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"The State Department has not lived up to the administration's broad and unambiguous promises of cooperation with Congress." — House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican. (Associated Press)

House investigator subpoenas all communications on Benghazi ‘talking points’

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

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

GOP subpoenas Benghazi ‘talking points’ documents

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Drug tests ordered for State Department contractors in Israel, Afghanistan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Benghazi victims could be alive today

The Washington Times

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NAPOLITANO: Tyranny just around the corner

By Andrew P. Napolitano

** FILE ** Thomas R. Pickering (Associated Press)

Pickering complies with House request for Benghazi interview

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)

House panel urges Obama to expand sanctions on Iran

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** Libyans watch a Sept. 21, 2012, protest in Benghazi, Libya, against Ansar al-Shariah Brigades and other Islamic militias. (Associated Press)

Obama takes security measures, but Benghazi questions still loom

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama speaks on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Mr. Obama announced the resignation of Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

LAMBRO: Setting the scandal tone at the top

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

Hillary Clinton (The Washington Times/File)

Benghazi: The anatomy of a scandal; how the story of a U.S. tragedy unfolded — and then fell apart

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

An email from then-CIA Director David Petraeus is among the 99 pages of emails regarding Benghazi released by the White House on May 15, 2013. Petraeus objected to the final talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. The White House released 99 pages of emails and a single page of hand-written notes made by Petraeus' deputy, Mike Morell, after a meeting at the White House the day before Rice's appearance. (Associated Press)

Dems rally behind White House on Benghazi

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

** FILE ** Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican, is House Oversight Committee chairman. (Associated Press)

Benghazi talking points carefully trimmed; possible terror links scrubbed

By Shaun Waterman and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

GOLDBERG: Benghazi’s smoking guns

By Jonah Goldberg

**FILE** Afghan President Hamid Karzai (left) and Sen. John Kerry (The Washington Times)

Easy pickings: Afghans wrongly taxed U.S. construction projects by $1 billion, audit finds

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Benghazi nonresponse is impeachable offense

The Washington Times

** FILE ** Thomas Pickering (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

GOP seeks more information on Benghazi from accountability investigators

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

White House spokesman Carney faces his toughest challenge yet

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama focuses his gaze on a reporter as he responds to question regarding the criticism of UN Ambassador Susan Rice and the Benghazi, Libya attacks, during a press conference in the East Room at The White House in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

KUHNER: Obama’s power outage

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times

White House spokesman Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on May, 10, 2013. (Associated Press)

Carney faces torrent of questions on Benghazi

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Vice Chairman Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat, speaks as State Department officials Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Mark Thompson, Foreign Service Officer and Gregory Hicks, senior diplomat in Libya, and Eric Nordstrom, Diplomatic Security Officer and former Regional Security Officer in Libya, testify before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, on Capitol Hill on May 8, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Defensive Dems reject Benghazi ‘misperceptions’

By Shaun Waterman and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times