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An F/A-18C Hornet coming from Iraq lands on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014 in the Persian Gulf. Aircrafts aboard the George H.W. Bush are flying missions over Iraq after U.S. President Barack Obama authorized airstrikes against Islamic militants and food drops for Iraqis trapped by the fighters. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

GRAY: In Iraqi airstrikes, a troubling pattern emerges

By C. Boyden Gray

** FILE ** Smoke rises from the direction of Tripoli airport in Tripoli, Libya, Sunday, July 13, 2014. Rival militias battled Sunday for the control of the international airport in Libya's capital, as gunfire and explosions echoed through the city and airlines canceled some international flights. (AP Photo)

U.S. evacuates embassy in Libya amid violent clashes between militias

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** FILE ** This May 14, 2014, file photo shows former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

News Guide: What Benghazi means in US politics

By CONNIE CASS - Associated Press

In this Saturday, May 17, 2014 photo, Libyan Gen. Khalifa Hifter addresses a press conference in Benghazi, Libya. The death toll from fighting over the weekend in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi between troops loyal to Hifter, a rogue general, and Islamist militias has risen to at least 70, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. In a statement late Saturday, Libya's interim prime minister, parliament speaker and the head of military warned Hifter against further pursuing his offensive and threatened the troops cooperating with him. (AP Photo/Mohammed el-Shaiky)

Al Qaeda-inspired group vows to fight Libyan general deemed ‘American agent’

By Esam Mohamed - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, March 18, 2011 file photo, then Libyan senior Rebel commander Khalifa Hifter leaves a press conference in the court house in the center of Benghazi, eastern Libya. Gen. Khalifa Hifter has been waiting for his moment for decades. A top general under Moammar Gadhafi, he was tainted by a disastrous defeat in a war in Chad. Exiled in the United States, he joined the opposition but even since Gadhafi’s 2011 ouster he has struggled for a role, distrusted by other generals. Now supporters are flocking to his self-professed campaign to crush Islamists and bring stability. But there are fears his ultimate goal is to become a new strongman. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

AP INTERVIEW: Rogue Libya general vows to fight on

By MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

In this image made from video provided by the Libyan national army via AP Television, smoke rises over the parliament area after troops of Gen. Khalifa Hifter targeted Islamist lawmakers and officials at the parliament in Tripoli, Libya, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Forces loyal to a rogue Libyan general attacked the country's parliament Sunday, expanding his eastern offensive against Islamists into the heart of the country's capital. (AP Photo/Libyan national army)

Renegade Libyan general says parliament suspended

By Esam Mohamed and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

FILE - This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a man walking in the rubble of the damaged U.S. consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. To congressional Republicans, “Benghazi” is shorthand for incompetence and cover-up. Democrats hear it is as the hollow sound of pointless investigations. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

Issues involving deaths of 4 US people at Benghazi

Associated Press

FILE - This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a man walking in the rubble of the damaged U.S. consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. To congressional Republicans, “Benghazi” is shorthand for incompetence and cover-up. Democrats hear it is as the hollow sound of pointless investigations. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

A look at all that ‘Benghazi’ stands for

By CONNIE CASS - Associated Press

Libya says all chemical weapons destroyed

By ESAM MOHAMED - Associated Press

A Libyan man watches a protest against the Tripoli-based militias and supporting the new national army and the police corps in the Libyan capital Friday, Nov. 22, 2013. Thousands of protesters have gathered in Libya's capital to call on unlawful armed groups to leave the city, a week after militiamen killed more than 40 people. The head of Tripoli's local council, Al-Sadat al-Badri, told the crowd on Friday that the city will remain on strike until the capital and its surroundings are free of militias. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Libya losing its grip on security; civilians battling militants for control

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Men carrying automatic weapons and bags are seen in the storeroom of the Nakumatt shop during the four-day siege at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, which killed more than 60 people in September. A Kenyan military spokesman confirmed the names of four attackers as Abu Baara al-Sudani (left), Omar Nabhan (unseen), Khattab al-Kene (unseen) and Umayr (right). (AP Photo/Kenyan Defense Forces via Citizen TV)

Libya bristles at U.S. raid that captured al Qaeda militant

By Esam Mohamed and Tony G. Gabriel - Associated Press

** FILE ** Abdel Baset al-Megrahi (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: A trade with terrorists

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was gutted in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack by Islamic extremists. (Associated Press)

More than 1,000 inmates escape Libyan prison near Benghazi

Associated Press

Libyans run for cover after fighting broke out outside the office of the Libya Shield pro-government militia in Benghazi, Libya, on Saturday, June 8, 2013. (AP Photo/APTV)

Libyan army chief resigns after clashes in Benghazi kill 31

By Esam Mohamed - Associated Press

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South African banks may hold $1B stolen by Gadhafi

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

**FILE** Mohamed al-Megariaf, then the Libyan interim president, flashes the victory sign to crowds during the celebration of the second anniversary of the Libyan revolution in Benghazi, Libya, on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (Associated Press)

Libyan leader resigns under new anti-Gadhafi law

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department in Washington on March 13, 2013. (Associated Press)

Cabinet shake-up begins in Libya under new law

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** Mohamed al-Megariaf, then the Libyan interim president, flashes the victory sign to crowds during the celebration of the second anniversary of the Libyan revolution in Benghazi, Libya, on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (Associated Press)

Libyan leaders expected to step down soon

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** Mohamed al-Megariaf, then the Libyan interim president, flashes the victory sign to crowds during the celebration of the second anniversary of the Libyan revolution in Benghazi, Libya, on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (Associated Press)

U.S., U.K. and France denounce intimidation of Libyan parliament

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, file photo, Libyan interim president, Mohammed el-Megarif, flashes the victory sign to crowds during the celebration of the second anniversary of the Libyan revolution in Benghazi, Libya. Libya's parliament passed a law on Sunday, May 5, 2013, that bans officials who held senior positions under ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi from holding high-level government posts. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

Libyan defense minister rescinds resignation, premier says

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times