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Hillary Clinton used personal email for State business, report says

By Jennifer Pompi - The Washington Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles during a keynote address at the Watermark Silicon Valley Conference for Women, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

White House dodges questions on Clinton Foundation donations

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Security officials are maintaining their presence at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. Al-Shabab released a video threat through Twitter on Friday saying it would conduct shooting attacks at seven shopping centers around the world. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Al-Shabab malls terrorist threat questionable to State Department

By Bill Gertz

President Barack Obama signs documents in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, designating Browns Canyon National Monument in Colorado, a 21,000-acre site along the Arkansas River popular for whitewater rafting a national monument. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama vetoes Keystone pipeline bill

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Saying "Iran will not get a nuclear weapon," Secretary of State John F. Kerry defended the Obama administration's negotiations with Iran. He testified that U.S. policy is to prevent such a scenario. (Associated Press)

John Kerry defends Obama Iran nuclear talks, fails to appease bipartisan critics

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Women in traditional Muslim dress take part in prayers outside the federal courthouse before a jury found 35-year-old Amina Farah Ali and 64-year-old Hawo Mohamed Hassan guilty on all counts Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, in Minneapolis of conspiring to funnel money to a terrorist group in Somalia. Prosecutors say the women, U.S. citizens of Somali descent, were part of a "deadly pipeline" that routed money and fighters from the U.S. to Somalia. (Associated Press)

Islamist terror groups target Minnesota Somali refugees drawn by state’s welfare programs

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

President Obama. (Associated Press)

Obama taps Rashad Hussain to combat Islamic State, al Qaeda recruiting, propaganda

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Policemen walk by a U.S. Embassy vehicle, in black at center, while patrolling at the parking lot of the Sanaa international airport in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Houthi rebels seized about 20 vehicles left by U.S. diplomats and Marines at Sanaa's airport, officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) **FILE **

U.S. embassy evacuation from Yemen left sensitive information exposed: emails

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, left, toasts with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Nov. 12 at a lunch banquet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China has become one of the world's largest two economies, and is wealthy enough to buy up at least $1.3 trillion of the U.S. debt. But that hasn't stopped Uncle Sam from continuing to send foreign aid to Beijing. (Associated Press)

Golden Hammer: U.S. sends China millions in foreign aid despite $1.3 trillion debt

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Sen. Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrat, questioned witnesses about sex trafficking and other abuses during a recent hearing on Cuba. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US pushing Cuba to improve record on human trafficking: State Dept

By Matt Hadro - Catholic News Agency

Policemen stand guard at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. The State Department has closed the U.S. Embassy in Yemen and evacuated its staff because of the political crisis and security concerns following the takeover of much of the country by Shiite rebels. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Ex-Marines angry over reports on guards’ weapons in Yemen embassy

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Yemeni demonstrators climb the gates of the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, during a protest against a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. Embassy in Yemen closing amid violence

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Denis Cuspert, formerly known as German hip-hop artist Deso Dogg, joined the Islamic State terrorist group in 2012. (YouTube)

Deso Dogg, former rap artist linked to Islamic State, branded as terrorist: State Dept.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this May 24, 2012 file photo, some of about 500 miles worth of coated steel pipe manufactured by Welspun Pipes, Inc., originally for the Keystone oil pipeline, is stored in Little Rock, Ark. In a move that disappointed environmental groups and cheered the oil industry, the Obama administration on Jan. 31, 2014, said it had no major environmental objections to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

EPA: Keystone XL’s climate impacts need to be revisited

By Dina Cappiello - Associated Press

LAST LINE OF DEFENSE: Afghan National Army forces are not ready to rebuff an expected Taliban offensive, on its own, once all American troops leave after 2016, according to reports from U.S. Green Berets. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

FRED GEDRICH: Afghanistan’s Taliban IS a terrorist organization

By Fred Gedrich

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

EDITORIAL: Hillary Clinton’s war in Libya

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Echoes of the past: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton recalled the Rwanda genocide in making her case for U.S. intervention in Libya. (Associated Press Photographs)

Hillary Clinton undercut on Libya war by Pentagon and Congress, secret tapes reveal

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro and Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Azerbaijan: America’s new ambassador to Azerbaijan: Robert F. Cekuta

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry sits beside Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria's former military ruler and opposition party All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate at the U.S. consulate house in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. In a rare high-level visit to Africa's most populous country, Mr. Kerry on Sunday urged Nigeria's leading presidential candidates to refrain from fomenting violence after next month's vote, and he condemned savage attacks by Boko Haram, an al Qaeda-linked insurgency. (AP Photo/Akintunde Akinleye, Pool)

FRANK GAFFNEY: Diplomatic meddling can push Nigeria over the brink