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Jon Stewart grills Susan Rice on Benghazi attack
On “The Daily Show” on Thursday, host Jon Stewart grilled United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice about the Obama administration’s response to the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year. He began by asking about the...
Tags: United Nations, Benghazi, Jon Stewart, The Daily Show (tv program)
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White House pushes for new sanctions on North Korea
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration Tuesday called on the United Nations to tighten international sanctions against North Korea in response to that country's third and most powerful nuclear test, but administration officials argued that the new leaders...Tags: United Nations, North Korea, State of the Union Address, George W. Bush, U.S. Senate
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Senate overwhelmingly approves John Kerry for secretary of State
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to confirm Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) as the next secretary of State, filling a crucial national security spot in President Obama’s second-term Cabinet. The 94-3 vote clears the way...
Tags: United Nations, Vietnam War (1955-1975), John Kerry, Barack Obama, Bob Corker
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On Benghazi, blame the bureaucracy
In testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will resume the fraught conversation about what exactly took place at the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year on Sept. 11. Members...
Tags: David Petraeus, Defense Intelligence Agency, Taliban, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Congress
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Clinton goes back to basics on Benghazi
I don’t know if it was rehearsed, but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made the political play of the day Wednesday during the Senate Foreign Relation Committee’s hearings on the Benghazi attack. It came after Republican Sen. Ron...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Ron Johnson, Benghazi, Elections, Republican Party
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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: United Nations, Aaron Sorkin, Ron Johnson, Rand Paul, U.S. Congress
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Weekend TV Talk: Dianne Feinstein; John McCain; Richard Durbin
Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 16 - 22 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America Coverage of the shootings in Newtown, Conn. (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Situation Room With Wolf...
Tags: Peter Orszag, John McCain, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Harold E Jr Ford, David Brooks
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U.N. Security Council imposes arms embargo on Congo rebels
In a bid to quell violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations Security Council imposed an arms embargo late Monday on two armed groups accused of rape and mass killings. The decision came just before Rwanda, which has been...
Tags: Foreign Aid, Economic Sanctions, Crime, Law and Justice, Rebellions, Civil Rights
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North Korea subjected to tighter sanctions after rocket launch
The United Nations Security Council voted Tuesday to freeze assets and ban travel for officials of North Korea tied to its December rocket launch, tightening sanctions on the isolated nation. The unanimous vote came more than a month after the...
Tags: North Korea, Elections, Organized Crime, China, Politics
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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: Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Benghazi, Elections
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Obama nominates John Kerry to be next secretary of State
This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details.WASHINGTON – President Obama nominated John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of State on Friday, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his foreign policy worldview and...Tags: United Nations, Hamid Karzai, U.S. Senate, Bill Clinton, John McCain
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Republicans on talk shows continue to criticize Susan Rice
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- Speaking on Sunday's TV talk shows, Republicans sharpened their attacks on Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a potential nominee for the next secretary of State. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on CBS' "Face...Tags: United Nations, David Petraeus, Claire McCaskill, Democratic Party, U.S. Department of State
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