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** FILE ** This April 29, 2014, file photo shows House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner says he'll establish select House committee to investigate Benghazi attack. (AP Photo, File)

House Speaker John Boehner says special committee needed to investigate Benghazi

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to members of the media at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, during his meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy. (AP Photo)

Boehner: Kerry must answer for concealing key Benghazi email

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** Libyan civilians celebrate the raiding of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades compound in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 21, 2012, after hundreds of Libyans, military and police raided the Brigades base. (Associated Press)

General: White House should have known Benghazi was terrorist attack

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a man walking in the rubble of the damaged U.S. consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. A retired general who was in the U.S. military’s operation center during the 2012 attack on the diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, said Thursday that Washington should have done more to respond during the battle. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

General’s opinion on Benghazi draws a rebuke

By DEB RIECHMANN and DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

** FILE ** This March 26, 2014, file photo shows House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House GOP: Obama withholding Benghazi email is ‘criminal’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A convoy of vehicles and fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant travels in Iraq's Anbar province. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Al Qaeda core degraded, but ‘more aggressive’ affiliates still pose threat to U.S.

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Israeli push for visa-free travel to US faces test

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Dec. 4, 2013, file photo, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

List Hillary Clinton’s successes? State Dept. spokeswoman flubs answer

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This undated image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The nearly five-year effort to free the only American soldier held captive in Afghanistan is scattered among numerous federal agencies with a loosely organized group of people working on it mostly part time, according to two members of Congress and military officials involved in the effort. An ever-shrinking U.S. military presence in Afghanistan has re-focused attention on efforts to bring home Bergdahl, who has been held by the Taliban since June 30, 2009. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

AP sources: Work to free US soldier disorganized

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Wage stagnation and rising income inequality — two features of the current recovery that have puzzled both policymakers and analysts — may reflect not economic factors, but a vast change over the decades in the structure of the American family, in particular the decline in the number of married-parent families, according to a new study. (Associated Press)

Government watchdog mismanages its own funds

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, during a press conference following the announcement of an agreement between the two rival Palestinian groups, Hamas and Fatah, at Haniyeh's residence in Shati Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Hamas and Fatah made a new attempt Wednesday to overcome the Palestinians' political split, saying they would seek to form an interim unity government within five weeks, followed by general elections by December at the earliest. It was not clear how the new attempt announced Wednesday would succeed where previous ones failed, since the fundamental difficulties remain in place. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Rival Palestinian’s unity deal a blow to struggling Mideast peace process

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry announces the launch of second Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review during a speech at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kerry accuses Moscow of fomenting Ukraine unrest

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, April 21, 2014. Carney was asked about the tensions between Ukraine and Russia and the recent attacks in Yemen. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House denies role in latest Keystone delay

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Red-state Democrats blast latest Keystone delay

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., reacts to supporters as she campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., at an American Federation of Teachers Union rally in Cincinnati Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)

USAID documents cite Hillary Clinton in chaos of Afghan aid

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This May 24, 2012, file photo shows some of about 500 miles worth of coated steel pipe manufactured by Welspun Pipes, Inc., originally for the Keystone oil pipeline, stored in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Delay won’t quell 2014 wrangling over Keystone XL

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

This May 24, 2012, file photo shows some of about 500 miles worth of coated steel pipe manufactured by Welspun Pipes, Inc., originally for the Keystone oil pipeline, stored in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

US puts off decision on Keystone XL pipeline

By JOSH LEDERMAN and DINA CAPPIELLO - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 11, 2013 photo, a sign reading "Stop the Transcanada Pipeline" stands in a field near Bradshaw, Neb., along the Keystone XL pipeline route through the state. A Nebraska district court struck down a law that allowed the Keystone XL oil pipeline to proceed through the state, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. The law could have been used to force landowners to allow the pipeline on their property. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Keystone XL pipeline still on hold after State Dept. decision

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

An US F16 fighter jet takes off from a Romanian air base in Campia Turzii, Romania, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Some 450 U.S. and Romanian troops are taking part in the Dacian Viper 2014 joint military exercise in Transylvania, northwestern Romania flying U.S. F-16 fighter jets of the U.S. 31st Fighter Wing alongside Romanian Mig-21 Lancers.The weeklong exercise, the fourth of its kind, was planned before Russia&#8217;s recent annexation of Crimea, according to officials.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Flying blind: Russia blocks U.S. from treaty-approved spy flights

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon