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State Department overpays nonprofit $1.6m for humanitarian aid in Somalia

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

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Golden Hammer: Medical supply prices for Somalia aid group costs State Department $1.6 million more

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking at the Massachusetts Conference for Women in Boston in this Dec. 4, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Hillary Clinton declines to take position on Keystone

By Ken Thomas - Associated Press

General William Donovan works in the OSS headquarters offices during World War II. (OSS Society)

Saved from the wrecking ball? New plans for OSS HQ, historic home to the nation’s top spies

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

House Select Committee on Benghazi chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, South Carolina Republican, will begin hearing testimony again next week as part of his continued investigation into the 2012 attacks that killed four Americans. (Associated Press)

Benghazi committee meets with State, DOJ behind closed doors

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this April 14, 2014 photo provided by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York, five kilograms of heroin found between a mattress and box spring of a bed in a New York City apartment is shown during a raid by Drug Enforcement Administration agents. Three men were arrested in the major drug bust that recovered more than $12 million in heroin and $500,000 in crystal meth from inside hidden compartments within two New York City apartments. (AP Photo/Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York)

Drug agent in Mexico faces federal fraud, false statement charges

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - This undated file photo shows the main gate of the Auschwitz death camp complex in occupied-Poland. The writing over the gate reads 'Arbeit Macht Frei' (Work Sets You Free). An Associated Press investigation found dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals and SS guards collected millions of dollars in Social Security payments after being forced out of the United States. (AP Photo, File)

Congress approves belated payment to preserve Auschwitz concentration camp

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Members of the Ladies in White, a Cuban dissident group, participate in a demonstration Sunday in Havana. Cuban authorities have reportedly detained overnight dozens of pro-democracy and free speech activists this week, including at least three members of the nation's political opposition ahead of a planned protest art performance in Havana. (Associated Press)

Cuba crackdown on political dissidents tests Obama diplomatic outreach

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Rep. Trey Gowdy, South Carolina Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trey Gowdy, chair of Benghazi probe, vows to keep investigating security lapses

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

interpreter: U.S. Army Sgt. Skyler Rosenberry of Pennsylvania (left) and an interpreter speak to an Afghan man in a village in Afghanistan. U.S. visas are often awarded to Afghan translators in gratitude for their help in anti-Taliban efforts. (Associated Press)

Visas set for 4,000 Afghan interpreters who helped U.S., but many left behind

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Jason Rezaian, an Iranian-American correspondent for The Washington Post, has been detained and unspecified charges have been leveled against him by Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

John Kerry condemns Iran detention of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Security breach eyed at US embassy in Yemen

Associated Press

Joe Abbey, Arxan Technologies' director of software engineering, displays on his computer how he hacked into a phone app during a demonstration at the Black Hat USA 2014 cyber security conference Aug. 6 in Las Vegas. Federal systems grow more susceptible to attack as the government's online offerings expand to user-friendly websites and apps, experts say. (Associated Press)

Cybersecurity lapses leave U.S. government agencies vulnerable to hackers, reports show

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

The re-election bid of Sen. Mary Landrieu, Louisiana Democrat, is likely doomed after Senate Democrats filibustered the Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday. Ms. Landrieu was already struggling to unify her party and eat into Republican support, and the pipeline, which she set up as a test of her leadership, backfired. (Associated Press)

Keystone XL pipeline: Senate Democrats filibuster, stiff Mary Landrieu for green lobby

By Stephen Dinan and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Last week in Geneva, Tom Malinowski, assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, told the U.N. Committee Against Torture: "A little more than 10 years ago, our government was employing interrogation methods that, as President Obama has said, any fair-minded person would believe were torture." (AP Photo/U.S. State Department)

MICHAEL HAYDEN: State Department gives U.N. panel tools for CIA’s fall

By Mike Hayden

In this June 16, 2013 file photo, Internet users browse their Facebook website by the free wifi internet service in an underground station in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

State Department cyber attack prompts shutdown of email system

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

An Afghan farmer works on a poppy field in the Khogyani district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul. Last May's harvest produced a staggering 6,000 tons of opium, 49 percent higher than the previous year and more than the combined output of the rest of the world, according to a report issued Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Audit: State Dept. fails to track billions of U.S. dollars in Afghan anti-drug efforts

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In a July 24, 2014 photo, an Enbridge crude oil pipeline is exposed by erosion where it crosses the Tamarac River in northwestern Minnesota. Three of the seven lines that cross the river are exposed. Floodwater has eroded soil that once buried the pipelines several feet below ground. (AP Photo/MPR News, Dan Gunderson)

Activist groups sue over US-Canada border pipeline

Associated Press

In this file photo, then-Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman is shown at a Senate hearing on Feb. 4, 2014. Ms. Sherman is President Biden's nominee for Deputy Secretary of State. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) **FILE**

With Iran deadline looming, Obama’s top negotiator tapped for new post

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

GOLDEN HAMMER: Millions misspent on AIDS relief in Africa, audit finds

By Drew Johnson - The Washington Times