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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says in a public service message on Pakistani TV: “Let me state very clearly that the United States has absolutely nothing to do with this [anti-Muslim] video. We absolutely reject its contents.” (Associated Press)

Congress riled about account of Libya attack

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Hundreds of Pakistanis angry over an anti-Islam film that denigrates the religion's prophet protest in Islamabad on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

In Pakistan, U.S. ads try to dampen anger over anti-Islam film

By Munir Ahmed and Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Associated Press)

Russia accuses USAID of trying to sway elections

By Lynn Berry - Associated Press

** FILE ** A Libyan man investigates the inside of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi after the attack that killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)

U.S. fears potential increase in terrorist movement

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (left) greets Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi meets with Clinton in Washington

By Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

** FILE ** Rep. Christopher H. Smith (Associated Press)

Libya’s record won’t stop U.S. aid

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

Libyans and Americans stand with wreaths, a poster and a photo of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens on it as they gather on Monday in front of the U.S. consulate gate to pay their respect to Mr. Stevens and three other Americans killed in last week’s attack on the consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Associated Press)

Skeptics say Middle East attacks organized

By Stephen Dinan and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 13, 2012, photo, President Obama waves after speaking at a campaign rally in Golden, Colo. Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are embarking on a week heavy with travel through battleground states and appeals key constituencies, with both campaigns wrangling over unrest in the Middle East and who is best equipped to rejuvenate the economy. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

CURL: Obama’s protective press cordon

By Joseph Curl

Illustration: Terrorist by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Obama’s intelligence failure

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Libyans gather at the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)

Official: No Marines in Libya at time of Benghazi attack

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

An Egyptian protester throws stones toward riot police next to a burning police car during clashes near the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Protesters clash with police near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo for the third day in a row. Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi vowed to protect foreign embassies in Cairo, where police were using tear gas to disperse protesters at the U.S. mission. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Four arrested in deadly attack on U.S. Consulate in Libya

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Libyans gather at the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)

Officials say Marines were not part of Benghazi force in Libya

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

An Egyptian woman holds a black flag with Islamic inscription in Arabic that reads, "No God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet," in front of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. An Israeli filmmaker based in California went into hiding after his movie attacking Islam's prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by ultra-conservative Muslims in Egypt. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

U.S. defends security at consulate, though it lacked Marine guards

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens as President Obama speaks Sept. 12, 2012, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on the death of Christopher Stevens, U.S. ambassador to Libya. (Associated Press)

U.S., Libya to probe violence after slaying of ambassador

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Libya attack victim remembered by online gamers

By DERRIK J. LANG - Associated Press

**FILE** U.S. envoy Chris Stevens (center), accompanied by British envoy Christopher Prentice (left), speaks April 11, 2011, to Council member for Misrata Dr. Suleiman Fortia (right) at the Tibesty Hotel where an African Union delegation was meeting with opposition leaders in Benghazi, Libya. (Associated Press)

U.S. ambassador killed in consulate attack in Libya

By Esam Mohamed and Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Protesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Egyptian protesters, largely ultra conservative Islamists, climbed the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, went into the courtyard and brought down the flag, replacing it with a black flag with Islamic inscription, in protest of a film deemed offensive of Islam. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)

Mobs storm U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya; 1 American killed

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (The Washington Times)

Embassy Row: Newt, the professor

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Washington chef Mike Isabella, who gained fame on TV’s “Top Chef,” is among top-rated chefs from across the nation Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has enlisted to join an effort to forge cultural exchanges over the dining table. He is one of 80 chefs in the new American Chef Corps. (Associated Press)

State Department forms Chef Corps to make friends abroad through food

By Brett Zongker - Associated Press

State Department to induct 1st American Chef Corps

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press