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KNIGHT: Why the single-issue campaign failed

By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

ZUCKERMAN: MANPADS on the loose

By Jessica Zuckerman - Special to The Washington Times

GORDON: The next Benghazi

By J.D. Gordon - The Washington Times

A Libyan militiaman fires in the air in an attempt to force back protesters from in front of the gates of the parliament in Tripoli, Libya, in October. One year on, the country is still trying to overcome the legacy of one of the most erratic leaders of modern times as well as a brutal eight-month struggle that left the country awash in weapons, militias and very few state institutions. (Associated Press)

Libyans disillusioned a year after toppling Gadhafi

By Paul Schemm - Associated Press

Illustration Islam by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

BOLTON: Restoring American global pre-eminence

By John R. Bolton

Libyan investigators’ cars park in front of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi after the Sept. 11 the attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. The commander of U.S. operations in Africa and officials at the Pentagon agreed that the picture on the ground was too clouded to order an airstrike. (Associated Press)

Behind the crisis in Benghazi, a commander’s lack of firepower

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration Libya Deaths by John Camejo for The Washington Times

GEDRICH: What we can learn from Obama’s Benghazi failure

By Fred Gedrich - 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)

U.S. officials counter reports on Benghazi attacks

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Would re-election mean President Biden?

The Washington Times

Former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acting Director Kenneth Melson, in a private deposition to congressional investigators, suggested the Obama administration’s Justice Department knew as early as March 2011 that its Operation Fast and Furious gun-running story was wrong and could have corrected the facts months earlier than it did. (Associated Press)

Ex-ATF chief claims gun-running story delay

By John Solomon - The Washington Guardian

Testimony suggests administration knew for months Fast and Furious story wrong

By John Solomon - Washington Guardian

Mitt Romney speaks Monday at Avon Lake High School in Ohio. He has knocked President Obama’s use of waivers for welfare laws and No Child Left Behind but has said he would issue a blanket waiver to block much of the health care law. (Associated Press)

Romney embraces executive authority

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Illustration Libya by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

GAFFNEY: Obama’s perfect storm

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci, centre, greets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton upon her arrival at Houari Boumediene Airport, in Algiers, Algeria, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Clinton is on a five-day trip overseas to increase pressure on Mali's al-Qaeda-linked rebels and help Balkan nations end long-simmering ethnic and political disagreements. (AP Photo, Saul Loeb, Pool)

Clinton: U.S. wants Algeria to play key role in Mali intervention

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, file photo, Libyans walk on the grounds of the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack the previous day that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)

Lack of strike force impeded Benghazi response

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FILE** Libyans walk Sept. 12, 2012, on the grounds of the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. (Associated Press)

Libyan witnesses recount organized Benghazi attack

By Maggie Michael and Paul Schemm - Associated Press

** FILE ** A Libyan man investigates the inside of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 13, 2012, after an attack two days earlier that killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. (Associated Press)

ALLARD: Obama knew about the attack, ignored three requests for help

By Col. Ken Allard

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey participate in a joint news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Panetta said the U.S. military did not intervene during the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya last month because it was over before the U.S. has sufficient information on which to act. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Panetta: Benghazi intelligence too sketchy to send troops

By Stephen Dinan and Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**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)

Boehner demands that Obama disclose more details on attack in Libya

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration Obama's Libya by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

KUHNER: Obama knew

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner - The Washington Times