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Dispute over Rice obscures more significant questions
For weeks, Republicans have directed criticism over the Obama administration's handling of the terrorist attack that killed U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens at an official who seemingly had little to do with the fatal lack of security in Benghazi - U.N....Tags: U.S. Department of State, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Human Rights, Republican Party
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Republicans' condemnation of Susan Rice is a political sideshow
I normally agree with op-ed contributor Tom Schaller's views, but his recent column on Susan Rice and the Benghazi affair was an exception ("GOP right to seek answers on Benghazi," Nov. 28). My concern is with the inadequate security afforded to the...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Republican Party, Benghazi, Susan Rice
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Susan Rice withdraws from secretary of State consideration
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – Susan Rice, who came under heavy criticism for her defense of the Obama administration after armed militants killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, withdrew her name from consideration for secretary of State on Thursday as the...Tags: Susan Collins, U.S. Department of State, Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, Elizabeth Warren
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Panel faults security failures in Benghazi attacks
WASHINGTON — The State Department was guilty of "systematic failures" in security that made the deadly Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. mission in Libya possible, a high-level investigative panel concluded in an unflinching examination made...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Employees, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Career and Workplace, Benghazi
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Report examines possible failings in funds for diplomatic security
A recent report examining the funding and implementation of diplomatic security has found, among many things, that congressional appropriations for securing embassies, consulates and the like has been less than the amount requested in every year since...
Tags: Media Industry, Benghazi, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Officials quit after report on Benghazi attack released
Three senior State Department officials resigned under pressure Wednesday after an independent review board determined that they had operational responsibility for "grossly inadequate" security when Islamic militants killed four Americans at the U.S....
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Police Investigations, Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Obama's Susan Rice conundrum
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice has become a willing pawn in Senate Republicans' efforts to force President Barack Obama into a costly and unnecessary fight over who will serve as his secretary of state when Hillary Clinton leaves that post in the new year....Tags: Susan Collins, Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, Fiscal Cliff, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
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In defense of Susan Rice
Is U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice an appropriate choice as President Obama's second-term secretary of State? Nearly 100 House Republicans have come out against Rice, joining several prominent GOP senators. Meetings on Capitol Hill this week appear not to...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Republican Party, Benghazi
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Clinton takes responsibility for Benghazi failures
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, facing tough questions from Senate Republicans on the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, insisted Wednesday that she has moved aggressively to address security weaknesses...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, The Pentagon, Africa, Republican Party, Gastroenteritis
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McCain softens opposition to Rice, open to Benghazi explanation
WASHINGTON – The top Republican leading the fight against Susan Rice as the new secretary of State softened his opposition and said Sunday he was open to hearing her explain why she declared the burning of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya,...Tags: Barack Obama, Dick Durbin, Republican Party, Union (McHenry, Illinois), Benghazi
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Getting to the bottom of Benghazi
Dennis, I'm in a pool trying to predict when (your) next column on Benghazi will come out. Now with the (retired Gen. David) Petraeus scandal, just give me a little clue ... OK? I'll split the winnings w/ya! — email from reader G.H. G.H., you...
Tags: Police Investigations, Civil Rights, Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Childish behavior, deadly consequences
I was not aware of a film insulting to Islam until American embassies were attacked in Libya and Egypt. Thus, Muslim extremists managed, through the expedient of riot and rampage, to bring attention to the very thing they loathe, a thing which, but for...Tags: Egypt, Movies, Islam, Libya, John Ritter
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