Tag: State Department

"By selecting a significant donor to President Obama to lead an investigation into inappropriate targeting of conservative groups, the [Justice Department] has created a startling conflict of interest," Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

Beltway Confidential

John Kerry team angry at Darrell Issa about Benghazi subpoena

Joel Gehrke · May 3, 2014 4:00 am

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham testifies on Capitol Hill on Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Could you lie to a bereaved father? On Hillary Clinton and what happened at Benghazi

Mona Charen · May 2, 2014 4:00 am

Obama taps 4 public servants to be ambassadors

Washington Examiner · May 1, 2014 11:18 pm

State Department: ‘Core’ Al Qaeda in Iran

Thomas Joscelyn · May 1, 2014 5:04 pm

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the Obama administration's first official comment on the Benghazi attack six hours after it commenced and while it was continuing. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The issue with Benghazi: Who told Hillary Clinton to blame the video?

Mark Tapscott · May 1, 2014 4:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry speaking at the State Department in Washington. (AP)

The real problem with John Kerry’s ‘apartheid’ comment about Israel

David Harsanyi · May 1, 2014 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

General: ‘We may have been able to’ save Benghazi victims, but State Department never asked for help

Joel Gehrke · May 1, 2014 4:00 am

Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morrell is sworn-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 2, 2014, prior to testifying before the House Intelligence Committee. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Newly released Benghazi emails reaffirm White House role in pushing video narrative

Susan Crabtree · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

"Ukraine's unwavering commitment to its obligations under the [Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty] demonstrates that when a country places itself squarely within the NPT and diligently adheres to all of the Treaty's obligations, all nations benefit," Thomas Countryman, assistant secretary of state for International Security and Nonproliferation, said Monday in New York City.

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State Department celebrates Ukrainian disarmament deal Russia violated by seizing Crimea

Joel Gehrke · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

In a rare apology sent out in a statement by the State Department Monday night, John Kerry said if he "could rewind the tape," he wouldn't have used the term "apartheid" in speaking about Israel. (AP Photo)

John Kerry apologizes for ‘apartheid’ remark about Israel

Susan Crabtree · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

Kerry backs off Israel ‘apartheid’ comment

Matthew Lee · April 29, 2014 3:00 am

ECI to Kerry on ‘Apartheid State’ Comment: Step Down

Michael Warren · April 28, 2014 9:38 am