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** FILE ** North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks at a banquet for rocket scientists in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in this image made from video. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video)

North Korea threat triggers global backlash

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. Sen. John Kerry acknowledges applause while addressing constituents at Faneuil Hall in Boston on Jan. 31, 2013. (Associated Press)

Secretary of State Kerry set for whirlwind overseas trip to Europe, Mideast

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Photographs by Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times
A crowd estimated at 50,000 takes part in TheCall DC, a Christian rock concert and day of prayer and fasting, Saturday on the National Mall.

Taxpayers pick up Asian hip-hop tour promoted by U.S. State Department

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Government won’t probe of DEA raid in Honduras

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

PYLE: Obama mulls doing the right thing, again

By Tom Pyle

**FILE** U.S. Sen. John Kerry acknowledges applause while addressing constituents at Faneuil Hall in Boston on Jan. 31, 2013. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers urge Obama, Kerry to name inspector general for State Department

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

New Secretary of State John F. Kerry is greeted by State Department staff as he arrives during a ceremony welcoming him as the 68th secretary of state on Monday. He succeeds Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Cabinet post. (Associated Press)

Kerry notes he has ‘big heels to fill’ after Clinton

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

An Afghan policeman (left) mourns after a police truck was hit by a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Jan. 27, 2013. The truck was packed with officers and detainees, several of whom were killed in the blast, officials said. (Associated Press)

State Dept. warns that all Afghan travel is unsafe

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

3 in GOP want all data on Benghazi

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

TERRY: The pipeline to change the direction of the economy

By Rep. Lee Terry

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

Benghazi prober: Identify security flaws, pay better attention

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

**FILE** Then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill on Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

CURL: The terrifying mindset of Secretary Clinton

By Joseph Curl

**FILE** Then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill on Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

KENNEALLY:Clinton testimony four months late reveals…nothing

By Ivan Kenneally

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Tears and rage: Clinton testily defends depiction of Benghazi events

By Guy Taylor and Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will testify before Congress about the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, before she steps down. (Associated Press)

Investigators find State Department drew down Libya security as threats rose

By John Solomon - Washington Guardian

**FILE** An irrigation pivot remains along a highway several miles near the proposed new route for the Keystone XL pipeline in Neligh, Neb. (Associated Press)

Obama faces new pressure on Keystone pipeline

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In his confirmation hearing, Sen. John F. Kerry is unlikely to stray from his record favoring debate and analysis before committing to military action. (Associated Press)

Kerry: A State nominee skeptical about overseas activism

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Aafia Siddiqui is seen in the custody of the Counter Terrorism Department of Ghazni province in Ghazni City, Afghanistan, on July 17, 2008. The U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist was convicted by a jury on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, of charges she tried to kill Americans while she was detained in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/File)

3 Americans die in Algeria attack; 7 survive

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

Illustration: Iranian hostages by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

WEISS: U.S. pastor faces trial in Iran for Christian faith

By Deborah Weiss

** 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)

In cable the day he died, U.S. ambassador warned Clinton about Benghazi security

By John Solomon - Washington Guardian