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Hil storms the Hill
WASHINGTON -- They blamed her mismanagement for the death of Americans in Benghazi, Libya. They accused her of a cover-up. Some even suggested that she faked an illness to avoid testifying about the attack. On Wednesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton finally...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Bob Corker, The Washington Post, FBI, Ron Johnson
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On Benghazi, blame the bureaucracy
In testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will resume the fraught conversation about what exactly took place at the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year on Sept. 11. Members...
Tags: David Petraeus, Osama bin Laden, Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Obama nominates John Kerry to be next secretary of State
This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details.WASHINGTON – President Obama nominated John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of State on Friday, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his foreign policy worldview and...Tags: 2012 Democratic National Convention, International Military Interventions, U.S. Senate, Hamid Karzai, Wars and Interventions
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Liberal obsession with race is growing old
When will liberals stop living in the past? Specifically, when will they accept that they aren't all that stands between a wonderful, tolerant America and Jim Crow? I was in the room when, during the Democratic National Convention, civil rights hero...
Tags: Gun Control, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Colin Powell, Executive Branch, Tim Scott
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Defiant Clinton: US strengthening embassy security
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, at times emotional and fierce, insisted on Wednesday that the department is moving swiftly and aggressively to strengthen security at U.S. missions worldwide after the deadly Sept. 11 raid...
Tags: Marco Rubio, Bob Menendez, Wars and Interventions, Ron Johnson, Barack Obama
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Clinton, testifying on Benghazi attack, says U.S. beefing up embassy security
Associated PressSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered fiery rejoinders Wednesday to Republican critics of the Obama administration’s handling of the deadly attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, facing off with lawmakers who included potential 2016...Tags: Marco Rubio, Viral Diseases and Infections, Government, U.S. Elections, Ron Johnson
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North Korea subjected to tighter sanctions after rocket launch
The United Nations Security Council voted Tuesday to freeze assets and ban travel for officials of North Korea tied to its December rocket launch, tightening sanctions on the isolated nation. The unanimous vote came more than a month after the...
Tags: China, Politics, North Korea, Elections, Organized Crime
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For Republicans, a not so happy New Year
Author's disclaimer: Today's piece may cause my center/right readers severe irritability, sleeplessness, and a strong desire to limit your cable television options to Fox. The antidote may not arrive until the midterm elections of 2014. Fiscal cliff...
Tags: Joe Biden, Small Businesses, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Executive Branch, Government
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Smear a bagel, not Chuck Hagel
OK, I want to admit right up front: I stole that headline. No, it's not original with me. I stole it from the pro-Israel, pro-peace organization J Street. I stole it because it's funny. And because it perfectly sums up the phony, trumped-up campaign...
Tags: Lobbying, U.S. Department of Defense, Israel, Wars and Interventions, Iran
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Obama nominates Brennan for CIA chief, Hagel for Defense secretary
WASHINGTON -- President Obama tapped two controversial figures to lead his national security team Monday, and warned that any delays caused by a confirmation fight would put the safety of the country at risk. When it comes to national security, Obama...
Tags: Chuck Hagel, John Brennan, The Pentagon, John Kerry, Central Intelligence Agency
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Rep. Schiff hails John Kerry nomination for secretary of state
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on Friday hailed President Obama’s decision to nominate Sen. John Kerry -- the longtime Massachusetts senator -- to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. Kerry, 69, has chaired the Senate Foreign...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, John Kerry, Benghazi, Google+, United Nations
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Obama taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, two potentially controversial picks for his second-term...
Tags: Jack Lew, Armed Forces, U.S. Senate, Hamid Karzai, Wars and Interventions
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