While previously in a five-year decline, terrorist activity increased significantly in 2013, from the work of Islamist extremists to Greek anarchists to lone wolf attackers in America. According to a new report released by the United States Department of State
It has been almost two weeks since the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram abducted over 300 Nigerian schoolgirls aged 16 to 18. It is believed they are being held captive in the Sambisa Forest, a territorial stronghold for the Boko
A newly-emerged government email directly “contradicts the message that President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice and White House press secretary Jay Carney repeated publicly” in the immediate aftermath of the attack in Benghazi. Per
In Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s celebrated book on the Watergate scandal, All the President’s Men, the figure of Hugh Sloan, Jr. stands out. Sloan was a staffer for President Richard Nixon and an official on his re-election campaign. He
Nigeria’s Daily Trust reported Monday that “most of the 234 Borno schoolgirls in Boko Haram captivity have been ferried abroad to Chad and Cameroon after they were married off to sect members on N2,000 bride price each.” Two thousand Nigeria
Retired Air Force Brigadier General Robert Lovell admitted during a House Oversight hearing Thursday that saving the Americans under attack in Benghazi might have been possible, but he added they would never know for sure. Lovell was in command of the
Retired USAF Brigadier Gen. Robert Lovell, testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, made clear that the military knew right away that what happened in Benghazi was “a terrorist attack” and not the result of a “demonstration gone
Thursday at the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on the Benghazi terrorist attacks, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) became emotional as he was questioning Ret. Air Force Brigadier General Robert Lovell, former US Africom Intelligence Director, if the
Politico, doing its usual water-carrying for the Obama administration, has published a piece defending Secretary of State John Kerry as attacks have come fast and furious for his remarks likening Israel’s future to apartheid. Even the title of the piece,
Blame the video, not the president’s foreign policy. That was the White House’s advice to Susan Rice as she prepared to appear on Sunday morning talk shows after the terrorist attack in Benghazi. A newly released email collected by Judicial
The Obama Administration’s decision to relinquish American oversight of Internet domains looks worse and worse with every new development. At this point, the burden of argument is no longer on critics. Supporters of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry did not apologize Monday for suggesting last week that Israel could become “an apartheid state” if it did not reach a two-state solution with the Palestinians. Instead, he lashed out at his critics–who include
At Monday’s State Department daily briefing, AP reporter Matthew Lee grilled State Department spokeswomen Jen Psaki over reports that Friday Secretary of State John Kerry claimed Israel would turn into “apartheid state” should the peace talks stop. Psaki refused to
On Sunday, the Daily Beast’s Josh Rogin reported that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned world leaders in a closed-door meeting Friday that Israel could become “an apartheid state” like South Africa if it could not reach a two-state
The Senate Education Committee voted 5-2 — the minimum number of votes needed — to advance a bill that would levy a 9.5% tax on oil pumped from the ground in California. The aim is to raise $2 billion annually
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will host Hillary Clinton at his institute’s annual Sedona Forum on Saturday. McCain hosted Vice President Joe Biden last year and will participate in a conversation with the potential 2016 presidential contender at the McCain Institute
Police have forked out £6m to guard the Ecuadorian embassy because WikiLeaks fugitive Julian Assange is hiding out there, reports the Daily Mail. The Metropolitan Police have been standing guard outside the embassy 24/7 since June 2012, at a cost
During her Friday press briefing, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki doubled down on a tweet from the night before proclaiming the world to be standing “#UnitedforUkraine.” The world stands #UnitedforUkraine. Let’s hope that the #Kremlin & @mfa_russia will live by
Secretary of State John Kerry brought his dog Ben to a State Department Take Your Child to Work Day event. During the event, Kerry surprised the audience by approaching the podium with his dog on a leash. The dog jumped
HOUSTON, TEXAS–Cartel hit man 35-year-old Arturo Gallegos Castrellon, also known as “Benny,” “51” and “Guero” of Mexico will spend life in U.S. prison for leading the assassinations of one U.S. Consulate employee, her husband, and a husband of another Consulate employee, according
The State Department pulled a pro-Ukraine video last night, shortly after they released it on YouTube due to a key error in the map of Ukraine. Ukrainian viewers quickly spotted the error, informing the State Department that the map was
Every reasonable supporter of America, Israel, or peace was up in arms Wednesday. Fatah, the negotiating party for the Palestinian people and governing body in the West Bank, reached a unity agreement with the terrorist organization Hamas that controls Gaza.
Thursday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was asked, “If you could change the outcome of any event that occurred while you were secretary of state, what would it be?” Clinton answered, “Oh, it would certainly be the attack on
On Thursday, Time released its list of “The 100 Most Influential People.” Each profile of an “influential person” was written by another famous person. Suffice it to say that mixed in with the meritorious are myriad culture-destroying celebrities, faux heroes,
Wednesday morning after CNN host John King played a video clip of State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki being unable to come up with any accomplishments of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the “New Day” panel could not contain their
