Libya suffers from chronic violence as militias push their own agendas
Posted by: northsunm32
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-05-23 09:15:32 -0700 | political-news
The past few weeks have seen continued violence in various places in Libya, including the capital Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi. Militias continue to operate, while the central government seems unable or unwilling to confront them. UPI recently...
But of Course: For Bloomberg's Al Hunt, 'Scandal' Is a 'Misnomer' for Benghazi, IRS Targeting and ...
Source: Newsbusters
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-20 20:27:26 -0700 | political-news
At Bloomberg Views, Al Hunt, formerly "the executive editor of Bloomberg News, directing coverage of the Washington bureau," referred to the controversies swirling around the White House as "faux scandals" and insisted that ... wait for it ... the Obama...
Reporter Turned White House Spokesman Enjoys the Hot Seat
Source: The New York Times
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-17 12:44:54 -0700 | political-news
For the better part of a decade, Jay Carney sat slumped in his tiny chair in the White House briefing room, parsing, challenging and at times pillorying the words of an array of press secretaries. But over the last week...
FIELDS: Barack Obama as the Great Gatsby
Source: The Washington Times
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-23 04:51:26 -0700 | political-news
The nation's capital has wonderful art museums, concerts and theaters, but they're only supplements to the big story playing out on the front pages always the government. We often miss the delicious ironies and insights that the literary and artistic...
Last Week's Conspiracy Theories are This Week's Reality
Source: Canadian Free Press
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-18 11:56:33 -0700 | political-news
Obama and his co-conspirators aren't liberals; they're Maoist-Leninists...Due to what some are calling a perfect storm of circumstances, three scandals have rocked Washington, but these are only the grossest symptoms of the systemic infection that has been festering there for...
Peninsula readers' letters: May18
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-17 19:28:38 -0700 | political-news
Font Resize From Daily News Group readers Issa the opportunist Dear Editor: How opportunistic for Darrell Issa, the Republican representative from California, to now attack Democrats about the terrorist attack in Libya. He loves to paint Democrats in a bad...
A Field Guide To Democratic Responses To Scandals
Source: National Public Radio
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-18 00:46:45 -0700 | political-news
President Obama's first term was free from the kind of scandal that consumes every ounce of political oxygen in Washington. Now, in light of a trio of controversies, his supporters find themselves in the uncomfortable and unaccustomed position of having...
Lens Blog: Andrea Gjestvang's Photos of Norway's Utoya Massacre Survivors
Source: The New York Times
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-05-16 07:50:50 -0700 | political-news
Recent Posts May 16 After the massacre in Utoya, Norway, in July 2011, Andrea Gjestvang sought to photograph the victims' process of recovery, both physical and emotional. May 15 A hard-fought career as a military photographer brought Stacy Pearsall honors....
NAPOLITANO: Tyranny just around the corner
Source: The Washington Times
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-05-23 04:51:20 -0700 | political-news
A few weeks ago, President Obama advised graduates at Ohio State University that they need not listen to voices warning about tyranny around the corner, because we have self-government in America. He argued that self-government is in and of itself...
Emails Show State Dept. Had Heavy Hand in Changing Benghazi Storyline
Source: Fox
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-15 16:06:35 -0700 | political-news
State Department officials repeatedly objected to -- and tried to water down -- references to Al Qaeda and prior security warnings in the administration's initial internal story-line on the Benghazi attack, according to dozens of emails and notes released by...
FM recommends Ukrainians not to travel to Libya
Source: Forum
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-15 05:32:28 -0700 | political-news
In addition, Perebyinis stressed that there were no Ukrainians among victims of this attack. As a reminder, at least 12 people were killed in blast near the hospital in the city of Benghazi in eastern Libya on May 13.
Obama battles to contain THREE growing 'scandals': White House evades fury over Benghazi cover-up, ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-15 13:31:26 -0700 | political-news
15 May 2013 The White House struggled to deflect a barrage of questions today as it scrambled to contain three growing scandals lapping at Obama's door...The swell of criticism over the administration's actions following the 2012 terror attack on the...
Begnhazi whistle-blower's lawyer demands leaks probe
Source: Fox
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-23 09:21:54 -0700 | political-news
Attorney Victoria Toensing said Wednesday she will ask the State Department's inspector general to launch an investigation into claims that employees there leaked personal information on her whistle-blower client to members of the media as an intimidation tactic ahead of...
In Sprinter case, buck must stop at the top
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-22 18:18:35 -0700 | political-news
F516; Save The buck stops here! so said the plaque that famously sat atop President Harry S...How quaint and old-fashioned that sentiment seems when compared with the way our government operates at virtually every level today. In our nation's...
France beefs up Africa, Middle East embassy security
Source: Reuters
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-05-22 13:17:43 -0700 | political-news
Topics People stand among debris outside the French embassy after the building was attacked, in Tripoli April 23, 2013. France will invest about 20 million euros ($25 million) to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and...
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