Tag: State Department

National Security

Paul Ryan: Clinton email server was ‘calculated,’ not ‘careless’

Sarah Bedford · July 13, 2016 12:27 pm

A State Department spokesman said there were no specific plans in place for Secretary of State John Kerry to make a diplomatic effort with China. (Nicolas Asfouri/Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Feds fumble for response to China on South China Sea

Pete Kasperowicz · July 13, 2016 4:01 am

"I can confirm that we sent a letter to the FBI requesting that," a State Department spokesman said. "To the extent the FBI recovered former Secretary Clinton's work-related emails that were not in the group of emails she provided to the State Department in December of 2014, that they provide us with such emails." (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)

State Dept. asks FBI for emails Clinton didn’t hand over

Pete Kasperowicz · July 12, 2016 8:01 pm

Perdue's bill, the Securing Our Secrets Act, would force agency employees who have security clearances to undergo a new round of training on how to handle classified information. (Drew Angerer/Bloomberg, File)

GOP senator introduces bill to outlaw private email use at State Department

Sarah Bedford · July 12, 2016 5:04 pm

The report shows how OneVoice, a group that had received State Department funding in order to promote peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, turned their attention to defeating Benjamin Netanyahu in a March 2015 election after the failure of the peace talks. (Gali Tibbon/Pool Photo via AP)

Senators: Nonprofit gave State Department plot to oust Israeli PM

Joel Gehrke · July 12, 2016 4:39 pm

Beltway Confidential

Three takeaways from AG Loretta Lynch’s testimony

Ashe Schow · July 12, 2016 4:02 pm

Hillary Clinton isn’t done with email probes yet

Sarah Bedford · July 12, 2016 4:01 am

John Kerry got grief from the New York Post and many on Twitter who said Kerry blew off a critical NATO meeting instead of waiting for it to end. (AP Photo)

State Dept.: Kerry didn’t blow off Warsaw meeting to see ‘Hamilton’

Pete Kasperowicz · July 11, 2016 8:25 pm

The mission's not changing in Iraq with respect to what U.S. troops are doing in a train, advise and assist capacity," John Kirby said. (AP Photo)

National Security

State Dept. insists: No ‘mission creep’ in Iraq

Pete Kasperowicz · July 11, 2016 7:56 pm

The GOP chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says Hillary Clinton or anyone else who has exhibited "extreme carelessness" when it comes to handling classified information should be stripped of their security clearance. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

National Security

Clinton fallout: GOP bill strips security clearance after ‘extreme carelessness’

Pete Kasperowicz · July 11, 2016 1:13 pm

National Security

Three ‘extremely careless’ individuals who faced charges

Sarah Bedford · July 10, 2016 4:01 am

State Department Rejects Report of Iranian Attempts to Acquire Nuclear Technology

Jenna Lifhits · July 8, 2016 8:30 pm