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Inside Politics: Kerry starts prepping for State confirmation hearing

By Colleen Slevin and Dan Elliott

**FILE** Libyan civilians celebrate the raiding of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades compound in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 21, 2012, after hundreds of civilians, military and police raided the Brigades base. The attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans has sparked a backlash among frustrated Libyans against the heavily armed gunmen, including Islamic extremists, who run rampant in their cities. (Associated Press)

State Dept. warns against travel to Libya

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** 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)

Senate releases scathing report on Benghazi

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

People walk by the remains of a market burned in an overnight fire in the Haitian capital's Market District in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. The market is one of several that have burned over the past year. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

State Dept. strengthens Haiti travel warning

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**FILE** Libyans gather Sept. 12, 2012, at the gutted U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack the previous day that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. (Associated Press)

State Dept. official who quit remains on payroll

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has visited 112 nations and spoken to more foreign populations than any U.S. secretary of state in history. Last year, she bonded with women in Zambia. (Associated Press)

After facing up to world of change, Hillary Rodham  Clinton leaves a legacy of caution

By Guy Taylor - 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)

Doubts raised on time to reach Benghazi

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Jon Hammar Sr. paces the sidewalks along the Brownsville & Matamoros bridge as he waits for his son to be released, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 in Brownsville, Texas. A Marine veteran jailed for months in Mexico after trying to carry a family heirloom shotgun across the border has been freed, officials and his lawyer said late Friday. (AP Photo/The Brownsville Herald, Yvette Vela)

Mexico frees ex-Marine jailed for bringing in gun

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

** FILE ** Sen. James M. Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press)

Inhofe: Benghazi cover-up bigger than Watergate, Iran-Contra

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham

GOP senators hit Benghazi report on Cabinet officials’ actions

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (Associated Press)

PRUDEN: Running out the clock on Benghazi

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks at the Diplomatic Corps Holiday Reception at the State Department, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama praises Clinton at State Department holiday reception

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Former Marine Jon Hammar is shackled to his bunk in a prison in Matamoros, Mexico. The Iraq and Afghanistan combat veteran (official 2003 portrait at top) was arrested at the border while trying to declare a prized heirloom gun (below) he was carrying on a surfing trip. He reportedly is no longer in chains. (Associated Press)

Mexico threatened with travel boycott until veteran freed

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns (left) and Thomas R. Nides, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, speak before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, on the Benghazi attack. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

In Benghazi hearings, GOP criticizes misplaced State priorities

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

This photo taken Friday, April 27, 2012, shows an aerial view over northern Uganda. Some locals in Gulu in northern Uganda have other concerns that complicate the military mission of forces now hunting for Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony, such as the fear of reprisal attacks if they are thought to be helping the authorities find him, or concerns that troops hunting him will not be able to distinguish between the regular LRA fighters and their abducted children. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Fugitive African warlord Kony stays a step ahead of pursuers

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

** FILE ** Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican (Associated Press)

Lawmakers insisting on justice for Benghazi attack on consulate

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

US clicks on rumored Facebook site by Iran leader

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

In this Sept. 14, 2012, file photo, Libyan military guards check one of the burnt out buildings at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif to express sympathy for the death of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and his colleagues in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the consulate. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

Review board raps State Department for poor security in Benghazi

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times