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FILE - This is a Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 file photo of U.S. President Barack Obama, right, as he speaks with British Prime Minister David Cameron during a flypast at the NATO summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales. The British press on Friday March 11, 2016 has accused President Obama of launching a verbal attack on Prime Minister David Cameron. Obama's comments in a magazine interview were called 'unprecedented' and 'extraordinary.' The hubbub has pushed the White House into damage control mode and US officials issued a statement asserting close ties between the leaders. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

Obama blames Britain, France for debacle in Libya

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

People shelter from the gun fire outside a house, in El Aouija, outside Ben Guerdane, 650 km away from Tunis, Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Tunisian security forces killed five heavily armed men in an hours-long firefight Wednesday after they crossed into the country from Libya with a larger group. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Tunisia: At least 45 dead in clashes near Libyan border

By Bouazza Ben Bouazza - Associated Press

A civilian fighter in Benghazi has the Libyan flag in one hand and a weapon in the other. Army units, backed by civilian fighters, cleared a major part of the city of Islamic extremists last week. (Associated Press)

Libyans debate West’s help against ISIS as nation crumbles

By Reda Elhadi Fhelboom and Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic gestures during a news conference in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. Two Serbian embassy staffers held hostage since November died in Friday's U.S. airstrikes on an Islamic State camp in western Libya that killed dozens, Serbian officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbia: 2 hostages killed in U.S. airstrikes in Libya

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

A picture taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 shows U.S. F-18 fighter jets flying over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during fly exercises in the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) ** FILE **

U.S. airstrikes target Tunisian operative at ISIS camp in Libya: reports

By Robert Burns and Maggie Michael - Associated Press

In this picture released online by the Sabratha Municipal Council on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, shows the site where U.S. warplanes struck an Islamic State training camp in Sabratha, Libya near the Tunisian border. (Sabratha Municipal Council via AP)

White House verifies U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State camp in Libya

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The Islamic State first announced its presence in Libya in early 2015, when it circulated a grisly, slickly produced propaganda video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians on a Mediterranean beach in the nation. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama admin blocks plan to bomb ISIS capital in Libya

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

With a Libyan flag on his automatic weapon, a soldier stands guard outside a meeting between Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Libya's Transitional National Council President Mustafa Abdel-Jalil at the World Islamic Call Society Headquarters in Tripoli, Libya, on Oct. 18, 2011. (Associated Press) **FILE**

L. TODD WOOD: Top ISIS commanders taking refuge in Libya

By L. Todd Wood

President Obama was criticized for standing behind a podium instead of being seated behind the Resolute desk while addressing the nation from the Oval Office on Sunday night. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. struggling to build anti-Islamic State strategy in Libya

By ROBERT BURNS and JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Ras Lanuf is home to oil refineries and storage facilities in Libya. Islamic State militants on Monday set a storage tank ablaze as they pushed eastward into the "oil crescent." (Associated Press)

BRUCE FEIN: Architects of Libya fiasco should be pilloried

By Bruce Fein

The Islamic State first announced its presence in Libya in early 2015, when it circulated a grisly, slickly produced propaganda video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians on a Mediterranean beach in the nation. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

ISIS directs jihadi recruits to ‘Libya Province’ in bid to establish second homeland

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Bodies of two dead migrants lie on a dock after a rescue operation of more than 100 people by the Libyan Coast Guard near Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Dec. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Mohamed Ben Khalifa) ** FILE **

Truck bomb in Libya kills at least 60, wounds 200 others at police training center

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Bodies of two dead migrants lie on a dock after a rescue operation of more than 100 people by the Libyan Coast Guard near Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Dec. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Mohamed Ben Khalifa) ** FILE **

Libya truck bomb kills at least 60 policemen, wounds 200

By Essam Mohamed - Associated Press

Ras Lanuf is home to oil refineries and storage facilities in Libya. Islamic State militants on Monday set a storage tank ablaze as they pushed eastward into the "oil crescent." (Associated Press)

Islamic State’s thirst for oil highlighted by attacks in Libya

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Pope Francis delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and to the world) blessing from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 25, 2015. Pope Francis is praying that recent U.N.-backed peace agreements for Syria and Libya will quickly end the suffering of their people while praising the generosity of those countries that have taken their refugees in. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis issues Christmas indulgence to spread message of mercy

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Two F-15E Strike Eagles wait to receive fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker Jan. 23, 2015, on their way to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., in support of Red Flag 15-1. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Aaron J. Jenne/Released) **FILE**

Pentagon: Abu Nabil, Islamic State chief in Libya, killed in U.S. airstrike during Paris attacks

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Illustration on indicting Hillary Clinton by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ANDREW NAPOLITANO: Hillary Clinton’s new Benghazi lies could lead to indictment

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, before the House Benghazi Committee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Clinton confronted for contradictions on video’s role in Benghazi attack

By S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Security in Libya has reached a new low in recent weeks, and the dire situation made its way into Hillary Rodham Clinton's hearing Thursday before the House Select Committee on Benghazi. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton says Libya chaos shows consequences of U.S. withdrawal from unstable places

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham as she pounds her fist as she testifies on Jan. 23, 2013 at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's hearing on the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton to testify before Benghazi committee: Fact and fiction on tragedy

By John Solomon - The Washington Times