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In this Sept. 14, 2012, file photo, Libyan military guards check one of the burnt out buildings at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif to express sympathy for the death of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and his colleagues in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the consulate. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

Consulate lacked requested ‘man traps’

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Susan E. Rice, U.N. ambassador, has been meeting with Republicans after the uproar about the handling of the Benghazi attack. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Obama ‘proud’ of Rice, GOP still skeptical

By Guy Taylor and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice arrives for a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine and Sen. Corker, R-Tenn., to discuss the Benghazi terrorist attack. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

GOP’s Collins has questions after Rice meeting on Benghazi

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (left), Connecticut independent, takes his seat as FBI Associate Deputy Director Kevin Perkins (center) and National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew G. Olsen arrive to testify on homeland threats and agency responses in front of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Libya killings said to be ‘terrorist attack’

By Guy Taylor and Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Bill offers benefits to gay partners

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

"All I was after was making sure the District had its own Hatch Act," Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C. Democrat, said Wednesday. "There's confusion as to how the law applies to D.C." (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Norton urges Hatch Act change

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press)

Vegas scandal drives Senate to police agency conferences

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A bipartisan group of senators including (from the left) Susan M. Collins, Scott Brown, Joe Lieberman and Thomas R. Carper explain their bill to provide savings for the U.S. Postal Service, which would be used for employee buyouts, and delay for two years the proposed elimination of home delivery on Saturdays. (Associated Press)

Postal Service rescue plan finds way to pay for buyouts

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Sen. Susan Collins, Republican from Maine, is among members of Congress who want local jurisdictions to have freedom in school lunch decisions. (Associated Press)

Spud fans rally to block school lunch rules

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times