Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today on the Sep. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Clinton missed previous opportunities to
Senator John McCain (R-AZ), a former member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told Breitbart News Tuesday that when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies on Wednesday about the failures to adequately protect the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, she
Militants who seized an Algerian gas plant before they were killed in a bloodbath received logistical aid from Islamists in Libya, a well-informed source told AFP on Tuesday. The source did not specify the exact nature of such aid but
Italy temporarily closed its consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday and pulled its staff out of the country following a failed gun attack on the consul in eastern Libya, the foreign ministry said. Consul Guido De Sanctis’s bullet-proof car came under
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
On January 10, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument regarding Judicial Watch’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit requesting the release of dozens of images of Osama bin Laden’s body
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,
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
Tunisian authorities announced today the release of one of the few suspects being held in connection to the attack on the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya that killed for Americans in September of last year. Ali Harzi, 26, was
In a statement released Tuesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) telegraphed that he would delay the confirmation of President Barack Obama’s CIA nominee John Brennan if the White House fails to answer questions about the Benghazi attacks. “I do not believe
QUESTION: And then on Benghazi, of course, we all want to know what that might – what the schedule might be on that. VICTORIA NULAND, STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESWOMAN: Well, let me just say that she will testify. She will testify
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
On Monday, the Senate released its Special Report on the Terrorist Attack at Benghazi. The report is not definitive; there is much information that has yet to be released and/or investigated, but there is one preeminent fact that pervades the
Republican Senator Susan Collins says there was no way the Defense Department could have gotten to Benghazi in time to save Ambassador Stevens or the other Americans lost during the attack.
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
We often think of “heroes” as people who go above and beyond average expectations, who stand up to those who would cause us harm or destruction, who risk their own interests in order to save something they perceive to be
President Obama on CBS’ “Meet The Press”: “When you read the report, and it confirms what we had already seen based on some of our internal reviews, there was just some sloppiness — not intentional — in terms of how
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace: “… [W]e had reason to believe that there was a problem there. As Lindsey pointed out, the problem was the right people apparently either didn’t make the decision or
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
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
New York Representative Gary Ackerman used his allotted time during the Benghazi hearings on Capitol Hill to rant against “partisanship” and the GOP. He called the hearing a “ruse” and apologized to the witnesses, whom he never asked a question,
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
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney had two lengthy exchanges with CBS Major Garrett and Fox News’ Ed Henry over whether the President thought the steps taken in reaction to the report released by the Accountability Review Board detailing the
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
