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  • **FILE** President Obama (left) speaks Feb. 9, 2012, in Washington about a settlement with the nation's five largest banks over foreclosures. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is in the background. (Associated Press)

    The Wrap: From RG3 bashing political correctness to Eric Holder's Kansas problem, the week that was

    Americans learned that the Boston bombers initially wanted to launch their terror attack on Independence Day, and the Obama administration found itself on the defensive once again over accusations of a Benghazi cover-up. On the international stage, Russia’s strategic nuclear forces are undergoing a major modernization — while the U.S. scales back. Here's a recap, or wrap, on the week that was from The Washington Times.


  • Lt. Col. Matthew Dooley was publicly condemned for training materials that were deemed "academically irresponsible" and was removed as a commander candidate. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army)

    Top brass crush career of Army officer who warned of jihadists

    The Pentagon's top brass has dealt another blow to a decorated Army officer who was fired last year as a war college instructor because of his teachings about radical Islam, his attorney told The Washington Times.


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    TAUBE: Pope Francis, the fence-mender and bridge-builder

    Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected by the Vatican's papal conclave last week after five rounds of voting. He took the name Pope Francis -- after St. Francis of Assisi, the revered Italian friar who founded the Franciscan Order -- and became the first Jesuit and first leader from the Americas of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.


  • Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

    KUHNER: Hollywood Hillary

    Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is a national embarrassment. In congressional testimony this week, Mrs. Clinton -- under oath -- repeatedly deceived the public about her role in the Benghazi terrorist attacks.


  • A 'Life' changing film for the young actor of 'Pi'

    The only thing more unlikely than a movie about a boy adrift on a ship with a Bengali tiger is the tale of the film's star.


  • **FILE** U.S. envoy Chris Stevens (center), accompanied by British envoy Christopher Prentice (left), speaks April 11, 2011, to Council member for Misrata Dr. Suleiman Fortia (right) at the Tibesty Hotel where an African Union delegation was meeting with opposition leaders in Benghazi, Libya. (Associated Press)

    PRUDEN: Betrayal in Benghazi, Libya, as clear as a sore toe

    Mitt Romney should think of the betrayal in Benghazi as gout in Barack Obama’s left big toe, and step on it hard at every opportunity. The president will feel it, and the memory of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens deserves no less.


  • Illustration Muslim Obama 2 by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    PIPES: 'Barry was Muslim'

    Editor's Note: In this second of a five-part series, Middle East and Islam specialist Daniel Pipes documents evidence from Barack Obama's childhood years that points to his Muslim identity.


  • Pakistani police officers escort blindfolded Muslim cleric Khalid Chisti into court in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

    Pakistani cleric faces possible blasphemy charge

    Pakistani police are investigating whether a Muslim cleric who allegedly tried to frame a Christian girl for blasphemy should be charged with insulting Islam himself and potentially face life in prison, a police officer said Monday.


  • World Briefs: Cleric may face blasphemy charge

    Pakistani police are investigating whether a Muslim cleric who allegedly tried to frame a Christian girl for blasphemy should be charged with insulting Islam himself and potentially face life in prison, a police officer said Monday.


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