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** FILE ** In this Dec. 6, 2013, file photo, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

State Dept. computers open to hackers: report

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Syria has become a focal point for the State Department in the war on terrorism as al Qaeda-linked groups operating there — specifically the al-Nusrah Front — have expansionist aspirations. (Aleppo Media Center AMC via Associated Press)

State Department adds two to terrorist list, notes al Qaeda splits

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

SHROUDED: Nearly a year after the remains of the four Americans were repatriated, little is known about the Benghazi terrorist attack that killed them. Survivors have said little publicly, "talking points" have proved false and the White House has called it a "phony scandal." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Big bucks for finding Benghazi attackers: State Dept. offers $10M in rewards

Associated Press

People gather to look at the site of a car bombing near Libya’s Foreign Ministry building in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2013, one year to the date of an attack there killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. (Associated Press)

State Dept.: FBI can’t get into Benghazi to arrest suspects

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013. (Associated Press)

Rep. Darrell Issa issues Benghazi subpoenas to State Department, calls delay ‘irresponsible’

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** Hillary Rodham Clinton (Associated Press)

Damage control: Hillary Clinton loyalists suspected of criminal cover-ups for diplomats

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Drug tests ordered for State Department contractors in Israel, Afghanistan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** A person opposing the Keystone XL pipeline holds up photographs of an oil spill during the U.S. State Department's sole public hearing in Grand Island, Neb., on April 18, 2013, to allow citizens to make their views known on the $7.6 billion Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline. (Associated Press)

Greens: Massive civil disobedience if Obama OKs Keystone pipeline

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

French troops talk with Malian soldiers outside Bourem, in northern Mali, on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Pascal Guyot, Pool)

Al Qaeda group in West Africa’s Mali added to U.S. terror list

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A burnt car sits in front of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, on the night of Sept. 13, 2012. (Associated Press)

State Department often unaware outposts are skipping security procedures

By Sara Carter - 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)

Investigators find State Department drew down Libya security as threats rose

By John Solomon - Washington Guardian

People walk by the remains of a market burned in an overnight fire in the Haitian capital's Market District in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. The market is one of several that have burned over the past year. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

State Dept. strengthens Haiti travel warning

Associated Press

**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)

State Dept. official who quit remains on payroll

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns (left) and Thomas R. Nides, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, speak before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, on the Benghazi attack. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

In Benghazi hearings, GOP criticizes misplaced State priorities

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

US suspends embassy account on Vietnam website

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Inside Politics: Human rights problems assessed in China, Vietnam

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer checks the passport of a foreign visitor at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Can foreign tourists help U.S. economy?

By Cristina Silva - Associated Press