Tag: State Department

The State Department under Clinton resisted congressional calls to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization. (Getty Images)

Hillary Clinton’s Nigeria record once again in the spotlight

Sarah Bedford · July 20, 2015 6:41 pm

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio said, "âThis is a bad start for a bad deal." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Boehner: U.N. vote on Iran a ‘bad start to a bad deal’

Susan Ferrechio · July 20, 2015 6:39 pm

A federal judge warned the State Department it would "have to answer for" the destruction of Hillary Clinton's private emails if the agency doesn't "want to do anything out of the ordinary to preserve" records from her server. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Judge says State Dept. ‘will have to answer for’ destroyed Clinton emails

Sarah Bedford · July 20, 2015 5:52 pm

A Cuban-American holds an American flag and a Cuban flag as he celebrates outside the new Cuban embassy in Washington, Monday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Watch: State Department raises Cuban flag

Elizabeth Potter · July 20, 2015 1:57 pm

Cody Shearer assisted Blumenthal and Tyler Drumheller, a former CIA operative, in preparing a series of informal intelligence memos for Clinton as she waded deeper into the Libyan conflict, according to Pro Publica.Â (Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images)

Clinton insider faced IG probe for informal diplomacy

Sarah Bedford · July 19, 2015 4:01 am

State Department spokesman John Kirby said that when the U.S. formally recognizes a new country, it routinely flies the flag of that country at State's Washington, D.C., headquarters. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

State Dept. to fly Cuban flag starting Monday morning

Pete Kasperowicz · July 17, 2015 8:05 pm

Cuban Flag Goes Up at State Department on Monday

Jeryl Bier · July 17, 2015 5:03 pm

(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Critics outraged over plans to upgrade Cuba’s status in human trafficking report

Susan Crabtree · July 17, 2015 1:00 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a statement on the Iran talks deal Tuesday, July 14, 2015. The world powers and Iran struck a landmark deal to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions. (Carlos Barria, Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Most Americans are ‘very concerned’ about Iran’s nuclear program

Daniel Chaitin · July 16, 2015 1:12 pm

Rep. Cummings (right) insisted a vote was planned for Tuesday, July 8th. Rep. Gowdy, the chairman of the committee, said no such vote was on the books. (AP File Photo)

Dems publish Benghazi hearing schedule they say was ‘abandoned’

Sarah Bedford · July 15, 2015 3:28 pm

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright called the Iran nuclear deal "historic." (Getty Images)

Madeleine Albright: Read ‘historic’ Iran deal before you shoot it down

Kelly Cohen · July 15, 2015 12:54 pm

Gowdy said "the more energy [Hillary] put into cleansing or wiping the server clean, I think your viewers should take or infer from that perhaps there was something on there she really didn't want us to see." (AP file)

State Dept. stonewalls emails tying Clinton to Benghazi talking points

Sarah Bedford · July 15, 2015 4:01 am