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Illustration on Iranian meddling in Libya by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Illustration on Hillary's role in the destruction of Libya by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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This image made from a video released Feb. 15, 2015, by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State purportedly shows Egyptian Coptic Christians in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach before being executed. (Associated Press)

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Sidney Blumenthal, a longtime confidant to former President Bill Clinton and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 16, 2015, to face questions from the Republican-led House panel investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (Credit)

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FILE - In this Friday, March 20, 2015 file photo, U.N. special envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, speaks during a press conference at the Palais des Congres of Skhirate, 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Rabat, Morocco. Libya's parliament drops out of U.N.-brokered negotiations in protest against a draft plan for it to share power with its rivals, throwing doubt on what is seen as a last-chance effort to avert the further collapse of the North African nation. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar, File)

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According to her emails, Hillary Rodham Clinton received monthly updates about the deteriorating situation in Libya from Sidney Blumenthal, a longtime family ally who was barred by the White House from working for her as a government employee. (Associated Press)

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Presumed Democratic 2016 front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton's rush to action in Libya is drawing fire from her own party. (Associated Press)

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hot seat: Presumed Democratic 2016 front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton's rush to action in Libya is drawing fire from her own party. (associated press)

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Egyptian journalists hold a protest for Christians who were killed in Libya, at the journalists syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. An Islamic State video released on 15 February claimed to show the extremist group beheading 21 Egyptian Christians abducted in Libya more than a month ago. Arabic on the banners read, "a protest to morn the victims of terrorism in Libya," top, " we are not afraid from ISIS terrorism," center. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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In this Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 photo, Egyptians wait to leave a detention center for illegal immigrants east of the city of Misrata, Libya during their deportation back to Egypt. The deportation follows the beheading of a group of Egyptian Christians by militants after they were abducted from Sirt(...)

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This image from a video released Feb. 15, 2015 by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State group shows Egyptian Coptic Christians in orange jumpsuits being marched along a beach to their executions by hooded militants.

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Egyptian journalists hold a protest for Christians who were killed in Libya, at the journalists syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. An Islamic State video released on 15 February claimed to show the extremist group beheading 21 Egyptian Christians abducted in Libya more than a month ago. Arabic on the banners read, "a protest to morn the victims of terrorism in Libya," top, " we are not afraid from ISIS terrorism," center. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Egypt's government said its fighter jets pounded Islamic State camps and arms depots across the border in Libya, in the morning and in the afternoon, in response to a horrific video the terrorist group posted showing the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians. (Associated Press)

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Avenger: Egyptian warplanes struck Islamic State targets in Libya in swift retribution for the extremists' beheading of a group of Egyptian Christian hostages. (Associated Press)

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Mourners sought solace Monday outside the Virgin Mary Church in a village near Minya after militants affiliated with the Islamic State released an Internet video of the grisly killings of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians who were captured in Libya. (Associated Press)

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In this file image made from a video released Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State group purportedly shows Egyptian Coptic Christians in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach, each accompanied by a masked militant. The mass beheadings of Egyptian Christians by militants in Libya linked to the Islamic State group have thrown a spotlight on the threat the extremists pose beyond their heartland in Syria and Iraq, where they have established a self-declared proto-state. (AP Photo, File)

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Men mourn over the Egyptian Coptic Christians who were captured in Libya and killed by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group, at the Virgin Mary church in the village of el-Aour, near Minya, 220 kilometers (135 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Egyptian Coptic men mourn for 21 Coptic Egyptian men seized by Islamic State militants in the central city of Sirte, Libya, more than a month ago, at the Virgin Mary Church in the village of el-Aour, near Minya, 220 kilometers (135 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Egyptian warplanes struck Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday in swift retribution for the extremists' beheading of a group of Egyptian Christian hostages on a beach, shown in a grisly online video released hours earlier. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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National Edition News cover for February 4, 2015 - U.S. blind to threat in Libya, official says: Libya's new rebel-allied ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Aref Ali Nayed talks to journalists as Libya Stabilization Team chairman Ahmed Jehani looks on during a press conference at the Libyan consulate in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday Aug. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)