Kerry to testify on alternative date on Benghazi

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department and a House panel are working on an alternative date for Secretary of State John Kerry to testify about information related to the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, ending the immediate threat of a subpoena for a member of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet.

Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, had subpoenaed Kerry to testify May 21 about the administration’s response in providing emails and other documents to the panel investigating the Sept. 11, 2012 attack. Kerry is scheduled to travel to Mexico next week.