In April, Islamist militants that were part of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) tried and failed to abduct a Central Intelligence Agency officer and U.S. Special Ops commando while they were at a barbershop in Sana’a, Yemen’s Capital
The entire world is focused on the captured Nigerian girls, many scenarios have been envisioned–and yet there is at least one issue no one has raised: That it is entirely possible that these poor girls have also been genitally mutilated.
Pressed by dozens of lawmakers from both parties in 2012 to putgreater focus on growing violence by Boko Haram, the Islamistmilitant group that recently kidnapped 200 teenage girls inNigeria, the State Department sent something akin to a formletter in reply.
On ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) gave network White House correspondent Jon Karl a wide-ranging interview about the news of the day. When the topic of the Sept. 11, 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack was raised, Karl asked Rubio
During Hillary Clinton’s tenure, the State Department failed to designate Boko Haram a terrorist organization, in spite of the fact that Boko Haram had become second only to the Taliban as the deadliest terrorist organization. Clinton will rightly have to
An influential Chinese journalist has been locked up on charges of leaking state secrets. Gao Yu, who was also imprisoned for over six years following the 1989 Tiananmen square protests, has been thrown in jail again stemming from reports from
While Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton fought hard against officially designating the Islamists of Boko Haram as a terror group–placing her in the camp of far-left activist group MoveOn.org. Josh Rogin at The Daily Beast reports that other agencies in
Former Republican nominee for president of the United States Mitt Romney stated on Thursday that he endorses an increase in the minimum wage. Although many economists assert that an increase in the minimum wage will increase unemployment, Romney claims he
North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency reportedly unleashed a variety of racial slurs directed at United States President Barack Obama. The reprehensible verbal rhetoric comes as North Korea prepares its fourth nuclear test. According to The Washington Post, Obama was
The kidnapping of 300 young girls in Nigeria by the terrorist group Boko Haram has once again brought the issue of radical Islam to the forefront of public debate. The group repsonsible, Boko Haram, unambiguously declared war on Western Civilization
(CNN) – The hunt for 300 kidnapped girls in Nigeria continues, and how the government there has limped into action to find them. Boko Haram, the terror group that kidnapped 300 girls from their schools in Nigeria is known as
For reasons that only Barack Obama can answer, the State Department took far too long to designate the savage Muslim group, Boko Haram, a terrorist organization. When State Department officials finally did designate it a foreign terrorist organization, they did
In response to And here I thought sacrilege wasn’t cool any more: If you thought that anti-Mohammed video maker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula was no longer in jail – you would only be partially correct. When author and journalist Jack Cashill caught
Despite the urging of the FBI, CIA, and a bipartisan contingent of legislators knowledgeable on the matter, Hillary Clinton refused to designate Boko Haram as a terror group during her tenure, severely limiting the United States’ ability to combat the
The US State Department announced plans to assist an umbrella organization of groups fighting to oust Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad, called the Syrian Opposition Counsel with up to $27 million in ‘non-lethal’ aid, as well as an upgrade in
The State Department announced that a team of less than ten members of the US military will be dispatched to Nigeria as part of a larger group of American diplomats who will help the Nigerian government find the more than
We now have the evidence that the State Department knew right away that Benghazi was a jihad terror attack. We know that Susan Rice knew. Barack Obama also knew and lied to the American people. The Democrats are threatening to
Recently, we at Judicial Watch released explosive new Benghazi scandal documents which immediately precipitated a Washington firestorm that placed the Obama White House on the defensive and may even lead to criminal charges. And what’s the big discovery that had
Moments before Secretary of State John Kerry stepped in front of the cameras Tuesday, State Department Spokesman Marie Harf told reporters Kerry would not comply with Chairman Darrell Issa’s subpoena to appear before his committee May 21 about the Benghazi
Hundreds gathered Tuesday in front of the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, D.C. to protest the Nigerian government’s failure to rescue the 276 teenage girls who were abducted 22 days ago by members of the Islamist group Boko Haram. It has
(AFP) The United States will send a team of military and police experts to Nigeria to help find more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, amid a growing wave of outrage over their abduction. US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said former Secretary of State and likely 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should be subpoenaed to testify before the new House Select Committee on Benghazi. During a Monday evening appearance on Sean Hannity’s television program
The United States government is officially recognizing the offices of the opposition Syrian National Coalition as a “diplomatic foreign mission,” Reuters reported, both diminishing the legitimacy of the Bashar al-Assad regime and strengthening ties between the United States and the opposition.
The United States government has offered Nigeria help in finding the more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls currently under the custody of radical Islamist terror group Boko Haram. While the U.S. is reportedly offering satellite intelligence and other aid, many in
On Wednesday, an email emerged from White House in which national security aide Ben Rhodes instructed UN Ambassador Susan Rice – copying President Obama’s entire political team at the White House – that her goal on the Sunday shows following the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks
While previously in a five-year decline, terrorist activity increased significantly in 2013, from the work of Islamist extremists to Greek anarchists to lone wolf attackers in America. According to a new report released by the United States Department of State
It has been almost two weeks since the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram abducted over 300 Nigerian schoolgirls aged 16 to 18. It is believed they are being held captive in the Sambisa Forest, a territorial stronghold for the Boko
A newly-emerged government email directly “contradicts the message that President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice and White House press secretary Jay Carney repeated publicly” in the immediate aftermath of the attack in Benghazi. Per
In Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s celebrated book on the Watergate scandal, All the President’s Men, the figure of Hugh Sloan, Jr. stands out. Sloan was a staffer for President Richard Nixon and an official on his re-election campaign. He
Nigeria’s Daily Trust reported Monday that “most of the 234 Borno schoolgirls in Boko Haram captivity have been ferried abroad to Chad and Cameroon after they were married off to sect members on N2,000 bride price each.” Two thousand Nigeria
Retired Air Force Brigadier General Robert Lovell admitted during a House Oversight hearing Thursday that saving the Americans under attack in Benghazi might have been possible, but he added they would never know for sure. Lovell was in command of the
Retired USAF Brigadier Gen. Robert Lovell, testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, made clear that the military knew right away that what happened in Benghazi was “a terrorist attack” and not the result of a “demonstration gone
Thursday at the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on the Benghazi terrorist attacks, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) became emotional as he was questioning Ret. Air Force Brigadier General Robert Lovell, former US Africom Intelligence Director, if the
Politico, doing its usual water-carrying for the Obama administration, has published a piece defending Secretary of State John Kerry as attacks have come fast and furious for his remarks likening Israel’s future to apartheid. Even the title of the piece,
Blame the video, not the president’s foreign policy. That was the White House’s advice to Susan Rice as she prepared to appear on Sunday morning talk shows after the terrorist attack in Benghazi. A newly released email collected by Judicial
The Obama Administration’s decision to relinquish American oversight of Internet domains looks worse and worse with every new development. At this point, the burden of argument is no longer on critics. Supporters of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry did not apologize Monday for suggesting last week that Israel could become “an apartheid state” if it did not reach a two-state solution with the Palestinians. Instead, he lashed out at his critics–who include
At Monday’s State Department daily briefing, AP reporter Matthew Lee grilled State Department spokeswomen Jen Psaki over reports that Friday Secretary of State John Kerry claimed Israel would turn into “apartheid state” should the peace talks stop. Psaki refused to
On Sunday, the Daily Beast’s Josh Rogin reported that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned world leaders in a closed-door meeting Friday that Israel could become “an apartheid state” like South Africa if it could not reach a two-state
The Senate Education Committee voted 5-2 — the minimum number of votes needed — to advance a bill that would levy a 9.5% tax on oil pumped from the ground in California. The aim is to raise $2 billion annually
