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  • 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)

    Benghazi: The anatomy of a scandal; how the story of a U.S. tragedy unfolded — and then fell apart

    The tragedy of Benghazi, where a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed, seemed a cut-and-dried story in the days after a mob attacked the State Department's mission in eastern Libya. Today, the public knows that those early administration pronouncements were false.


  • President Barack Obama focuses his gaze on a reporter as he responds to question regarding the criticism of UN Ambassador Susan Rice and the Benghazi, Libya attacks, during a press conference in the East Room at The White House in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

    KUHNER: Obama's power outage

    President Obama is presiding over an administration that has engaged in the systematic abuse of power. This is the real meaning of the Benghazi tragedy.


  • A Libyan man walks inside the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, two days after the attack that left Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans dead on Sept. 11. Republicans are seeking answers to lingering questions about the attack from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton this week. (Associated Press)

    Benghazi ‘talking points’ altered, White House and State Dept. officials say

    Senior White House and State Department officials played a much larger role than they acknowledged in drafting erroneous administration "talking points" about the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, according to congressional investigators preparing for a dramatic hearing Wednesday in the House.


  • **FILE** Libyan civilians celebrate the raiding of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades compound in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 21, 2012, after hundreds of civilians, military and police raided the Brigades base. The recent attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans has sparked a backlash among frustrated Libyans against the heavily armed gunmen, including Islamic extremists, who run rampant in their cities. (Associated Press)

    U.S. could have halted Benghazi attack with fly-over: Diplomat

    U.S. air power could have headed off at least part of last year's terrorist attack on the diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, but American officials didn't have the capability to refuel warplanes in time, the second-ranking U.S. diplomat in the country has told House investigators.


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    Embassy Row: The Seventh Floor

    The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is faulting a flawed bureaucratic system for the State Department's failure to blame top U.S. officials for ignoring pleas for more security before the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya.


  • Army paid $5 million for garbage incinerators it never used in Afghanistan

    Talk about burning taxpayer money!


  • Secretary of State John F. Kerry (right) talks with Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan at the State Department in Washington on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

    Libyan leader meets Obama, vows justice for Benghazi attack

    Libya's prime minister met Wednesday with President Obama at the White House and vowed that justice will be served in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi in which four Americans were killed.


  • Republicans expect Clinton's account of Benghazi

    Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton likely will face tough questions about the deadly Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya — including how the U.S. ambassador went missing for several hours during the assault — when she meets Wednesday with the House and Senate foreign affairs committees.


  • ** FILE ** U.S. envoy J. Christopher Stevens attends meetings on Monday, April 11, 2011, at the Tibesty Hotel in Benghazi, Libya, where an African Union delegation was meeting with Libyan opposition leaders. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

    Senate releases scathing report on Benghazi

    The State Department should have closed the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, long before the Sept. 11 terrorist attack because it knew that local authorities could not protect the facility and that the city was a hotbed of extremism, according to a Senate report released Monday.


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