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In this Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, file photo, Iranian female demonstrators burn a representation of U.S. flag, and a caricature of President Barack Obama, in an annual state-backed rally in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, commemorating 33rd anniversary of the embassy takeover by militant students. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Group run by al Qaeda terrorist invited to brief Dems on drone policy

By Alana Goodman - Washington Free Beacon

Displaced people who fled from recent fighting in Bor queue outside a clinic run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) set up in a school building in the town of Awerial, South Sudan Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The international Red Cross said Wednesday that the road from Bor to the nearby Awerial area "is lined with thousands of people" waiting for boats so they could cross the Nile River and that the gathering of displaced is "is the largest single identified concentration of displaced people in the country so far". (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

U.S. orders staff evacuation from embassy in South Sudan

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2009. (Associated Press)

Marines evacuate more than 20 personnel from U.S. Embassy in South Sudan

Associated Press

The New York Times building (Wikimedia Commons)

TIMMERMAN: Why is the NY Times preparing the way for Hillary’s run?

By Kenneth R. Timmerman

State Dept. whistle-blower has email account hacked

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Intel community: NY Times wrong, al Qaeda links in Benghazi are clear

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A person dressed as a polar bear and others demonstrate against the Keystone Pipeline as President Barack Obama and the first family attend the Oregon State University versus University of Akron college basketball game at the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. Michelle Obama's bother, Craig Robinson, is the coach for Oregon State. The first family is in Hawaii for their annual holiday vacation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama may be able to avoid environmental debate, Keystone pipeline decision

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This Nov. 11, 2009, file photo shows then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walking with a then-Deputy Chief of Staff Jake Sullivan in Singapore. Last summer, Sullivan was traveling with his boss, Hillary Rodham Clinton, when he suddenly disappeared during a stop in Paris. He showed up again a few days later, rejoining Clinton's traveling contingent in Mongolia. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Vanishing adviser reappears as Iran policy player

By Julie Pace - Associated Press

** FILE ** Syria has become a focal point for the State Department in the war on terrorism as al Qaeda-linked groups operating there — specifically the al-Nusrah Front — have expansionist aspirations. (Aleppo Media Center AMC via Associated Press)

State Department adds two to terrorist list, notes al Qaeda splits

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Syrian government solider aims his weapon during clashes with Free Syrian Army fighters (not pictured) in the ancient, predominantly Christian village of Maaloula, Syria, northeast of the capital, Damascus, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Heavy fighting flared as government troops tried to flush out rebel units, including two that are linked to al Qaeda, from the hilltop enclave that they broke into last week. (AP Photo/SANA)

U.S. adds al Qaeda-linked Lebanon militant leader to global terrorist list

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

While the Senate debates the bipartisan budget plan, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a longtime deficit hawk, outlines his annual &#8220;Wastebook,&#8221; which points a critical finger at billions of dollars in questionable government spending, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Gov’t wasted $30 billion on ‘pillownauts,’ crystal goblets — buying human urine!

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, is greeted by Deputy Defense Minister Salman bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, right, after he arriving at Riyadh Air Base on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Secretary Hagel made a brief stop in Saudi Arabia to meet with military officials and the Crown Prince. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)

U.S. downplays Saudi prince’s criticism of Obama’s Middle East policies

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Embassy Row: India ‘shocked,’ ‘appalled’ by consular officer’s arrest

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

SHROUDED: Nearly a year after the remains of the four Americans were repatriated, little is known about the Benghazi terrorist attack that killed them. Survivors have said little publicly, "talking points" have proved false and the White House has called it a "phony scandal." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

‘Stand down’: CIA Benghazi team clash led to controversial order

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

This undated handout photo provided by the family of Robert Levinson after they received it in April 2011, shows retired-FBI agent Robert Levinson. In March 2007, Levinson flew to Kish Island, an Iranian resort awash with tourists, smuggler and organized crime figures. Days later after a meeting with an admitted killer, he vanished. For years the U.S. has publicly described him as a private citizen who was traveling on private business. However, an Associated Press investigation reveals that Levinson was working for the CIA. (AP Photo/Levinson Family)

American missing in Iran was CIA operative who went rogue

By Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo - Associated Press

A solider stands guard near a military aircraft in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel traveled to Kandahar Air Base to speak with U.S. troops and thank them for being deployed for the holidays. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)

Administration can’t answer basic queries costs of war in Afghanistan

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times