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** FILE ** House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, delivers his opening statement Oct. 10, 2012, on Capitol Hill during the committee's hearing on the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that resulted in the death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. (Associated Press)

White House denies any Benghazi muzzling; hearings planned to probe cover-up

By Shaun Waterman and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A Libyan man checks out the interior of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after the attack. (Associated Press)

Republicans cite attacks in Benghazi, Boston as Obama security failures

By Guy Taylor - 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 Department downplays reports of Benghazi bullying

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Obama pauses as he answers questions during his new conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on April 30, 2013. (Associated Press)

Obama ‘not familiar’ with intimidation of Benghazi whistleblowers

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Video posted by Boko Haram sympathizers shows the leader of the radical Islamist sect, Imam Abubakar Shekau. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material.

For Boko Haram, U.S. tries to handle with care; Nigerian Islamists tied to al Qaeda

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Royce

Embassy Row: The Seventh Floor

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens to a reporter's question during a joint news conference with Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague, not seen, following their meeting in central London, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. This is the first overseas trip for the U.S. Secretary of State in his new role. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, pool)

Family of former Marine in Iranian custody to John Kerry: Help our son

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Hillary Clinton (The Washington Times/File)

Benghazi investigators demand cable signed by Clinton; White House balks

By Susan Crabtree and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, accompanied by President Obama, meets Sept. 12, 2012, with State Department personnel in the courtyard of the State Department building in Washington after the president spoke at the White House concerning the recent deaths of Americans in Libya. (Associated Press)

Obama, Clinton blew Benghazi response, Republican report

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Gary Doer

Embassy Row: Pipeline and protests

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Work has begun on the Keystone XL pipeline near Winona, Texas, but whether it will ever carry oil sands from central Canada to Gulf Coast refineries awaits a decision by President Obama. (Tyler [Texas] Morning Telegraph via Associated Press)

EPA takes on State Department over Keystone pipeline

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** A person opposing the Keystone XL pipeline holds up photographs of an oil spill during the U.S. State Department's sole public hearing in Grand Island, Neb., on April 18, 2013, to allow citizens to make their views known on the $7.6 billion Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline. (Associated Press)

Greens: Massive civil disobedience if Obama OKs Keystone pipeline

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks April 19, 2013, at the State Department in Washington, where he released the 2012 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, commonly known as the Human Rights Reports, cover the status of human rights in countries around the world. (Associated Press)

U.S. human rights report cites Iran, Venezuela, Russia

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Smedinghoff

State Department story changes days after another attack

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by Tom Smedinghoff, shows Anne Smedinghoff. Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was killed Saturday, April 6, 2013 in southern Afghanistan , the first American diplomat to die on the job since last year's attack on the U.S. diplomatic installation in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Tom Smedinghoff)

Shades of Benghazi: State Department changes story on Afghanistan blast that killed diplomat

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

A Chinese health worker takes excrement samples from a chicken at a closed poultry market in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province on Saturday, April 6, 2013. Health officials believe humans are contracting the H7N9 bird flu virus through direct contact with infected fowl and say there's no evidence the virus is spreading easily between people. (AP Photo)

American flu: Chinese colonel says bird flu is really U.S. biological weapon

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

** FILE ** The commander of a tribal militia, Maulvi Faqir Mohammed center, flanked by his bodyguards, speaks to journalists at Wana, the main town of Pakistan's tribal region of South Waziristan, along the Afghan border. (Associated Press)

U.S. puts out new terror warning for travelers in Pakistan

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Carry teams move transfer cases of the remains of the four Americans killed in Benghazi, Libya, from a transport plane during a ceremony Sept. 14, 2012, at Andrews Air Force Base, marking the start of congressional and State Department inquiries into the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. (Associated Press)

Military retirees press Benghazi probe; 700 seek ‘full accounting’

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama talks with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and Miguel Rodriguez, Director of Legislative Affairs, in the Oval Office, Feb. 25, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Diplomacy downplay: Obama administration minimizes latest North Korean nuke threat

By Guy Taylor and Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times