving her post with one big failure on her record. If she seeks the presidency in 2016, you can bet we will all be hearing...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, George W. Bush, Politics, Republican Party, Government
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In defense of Susan Rice
Is U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice an appropriate choice as President Obama's second-term secretary of State? Nearly 100 House Republicans have come out against Rice, joining several prominent GOP senators. Meetings on Capitol Hill this week appear not to...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, George W. Bush, Iraq, Talk Shows (genre), Politics
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McCain softens opposition to Rice, open to Benghazi explanation
WASHINGTON – The top Republican leading the fight against Susan Rice as the new secretary of State softened his opposition and said Sunday he was open to hearing her explain why she declared the burning of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya,...
Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Elections, John McCain, White House, Talk Shows (genre)
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Report faults State Department, intelligence for Benghazi failures
WASHINGTON – The fatal attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 was the culmination of a series of oversights and security failures, marking a “grievous mistake” by the State Department, according to a new Senate...
Tags: Susan Rice, U.S. Department of State, Elections, Joe Lieberman, Benghazi
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McManus: After Benghazi, reassessing risk
Soon — perhaps very soon — the Syrian government of Bashar Assad will fall. On that day, and for months after, Damascus will probably be a disorderly and dangerous place, a risky place for American diplomats to be. -------------------- FOR...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Elections, Benghazi, Afghanistan, Central Intelligence Agency
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Shots fired, U.S. embassies stormed in furious protest over film
World NowFurious protests exploded around the world Friday as outraged demonstrators from Bangladesh to Sudan condemned an amateurish movie that mocked the Islamic prophet as a bloodthirsty womanizer and child molester. One person was killed after Lebanese... -
Two former Navy SEALs among Americans killed in Libya
L.A. NOWTwo of the Americans killed in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, were former Navy SEALs who had trained and lived in San Diego County and were working as security guards for Ambassador Christopher Stevens, who was......
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