You would think that the Secretary of State’s job would be protecting America’s interests first, but by picking John Kerry, a staunch believer in climate change, Barack Obama has made it clear that he is an internationalist first and an
Judicial Watch has released it’s own report on the Benghazi attack of September 11, 2012, bolstered by the “expertise and insight” of retired Diplomatic Security Service Special Agent Raymond Fournier. The report’s opening salvo sets the tone by describing the
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s testimony before Senate and House committees yesterday on the Benghazi attacks was a performance worthy of the dystopian American future in which The Hunger Games is set. The theatrical drama of her indignant emotionalism was heightened
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised Wednesday that the United States would use the Internet and social media in its fight against Al-Qaeda and other extremist Islamist groups. The outgoing top diplomat said the US State Department had “started two
(AP) Kerry to field questions from panel he chairsBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONDemocratic Sen. John Kerry, on a smooth path to confirmation as secretary of state, is likely to face friendly questioning when he testifies before the committee that he’s served
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher asked Secretary Clinton if she was watching the real time video on the Benghazi attack as State Department officials and Admiral Mullen both testified they had. Clinton said no such video exsisted.
The Chairman Ed Royce of the House Foreign Relations Committee read multiple emails where personell expressed concern about the lack of security at the Special Mission in Benghazi. He also read emails that indicated State Department employees were worried how
During Senate testimony this today, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton implied that lack of funding for the State Department was a contributor to the deadliness of the Benghazi terrorist attack in Sept. 2012. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) provided her an
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to answer questions about the security failures at the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, Libya that resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. During
Secretary Clinton said today that she was not focused and the State Department was not focused on Susan Rice’s false talking points that she delivered on the Sunday morning news shows a few days after the attack on the US
Senator Rand Paul scolded Secretary Clinton on the Hill today saying that he appreciated the fact that she was taking responsibility for the security failures leading up to the attack because “no one else is.” Senator Paul continued that he
Secretary Clinton said that she personally was in contact with Libyan officials about the deteriorating security in Libya leading up to the attack. She said that when she spoke and when the State Department spoke to Libyan officials the security
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman notified the Obama administration on Tuesday that he has approved the Keystone XL pipeline to be built in his state, which may make the project closer to getting approval. The State Department said it would consider Heineman’s letter
The administration of President Barack Obama is completing a counterterrorism manual that will establish clear rules for targeted-killing operations, The Washington Post reported. But citing unnamed US officials, the newspaper said the guidebook would contain a major exemption for the
By ANIS BELGHOUL and PAUL SCHEMMAssociated PressPARISThe bloody three-day hostage standoff at a natural gas plant in the Sahara took a dramatic turn Friday as Algeria’s state news service reported that nearly 100 of the 132 foreign workers kidnapped by
CBS News: ALGIERS, ALGERIA In what could be the first spillover from France’s intervention in Mali, Islamist militants attacked and occupied a natural gas complex partly operated by energy company BP in southern Algeria on Wednesday. Two foreigners were killed
By AOMAR OUALI and PAUL SCHEMMAssociated PressALGIERS, AlgeriaIn what could be the first spillover from France’s intervention in Mali, Islamist militants attacked and occupied a natural gas complex partly operated by energy company BP in southern Algeria on Wednesday. Two
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D – NY) applauded his state’s expansion of the current gun control laws on Tuesday telling Breitbart News, “I’m glad New York passed strong legislation. Would I have preferred stronger?–always–without knowing the details of what they did.”
By MATTHEW LEE and JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Obama administration on Tuesday gave a blistering review of remarks that Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi made almost three years ago about Jews and called for him to repudiate what it called unacceptable rhetoric.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is viewed in the West as a moderate in comparison to Hamas and other Palestinian groups. But that may be because Western media ignores incendiary rhetoric Abbas routinely makes in Arabic. An example came earlier
Chuck Hagel, nominee for Secretary of Defense and former Senator from Nebraska, has lately expressed support for cuts to defense spending that place him in agreement with President Barack Obama. Yet while he was in Congress, Hagel voted for defense
Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) announced Monday that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would testify before the committee on January 23 to answer questions about the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities
Would you be surprised if I told you that the federal government invited a terrorist to the Pentagon for lunch, all the while knowing that he likely assisted the 9/11 hijackers? That’s what we found out recently from documents we
Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), who clashed frequently with the Department of Defense throughout the first term of President George W. Bush, appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday and backed President Barack Obama’s nomination of former
A bipartisan report issued by the Senate Homeland Security Committee on December 31, 2012 concluded that the State Department “failed tragically” to protect American diplomats prior to and during the September 11, 2012 attacks on the American Mission in Benghazi,
After the U.S. official in charge of European affairs said it was in the “American interest” for Britain to remain in the European Union, a British columnist wrote, “British policy on Europe is none of President Obama’s business,” and the
A quote from former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) regarding the Pentagon is making the rounds as he tries to win converts to his side to support his nomination for Secretary of Defense. Speaking in 2011, Hagel said: The Defense Department,
President Obama and the White House have stated multiple times that the President is fiercely “committed” to discovering and punishing those responsible for the attack on the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya in September of last year which cost
The Obama administration chose to listen to voices suggesting that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood was moderate rather than those who warned it would resort to violence if it came to power, cables obtained by the Investigative Project on Terrorism show. The
In a move The State Department has called “unhelpful.” Google chief Eric Schmidt and former Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson, visited a rare North Korean computer lab
The new chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is urging President Barack Obama to stand strong against new demands from Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. Morsi is calling for the release of convicted terrorist Omar Abdul Rahman. “I urge the
(AP) Clinton scheduled to return to work MondayWASHINGTONThe State Department says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will return to work Monday, a little over a week after she was hospitalized with a blood clot in her head. The department
On Dec. 21, it was announced that former Marine Sgt. Jon Hammar was going to be released by Mexican authorities who had been holding the Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran on trumped up ‘gun-running’ charges for nearly 2 months, chained
Libya is pushing forward with its investigation into the deadly September 11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, but fear of retaliation by Islamist extremists has proved a hurdle. Security reports point to the possible involvement of an Al-Qaeda-linked
By JEAN H. LEE and YOUKYUNG LEEAssociated PressSEOUL, South KoreaWhen he lands in North Korea, even Google’s executive chairman will likely have to relinquish his smartphone, leaving him disconnected from the global information network he helped build. Eric Schmidt is
By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been released from a New York hospital where she was treated for a blood clot in her head. Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines says her doctors advised her that she has
The US Congress has approved a bill which aims to make it possible for Americans to adopt orphaned North Korean children. The North Korea Refugee Adoption Act instructs the US State Department to devise a comprehensive strategy to facilitate the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department made a “grievous mistake” in keeping the U.S. mission in Benghazi open despite inadequate security and increasingly alarming threat assessments in the weeks before a deadly attack by militants, a Senate committee said on
By MATTHEW LEEAssociated PressWASHINGTONSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was admitted to a New York hospital Sunday after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month. Clinton’s doctors discovered the clot Sunday while
(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was sent to the hospital on Sunday with a blood clot stemming from a concussion she suffered earlier this month and was being assessed by doctors, a State Department spokesman said. “In
