President Barack Obama enacted a law to counter Iran’s alleged influence in Latin America, through a new diplomatic and political strategy to be designed by the State Department. The Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act, passed by lawmakers earlier
Outgoing US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who fell ill in early December and hasn’t been seen in public since, will be back at her desk on Monday, her closest aide said. Clinton, 65, has been off work sick since
It’s extremely hard to lose a government job, even when your poor performance results in the deaths of other Americans under your responsibility. Despite claims that heads were rolling after a report identified egregious security lapses in Benghazi, it appears
(Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has signed into law a new Islamist-drafted constitution he says will help end political turmoil and allow him to focus on fixing the fragile economy. Anxiety about the deepening economic crisis has gripped Egypt
Last July when Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited Egypt she was met with widespread protest from Coptic Christians and secular activists objecting to what they all believed was the Obama administration’s role in helping the Muslim Brotherhood (MB)
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham (R) said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should and will testify before Congress next month about the events leading up to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. consulate in Libya that killed four Americans, including
In what his mother called a “Christmas miracle,” Jon Hammar, the ex-Marine and Iraq and Afghanistan War veteran whom Mexican authorities had detained and chained to a bed in a gang-infested prison on a trumped-up gun charge, was released on
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is “working from home” this week after a stomach virus left her so dehydrated that she fell and suffered a concussion. It’s a politically convenient week to be confined to home considering that it precluded
Reporters waiting for the daily State Department press briefing were overheard slamming the NRA press conference for content as well as their inability to control the room. “They [The NRA] basically said it’s [the CT shooting] everybody’s fault but ours,”
Benjamin Géza Affleck, director of films like Argo and star of films like Gigli, has been widely rumored to be interested in running for Senator John Kerry’s open seat once the Massachusetts Senator moves over to the State Department to
Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Eric Boswell resigned on Wednesday. Three other lower level State Department officials, including Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Charlene Lamb, have been “relieved of their duties” and placed on administrative leave. These personnel moves are
Questions surround Secretary Clinton’s mysterious and timely concussion which prevented her from testifying on Capitol Hill this week. According to the State Department, the Secretary is “working from home.” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced today that the President
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced today that the President “accepts” the report presented by the Accountability Review Board to review the security failures that allowed the consequences of the attack on the US Special Mission in Benghazi. Carney
(AP) Lawmakers press for answers on 9/11 Libya assaultBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONLawmakers want to know why security was “grossly inadequate” at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya when militants stormed the facility on Sept. 11, killing the ambassador and three
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee _ and possibly the next secretary of state _ says mistakes were made at the State Department in the deadly Sept. 11 assault in Libya, but Congress shares some
Admiral Mike Mullen and Retired Ambassador Thomas Pickering gave a short briefing today over the unclassified report from Secretary Clinton’s Accountability Review Board. The report released through the State Department dealt with the security failures that led to the devastating consequences
Senator Lindsey Graham (R – SC), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told Breitbart News on Tuesday that he wants to see the interviews the FBI conducted with the individuals who survived the Benghazi attacks. Mr. Graham agrees
The special State Department report on Benghazi (known as the Accountability Review Board) released on Tuesday offered a blistering critique of mid-level State Department officials but left Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama relatively unscathed. The report contains no
Secretary Clinton’s Accountability Review Board said in their short briefing at the State Department today that they found the security situation at the Special Mission was inadequate to deal with the security threats of the region. The blamed this on
(AP) – An administration official says the chief of the State Department’s security service, one of his deputies and an official from the agency’s Middle East bureau have resigned after a damning report that found systematic management failures responsible for
Secretary Clinton’s “Accountability Review Board” (ARB) declared multiple times in its unclassified report that although there were multiple failures in leadership, “management ability,” allocation of security resources and communication, the board could not find “reasonable cause” to discipline (or even
By MATTHEW LEEAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe leaders of an independent panel that blamed systematic State Department management and leadership failures for gross security lapses in the deadly Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya will explain their findings to
(AP) Benghazi review slams State Department on securityBy MATTHEW LEEAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe leaders of an independent panel that blamed systematic State Department management and leadership failures for gross security lapses in the deadly Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission
The State Department’s Accountability Review Board finished its investigation on the issues surrounding the attack on the U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi. Last week, Breitbart News first reported the breakdown in the State Department’s Diplomatic Security at the U.S. consulate
Former Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton implied Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is exaggerating her illness so that she does not have to testify before Congress about the terrorist attacks in Benghazi that killed four Americans, including U.S.
After Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye (D), who was third in the line of succession as president pro tempore of the Senate, died on Monday, concerns about the health of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is fourth in the line of
State Department Spokeswoman Secretary Victoria Nuland said that the Secretary sent a letter to Congress expressing that she was disappointed that her health prevents her from testifying this week on Capitol Hill about the security failures in the attack on
With Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) likely to replace retiring Secretary of State Hillary Clinton atop the State Department, a vacancy is slated to open for the Massachusetts Senate seat. Gov. Deval Patrick (D) will be filling it. Among the names
State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland confirmed this morning that the ARB report over the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya is now with Secretary Clinton. Clinton is working from home this week due to a concussion suffered from
When the State Department revealed on Saturday that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had fainted last week and suffered a concussion due to a stomach virus, the announcement left more questions than answers regarding Clinton’s health. Her absence will raise even more
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fainted due to a stomach virus that left her dehydrated and suffered a concussion in the fall last week, the State Department revealed on Saturday. As a result, Clinton is not expected to testify next Thursday at the
(AP) Secretary of state faints, sustains concussionBy MATTHEW LEEAssociated PressWASHINGTONSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past week because of a stomach virus, sustained a concussion after fainting, the State Department said Saturday. The 65-year-old
This week, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration as the next Secretary of State, while current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went from definitely testifying on Benghazi next week to a slightly less-certain “maybe” testifying on Benghazi
As first reported by Breitbart News, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R – UT) claims that the State Department is not telling Congress where the Americans who survived the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi are. Chaffetz appeared on
On December 11th, as North Korea was launching a rocket, the Obama administration’s top officials who deal with Asia were reportedly at various Washington, D.C. soirees, caught completely flat-footed by the rocket launch. According to Foreign Policy magazine, “the Obama administration’s Asia team
A new survey of federal government workers found that job satisfaction and commitment levels to be at the lowest points in a decade. According to the annual “Best Places to Work in the Federal Government,” the government-wide job satisfaction
The U.S. State Dept has announced an additional $14 million in aid for Syria, bringing the total provided to $210 million. This newest installment is described as “humanitarian aid that will provide nutrition aid for children, as well as additional
NBC’s Andrea Mitchell commenting on the withdrawal of Susan Rice’s name in consideration for Secretary of State: “This is not going to help Republicans at all–the fact that a woman, and a woman of color, has been forced out of
The Syrian regime has fired Scud missiles at rebel forces trying to oust Bashar al-Assad, a US official said, after Arab and Western states recognised the opposition bloc as the sole representative there. Earlier Wednesday an AFP journalist in northwestern
Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R- UT) told Breitbart News on Wednesday that he has been “thwarted” by the State Department from seeing any Americans who survived the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi. Many people forget that there
