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Former MLB-er on deck to become a US ambassador

By BEN WALKER - Associated Press

Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican (Associated Press)

No more Obama nominees until White House relents on Benghazi: Graham

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The State Department headquarters is located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ukrainian crime rings exploit U.S. visa lottery

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

U.S. Army training photo by Spc. Cody A. Thompson, 40th Public Affairs Detachment.

U.S. military commandos fought in Benghazi

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A bus in Volgograd, Russia, was reduced to wreckage after a female passenger set off a bomb, killing six people and injuring about 30, officials said. The attack added to security fears ahead of the Winter Olympics in the southern Russian resort city of Sochi. (Associated Press Photographs)

Jihadist bus bombing raises tensions for Russia ahead of Olympics

By Marc Bennetts — Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2013, file photo Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pauses during a joint press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. American and NATO supply routes to Afghanistan are open in Pakistan. Controversial U.S. drone strikes are down. The U.S. and Pakistan recently announced the restart of their "strategic dialogue" after a long pause. And Sharif is traveling to Washington for talks and a meeting Wednesday, Oct. 23, with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

U.S. releases $1.6 billion aid package to Pakistan

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

WRIGHT: What difference does it make?

By Crystal Wright

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Azerbaijan deserves to be congratulated

** FILE ** Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators threaten cuts in Iraq aid over attacks on Iranian exiles

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Ali Nori Nadir, a Sunni Kurdish interpreter, said those who have aided U.S. troops in Iraq are captured and killed under unknown conditions, and the government blames "insurgents" or "al Qaeda." (Photograph provided by Ali Nori Nadir)

Iraqi interpreters feel frightened and ‘fooled’ as U.S. visa program ends

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces carry a wounded colleague out of the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, following the sound of explosions and gunfire. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

State Department issues new terror alert for Americans overseas

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses during his joint news conference with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, at the Rosenbad Building in Stockholm, Sweden. The president said international community and Congress credibility on the line on response to Syria. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House pulls back on Assad ouster talk

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was gutted in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack by Islamic extremists. (Associated Press)

State Department security still lacking a year after Benghazi: OIG report

By Stephen Dinan and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

PYLE: Keystone opponents cling to an empty symbol

By Thomas J. Pyle

** FILE ** Adm. Mike Mullen. (Associated Press)

Benghazi investigators gave Hillary Clinton heads-up on findings

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Protestors gather at the National Mall in Washington on Feb. 17, 2013, calling for President Obama to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, as well as act to limit carbon pollution from power plants and “move beyond” coal and natural gas. (Associated Press)

Keystone XL debate resurfaces, gets entangled in debt-ceiling battle

By Ben Wolfgang - 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)

TIMMERMAN: The real questions about Benghazi

By Kenneth R. Timmerman

Sean Smith

A year after Benghazi, where is the justice?

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Strike on Syria would bring Iran into the mix

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) Memorial Plaque Ceremony at the State Department in Washington on May 3, 2013, honoring the dedication of colleagues in the Foreign Service. Biden and Kerry paid tribute on Friday to Benghazi victims Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Ty Woods as well as Anne Smedinghoff, the young foreign service officer killed in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Unaccountable State

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES