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Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican (Associated Press)

4 sent back to work after missteps on Benghazi

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Egyptian police soldiers stand outside of their vehicle in Cairo on Tuesday. Egypt on Tuesday announced the arrest of the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, dealing a serious blow to the Islamist group at a time when it is struggling to keep up its street protests against the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi in the face of a harsh crackdown. (Associated Press photographs)

Analysts see influence of U.S. waning in Egypt

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Iranian workers continue operations at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, although the Natanz enrichment nuclear plant was not fed uranium on Nov. 16. Iran's nuclear chief said Tuesday that a malicious computer worm known as Stuxnet has not harmed the country's atomic program and accused the West of trying to sabotage it. Iran earlier confirmed that Stuxnet infected several personal laptops belonging to employees at Bushehr but that plant systems were not affected. (International Iran Photo Agency via Associated Press)

In classified cyberwar against Iran, trail of Stuxnet leak leads to White House

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

PRICE: U.S. Embassies — the first line of defense

By John Price

**FILE** Megyn Kelly of Fox News (Associated Press/Fox News, Alex Kroke)

The Wrap: From an ‘angel’ priest at a car crash to the Fox News shakeup, the week that was

The Washington Times

Army 1st Lt. Christian Gehrels relies on his interpreter to communicate with Afghans. After Lt. Gehrels and other U.S. troops are gone by the end of next year, Afghans assisting the coalition will be left with little protection. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Abandoning friends

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A policeman walks as he secures the Sanaa International Airport, in Yemen, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013. The State Department on Tuesday ordered non-essential personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen to leave the country. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

State Dept. on Yemen evacuation: It’s not an ‘evacuation,’ it’s a ‘reduction in staffing’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Mark Weber

UPTON: Unlocking the power of Keystone

By Fred Upton

**FILE** A Yemeni police officer (front), loyal to Yemen's ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh, takes part along with fellow Republican Guard troops during a demonstration demanding their reward, while armored vehicles patrol around the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, on Aug. 2, 2013. A military official said clashes erupted in the Yemeni capital when a group of soldiers who had joined a mutiny tried to storm the presidential palace. (Associated Press)

Air Force flies embassy staffers from Yemen amid terror threats

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

A Yemeni soldier stops a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa on Sunday. (Associated Press)

U.S. State Department tells embassy workers in Yemen: Go home

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Ed Royce, California Republican (Associated Press)

ROYCE: Al Qaeda’s threat to U.S. embassies is real

By Rep. Edward R. Royce

San Francisco on high alert after State Dept. terror advisory

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A Yemeni soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a "significant threat'' of an al Qaeda attack. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Congressional leaders agree on drastic response to al Qaeda terrorist threat

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Army 1st Lt. Christian Gehrels relies on his interpreter to communicate with Afghans. After Lt. Gehrels and other U.S. troops are gone by the end of next year, Afghans assisting the coalition will be left with little protection. (Associated Press)

Tied up for years in U.S. red tape, Afghan aides are Taliban targets

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Bangladeshi police stop a motorist for checking in front of the U.S. Embassy building that remained closed due to security threat in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Tighter security at some U.S. missions over al Qaeda

By Ahmed Al-Haj and Karin Laub - Associated Press

Department of Homeland Security police officers keep an eye on planes at Los Angeles International Airport. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Al Qaeda haunts August as State Dept. issues worldwide travel alert, closes embassies

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, discusses a plan July 24, 2013, on Capitol Hill to move mail to cluster box and curbside delivery in a move to cut costs at the cash-strapped Postal Service by up to $4.5 billion a year. With the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in annual losses, the tradition of mail delivery to the door could be virtually phased out by 2022 under a proposal in Congress. At left is the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland. (Associated Press)

House issues subpoenas to get Benghazi documents from State Department

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Ambassador Gary Doer of Canada
(Associated Press)

Embassy Row: Disputing Obama

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

LIPIEN: Losing the information war

By Ted Lipien

"We have resources, oil, gas. Surprisingly there is only one American company engaged in gas exploration,” said Liberata Mulamula, Tanzanian ambassador. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

Tanzanian ambassador urges American companies to compete for USA contracts

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times