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GORDON: The next Benghazi

By J.D. Gordon - The Washington Times

Illustration: Terrorist threat by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

HOWARD: Debunking Obama’s terrorist narrative

By Russell D. Howard

** FILE ** Libyan military guards check one of the burned-out buildings at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2012, during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif to express sympathy for the death of J. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, and his colleagues in the Sept. 11 attack on the consulate. (Associated Press)

U.S. officials counter reports on Benghazi attacks

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Illustration Libya Deaths by John Camejo for The Washington Times

GEDRICH: What we can learn from Obama’s Benghazi failure

By Fred Gedrich - The Washington Times

Illustration Army Men by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

MCCAIN, GRAHAM, AYOTTE AND JOHNSON: Five unanswered questions about Benghazi attack

By Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte and Ron Johnson

Burnt out school block following a gun battle and explosions by the Boko Haram sect in Potiskum, Nigeria, Saturday, Oct. 20 , 2012. A Chinese construction worker has been killed in a besieged city in Nigeria's northeast, an official said, exacerbating security concerns for foreign workers in Nigeria's violence-wracked northeast. (AP Photo/Adamu Adamu)

In Africa, an Islamist convergence seen as a threat

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Syrian security forces are seen in June where a car bomb exploded near the Shiite shrine of Sayyida Zainab in a Damascus suburb. Iraqi Shiites fear targeting of their sect and holy sites if Bashar Assad falls. (Associated Press)

Iraqi Shiites dread fall of Assad

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra And Adam Schreck - Associated Press

Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci, centre, greets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton upon her arrival at Houari Boumediene Airport, in Algiers, Algeria, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Clinton is on a five-day trip overseas to increase pressure on Mali's al-Qaeda-linked rebels and help Balkan nations end long-simmering ethnic and political disagreements. (AP Photo, Saul Loeb, Pool)

Clinton: U.S. wants Algeria to play key role in Mali intervention

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** Libyans walk Sept. 12, 2012, on the grounds of the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. (Associated Press)

Libyan witnesses recount organized Benghazi attack

By Maggie Michael and Paul Schemm - Associated Press

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is seen here in a still image from a web posting by the terrorist group's media arm, as-Sahab, on July 27, 2011. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda leader urges kidnapping of Westerners

Associated Press

** FILE ** In this June 14, 2012, file photo, U.N. observers inspect the prayer hall of the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, which was damaged after a car bomb exploded near the shrine, in a suburb of Damascus, Syria. Iraqi Shiites increasingly fear the Muslim sect and its holy sites could be targeted in Syria, and Iranian-linked militants loyal to the faction are girding for a new eruption of retaliatory sectarian fighting, according to Iraqi Shiite leaders and government officials. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)

Iraqi Shiites brace for violence amid Syria fears

By Adam Schreck and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

A Free Syrian Army fighter watches over an enemy position Wednesday as rebels belonging to the Liwa Al Tawhid group fight at the Moaskar front line in the Karmal Jabl neighborhood in Aleppo. The protracted Syrian war is spilling into other countries. (Associated Press)

Syrian war boils over onto U.S. allies; outside jihadists rush in

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Illustration Obama's Libya by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

KUHNER: Obama knew

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama answer a question during the third presidential debate at Lynn University. (AP Photo/Pool-Win McNamee)

TILFORD: Obama debate condescension poor mask for cowardice

By Earl Tilford

Marine Gen. John Allen, the top commander of international forces in Afghanistan, says al Qaeda has re-emerged. He says it doesn’t need a large presence to be influential. (The Associated Press)

Al Qaeda tries Afghan comeback; U.S. commanders worried

By Robert Burns and Deb Riechmann - The Washington Times

Illustration Libya by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

NAPOLITANO: Presidential debate silence on Libya

By Andrew P. Napolitano

**FILE** A Libyan man investigates the inside of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, two days earlier. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

GOP on attack over new Benghazi emails

By Guy Taylor and Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Illustration Obama and Romney in the Ring by John Camejo for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Obama’s last rhetorical swing

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama answer a question during the third presidential debate at Lynn University. (AP Photo/Pool-Win McNamee)

Foreign-policy fencing is Romney pivot point

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times