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FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2014 file photo, a taxi passes in front of the fabled Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. The State Department will abandon decades of tradition at the annual UN General Assembly this fall by setting up shop in a hotel other than New York’s famed Waldorf-Astoria, which was purchased last year by a Chinese company. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

State Dept to Bail on Chinese-Owned Waldorf Astoria

By Joseph Curl - The Washington Times

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a press conference on the second anniversary of his election, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 13, 2015. Rouhani said a final nuclear deal is "within reach" as Iran and world powers face a June 30 deadline for an agreement. Rouhani said Iran will allow inspections of its nuclear facilities but vowed that the Islamic republic won't allow its state "secrets" to be jeopardized under the cover of international inspections. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

SEN. TED CRUZ: State Dept. must release the Iran human rights report now

By Ted Cruz

Because Hillary Rodham Clinton used a private email server rather than the government's, she decided what emails were "official" communications that she would turn them over to the State Department. She has since scrubbed the server clean. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi emails withheld from House investigators

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Army Lt. Col. Jason Amerine testified to Congress last week about retaliation against whistleblowers. (Associated Press)

Jason Amerine, Green Beret aiming to free U.S. hostages, caught in FBI web

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this undated file image posted by the Raqqa Media Center, a Syrian opposition group, on Monday, June 30, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, fighters from the Islamic State group sit on a tank during a parade in Raqqa, Syria. The Islamic State group is often described as the most fearsome jihadi outfit of all: a global menace outweighing al-Qaida, with armies trembling before its advance. But while the group has been successful at seizing parts of Iraq and Syria, it is no unstoppable juggernaut. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center, File)

Islamic State winning the social media war, State Dept. says: ‘We must do a better job’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, miles of pipe for the stalled Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline are stacked in a field near Ripley, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

DREW JOHNSON: Criticism of Keystone pipeline proving baseless, embarrassing

By Drew Johnson

Malaysian police forensic team members inspect a freshly exhumed human body from an unmarked grave in Wang Burma at the Malaysia-Thailand border outside Wang Kelian, Malaysia Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Malaysian authorities have found one corpse as they started digging for bodies at an abandoned jungle camp used by human traffickers on the border with Thailand. The discovery came as forensics teams began the grim task of exhuming nearly 140 suspected graves in the mountainous area where trafficking syndicates were known to hold migrants for ransom. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

REP. MARK MEADOWS: TPA shouldn’t reward human rights violators

By Rep. Mark Meadows

In this Nov. 3, 2014, file photo, Menachem Zivotofsky and his father Ari Zivotofsky speaks to media outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court has struck down a disputed law that would have allowed Americans born in Jerusalem to list their birthplace as Israel on their U.S. passports. It's an important ruling that underscores the president's authority in foreign affairs. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Supreme Court sides with Obama in Jerusalem passport clash

By Brennan Weiss - The Washington Times

Lame Negotiations with Iran Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

JED BABBIN: Obama, John Kerry poor Iran deal negotiators

By Jed Babbin

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agent peers out of the open door of a helicopter during a patrol flight near the Texas-Mexico border. (AP Photo)

Jason Chaffetz, Blake Farenthold assess Mexico border security after drug cartel attack on border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

White House aide Sidney Blumenthal, shown in this video image, says during his Feb. 3, 1999, deposition that President Clinton lied to him. The videotape was part of House Manager Rep. James Rogan's, D-Calif., presentation in the Senate impeachment trial of President Clinton, Saturday, Feb. 6, 1999, in Washington. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Sidney Blumenthal, former Bill Clinton aide, set to testify before Benghazi panel

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 1, 2008, file photo, then-President-elect Barack Obama, left, stands with then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., after announcing that she is his choice as Secretary of State during a news conference in Chicago. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama admin mum on report of Sweden-Clinton Foundation connection

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Manned by a single career diplomat and three contractors inside State Department headquarters in Washington, the "Virtual U.S. Embassy Tehran" effort has grown since its 2011 inception to include multiple blogs, Instagram, Google Plus and Twitter accounts, as well as the Farsi-language Facebook page. (Facebook)

‘Virtual U.S. Embassy Tehran’ helps U.S. connect with Iranians on Facebook

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

House GOP moves to punish State Dept. over Benghazi delays

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

$U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is carried out of a medical helicopter to board a US military C-17 transport aircraft, at Geneva Airport, Switzerland, Monday, June 1, 2015. Kerry, 71, fractured his right femur Sunday when he struck a curb with his bicycle and fell on a regular Tour de France route near Geneva. He has been receiving treatment at Geneva's main medical center, HUG. Kerry's orthopedic surgeon will accompany him on the flight from Geneva to the United States for treatment of Kerry's broken leg, the State Department said Monday. (Jean- Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)$

John Kerry’s injury casts pall over Iran nuclear negotiations

By Dave Boyer and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The U.S. State Department confirmed May 29, 2015 with CNN that Islamic State fighter Gulmurod Khalimov was trained in the United State three times for counterterrorism instruction. (Image: CNN screenshot) ** FILE **

Islamic State fighter trained by State Department: ‘We will come to your homes and we will kill you’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during the groundbreaking ceremony for the U.S. Diplomacy Center, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, at the State Department in Washington. Kerry hosted five of his predecessors in a rare public reunion for the groundbreaking of a museum commemorating the achievements of American statesmanship. (Associated Press) **FILE**

John Kerry sued over Clinton emails; ‘coverup’ alleged

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2013 file photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the State Department in Washington. On Friday, the State Department posted 296 Benghazi-related emails from Hillary Clinton's private server. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Judge rejects State Dept. plan for Hillary Clinton emails, sets timetable for release

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2013 file photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the State Department in Washington. On Friday, the State Department posted 296 Benghazi-related emails from Hillary Clinton's private server. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

EDITORIAL: Hillary Clinton must turn over server

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2013 file photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the State Department in Washington. The State Department will release the first batch of emails from Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state Friday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Hillary Clinton emails: State proposes release that could stretch into 2016

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times