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State Department official who pushed to change Benghazi storyline up for promotion
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 3 hours ago
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Published May 24, 2013 FoxNews.com The State Department official who played a key role in massaging the Obama administration's storyline on the Benghazi attack has been put up for a promotion -- a move that could trigger a heated confirmation battle
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Red state Dems defect on Keystone pipeline
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 13 hours ago
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Published May 24, 2013 Washington Free Beacon Two red state Democratic senators signaled support Thursday for legislation authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline opposed by President Barack Obama, Democratic Party leaders, and influential Democratic
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Foreign Service officer made millions in visa-for-money scam, feds charge
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | 1 day ago
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A State Department official received several million dollars in bribes from Vietnamese residents seeking visas, according to newly public court documents. In a previously undisclosed criminal complaint, Foreign Service officer Michael T. Sestak faces
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Historian William Z. Slany, RIP
Date :: Japan | 1 day ago
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Slany, the former Historian of the Department of State and a champion of efforts to declassify the secret history of U.S. foreign policy, passed away earlier this month. Dr. Slany served in the State Department's Office of the Historian for 42 years,
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U.S., U.N. urge Gulf states to donate more for Syrian refugees
Jalīb aš Šuyūẖ :: Kuwait | 2 days ago
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With its neat rows of carpeted cabins, security monitors and on-site hospital and school, the Mrigb al Fuhud camp in Jordan is opulent compared with the squalid tent cities that house other Syrian refugees. Humanitarian workers, however, privately
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House committee withdraws subpoena after Benghazi investigation leader OKs private meeting
Benghazi :: Libya | 2 days ago
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A House committee chairman has withdrawn a subpoena to compel a retired diplomat to answer questions in private about an independent investigation of last year's attack in Benghazi, Libya. Rep. Darrell Issa (EYE'-suh) says he acted after Thomas
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Libya 'Talking Points' Emails Put Petraeus Back In Spotlight
Benghazi :: Libya | 2 days ago
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Former CIA Director David Petraeus is under renewed scrutiny over the role he played in creating the discredited "talking points" about the attack that killed four Americans last year in Benghazi, Libya. The Washington Post has a front-page story
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American pastor held in Iran releases thank you letter
Tehrān :: Iran | 2 days ago
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Published May 22, 2013 FoxNews.com The American pastor jailed in Iran for his Christian faith has managed to get a letter out to his global supporters, thanking them for their prayers while confirming the brutality of his conditions. Saeed Abedini,
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Benghazi whistle-blower's lawyer demanding probe into media leaks, alleged intimidation
Benghazi :: Libya | 2 days ago
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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
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Prayers from Prison: American pastor held in Iran releases letter
Tehrān :: Iran | 2 days ago
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Published May 22, 2013 FoxNews.com The American pastor jailed in Iran for his Christian faith has managed to get a letter out to his global supporters, thanking them for their prayers while confirming the brutality of his conditions. Saeed Abedini,
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