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** FILE ** Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican (The Washington Times)

Graham: I’ll block Hagel, Brennan nominations

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta will testify to a Senate panel that hopes to get satisfactory answers Thursday to questions about the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya. (Associated Press)

Still seeking Benghazi answers, Senate panel to quiz Panetta

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** Libyan militias from towns throughout the country's west parade through Tripoli on Feb. 14, 2012. (Associated Press)

France to host meeting on Libya security worries

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Supertankers, which transport half the world's oil, are increasingly destined toward Asian markets. The U.S. and other nations in the Western Hemisphere are becoming more self-reliant. (U.S. Navy Via Associated Press)

Major changes from oil revolution

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A Libyan man checks out the interior of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after the attack. (Associated Press)

Benghazi, Libya, deteriorating into security nightmare

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

GEDRICH: A long look before a leap into a war in Mali

By Fred Gedrich

Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, emerges on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, after a unanimous vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approving him to become America's next top diplomat. Mr. Kerry, who has served on the Foreign Relations panel for 28 years and led the committee for the past four, would replace Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Associated Press)

Senate confirms Kerry nomination for State Dept.

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

Chadian soldiers patrol the streets of Gao, northern Mali, on Jan. 28, 2013. After securing a strategic bridge and the airport in Gao the day before, Malian troops backed by French helicopters and paratroopers entered the fabled city of Timbuktu, north of Gao, on Monday after al Qaeda-linked militants fled into the desert. (Associated Press)

U.S. won’t be taking a combat role in Mali

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Libyan military guards check one of the burned-out buildings at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2012, during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif to express sympathy for the death of J. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, and his colleagues in the Sept. 11 attack on the consulate. (Associated Press)

Westerners warned to leave Benghazi

By Casssandra Vinograd - Associated Press

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)

EDITORIAL: Strike versus stumble

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Militants from the Islamist terrorist group Ansar Dine stand guard during a hostage handover in the desert outside Timbuktu, Mali, in April. (Associated Press)

Arab Spring exacerbated Islamist threat to Mali

By John Price - Special to 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)

Tears and rage: Clinton testily defends depiction of Benghazi events

By Guy Taylor and Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**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)

Africa’s fast-reaction force ready to go from Colorado

By Rowan Scarborough - 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)

Inside the Ring: CIA in Benghazi

By Bill Gertz - 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

‘Restrepo’ director has sorrowful Sundance return

By DAVID GERMAIN - Associated Press

** 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

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)

Benghazi, Kerry confirmation hearings set for next week

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration Benghazi by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

LYONS: The key Benghazi questions still unanswered

By Adm. James A. Lyons

** FILE ** In this Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, file photo, a Libyan woman, Salwa Bugaighis, carries a wreath with a photo of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens on it as she and others gather to pay their respect to the victims of the Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Consulate, in Benghazi, Libya. A man linked to the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi has been conditionally released by Tunisian authorities due to lack of evidence, his lawyer said Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

Lawyer: Tunisian suspect in Libya attack freed

By Bouazza Ben Bouazza - Associated Press