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Post-Benghazi, Obama plays it safe with embassies

By Bradley Klapper
Published August 10, 2013 2:37pm ET
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Post-Benghazi, Obama plays it safe with embassies
Yemeni soldiers inspect a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. and British embassies in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. Eighteen U.S. diplomatic outposts closed because of a terrorist threat will reopen Sunday, but the U.S. Embassy in Yemen will remain closed due to State Department ongoing concerns about potential terrorist attacks by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) | Hani Mohammed

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama seems determined to make sure he doesn’t have another Benghazi.

Pilloried by Republicans in Congress for its handling of last year’s attack, his administration is responding with extra caution now that intelligence suggests a possible al-Qaida strike is in the works.

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