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**FILE** House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013. (Associated Press)

Rep. Darrell Issa issues Benghazi subpoenas to State Department, calls delay ‘irresponsible’

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama speaks about speech about climate change at Georgetown University in Washington on June 25, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obama gives himself an out on Keystone

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Secretary of State John Kerry talks to reporters during a joint news conference with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo following their meeting at the State Department in Washington on April 30, 2013. (Associated Press)

State secrets: Kerry’s department downplays Iran’s role in Latin America; likely to anger Congress

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** Secretary of State John F. Kerry (Associated Press)

‘Atmosphere of secrecy’ pervades State Dept. office, audit finds

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (left) shakes hands with U.S. Marines based in Baghdad during his visit to the U.S. Embassy in the Iraqi capital on Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

Sensitive security vetting at U.S. Embassy in Iraq is turned over to troubled State Department

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stands aside Cheryl Mills, her chief of staff. (credit: State Department photo)

Clinton confidante at center of Benghazi damage-control tied to probe of suspected diplomat crimes

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Ed Royce, California Republican, questions Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 23, 2013, about the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Republican, listens at left. (Associated Press)

Rep. Ed Royce demands inspector general’s documents on suspected State Department cover-up

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** Hillary Rodham Clinton (Associated Press)

Damage control: Hillary Clinton loyalists suspected of criminal cover-ups for diplomats

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

According to the likely 2016 presidential matchups in a Public Policy Polling survey released Wednesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton leads among Democrats with 63 percent of the votes, well ahead of Vice President Joseph R. Biden at 13 percent and a couple of other Democrats in single digits.

State Department: No cover-up for diplomats

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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

Sex scandals, covered-up crimes hit at State Department: memo

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A Turkish protester waves a national flag with a poster of the nation's founder, Kemal Ataturk, as thousands of trade union members take part in a two-day march to Kizilay Square, the main city center in Ankara. (Associated Press)

Obama administration takes a step back after Kerry’s Turkey comments

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Internal probe finds U.S. embassy in Beirut insecure, lacks terror training

By Sara Carter - Washington Guardian

** FILE ** U.S. envoy J. Christopher Stevens attends meetings on April 11, 2011, at the Tibesty Hotel in Benghazi, Libya, where an African Union delegation was meeting with Libyan opposition leaders. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda weapons expert: U.S. ambassador to Libya killed by lethal injection

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

This citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Qusair-based activist Hadi Abdullah (right) walking on a street hit by the shelling of Hezbolllah Lebanese Shiite group and the Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanon border, Homs province, Syria, on May 31, 2013. Syrian troops attacked a convoy trying to evacuate the wounded from a central town near the border with Lebanon, killing many people, as rebel reinforcements infiltrated the besieged area to fight government forces backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, activists said. (Associated Press)

Iran may be on invite list for Syria conference

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Vidal-Quadras

Embassy Row: ‘Excuse for attack’

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama talks about national security on Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. (Associated Press)

Feds say Iran’s support for terrorism growing

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Waliur Rehman (center), the Pakistani Taliban's No. 2 leader, talks with The Associated Press during an interview in Shawal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border in Pakistan on July 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)

Pakistan: Drone strike kills key Taliban terrorist

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** Secretary of State John F. Kerry (Associated Press)

House presses Kerry for post-Benghazi disciplinary details

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Embassy workers shot in Venezuela strip club brawl

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times