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Libya Attack

Benghazi Suspects Identified, But...

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 05.22.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, a...

Why One Issue Won't Go Away

AP | CONNIE CASS | Posted 05.18.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, i...

Amanda Terkel

White House Releases Benghazi Emails

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.16.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON –- The White House on Wednesday released the full set of emails surrounding the Obama administration’s development of talking points de...

U.S. Officials Claim Ambassador Stevens Declined Additional Security

McClatchy | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics

CAIRO — In the month before attackers stormed U.S. facilities in Benghazi and killed four Americans, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens twice turne...

Team Obama Gets Defensive Over Controversial Messages

AP | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration says now-discredited talking points about the deadly attacks in Libya are being taken out of context – as...

Boehner Demands More Information Over Controversy

Reuters | Posted 05.09.2013 | Politics

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday added to the...

Dave Jamieson

U.S. Official Contradicts Initial White House Claims On Benghazi

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.05.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, revealed an interview on Sunday with a hig...

GOP Lawmakers Persist With Benghazi Questioning

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans are continuing to pepper the Obama administration with questions about last year's deadly attack on the U.S. d...

Dem To Boehner: Retract Report That Blames Clinton For Libya Attack

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 04.25.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A senior House Democrat called on House Speaker John Boehner Thursday to retract a report blaming former Secretary of State Hillary Rodh...

Senators To Get Benghazi Documents From White House

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — The White House has agreed to give the Senate Intelligence Committee documents related to the attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission i...

Clinton Turns Tables On McCain

Upworthy | Posted 01.26.2013 | Politics

Maybe I'd be more sympathetic to their case if the people who are constantly raising hell about helping Libya would stop blocking any effort to actual...

Clinton: No One More Committed To Security

Posted 01.23.2013 | Politics

By DONNA CASSATA, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton insisted on Wednesday that the department is moving...

Joshua Hersh

Harsh Benghazi Report Busts Many Right-Wing Myths

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 12.19.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- An investigation into the State Department's preparations for and management of the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, has concluded t...

Hillary Clinton To Testify On Benghazi Report

Reuters | Posted 02.11.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify on Dec. 20 before the House of Representatives a...

Kerry: Libya Attack Report Imminent

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 12.07.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Kerry says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has agreed to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about...

Lawmakers Describe Findings In Classified Video Of Benghazi Attack

Bloomberg | Posted 02.05.2013 | Politics

A classified video of the assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, shows a sudden attack by armed men who broke through the compound's gates ...

Sam Stein

The Surprising Reason Secretary Of State Speculation Worries Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.21.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- As President Barack Obama's presumed nomination of Susan Rice for secretary of state continues to face controversy over the administrati...

McCain Attacks Rice On Assessment He Once Held

Posted 12.03.2012 | Politics

Susan Rice has come under attack for repeating approved talking points that suggested the attack at an American diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya,...

GOP Senator Makes Extreme Claim About Benghazi Attack

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 11.28.2012 | Politics

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) on Wednesday made a strong claim about the Obama administration's handling of the Sept. 11 anniversary terrorist attack on...

Sam Stein

Jon Huntsman: Lawmakers Should Temper Susan Rice Criticism

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.28.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Former Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman on Monday urged lawmakers, including those in his own party, to temper their criti...

Deputy CIA Director: Susan Rice Got Initial Assessment On Libya

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 01.15.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Five days after the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice described what precipitated the deadly incide...

U.S. General: Militants In Libya Attack Probably Had Al Qaeda Links

Reuters | Posted 01.14.2013 | World

By John Irish PARIS, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Militants who killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya in September probably had lin...

Michael Calderone

News Outlets Didn't Publish Benghazi Detail At CIA's Request

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 11.02.2012 | Media

NEW YORK -- U.S. intelligence officials, speaking on a not-for-attribution basis, provided reporters Thursday with the most detailed explanation yet o...

Joshua Hersh

Fox News Largely Ignores Hurricane To Focus On Benghazi

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 11.02.2012 | Media

Fox News prime-time hosts barely mentioned Hurricane Sandy on Wednesday night, even as MSNBC and CNN reported non-stop on the massive cleanup efforts ...

The Selective Patriotism of the Benghazi-Gate Conspiracy Theorists

Bob Cesca | Posted 01.01.2013 | Politics
Bob Cesca

During the Bush years, the Republicans used to say it was unpatriotic to criticize the commander-in-chief when troops were in harm's way -- that it would endanger the lives of our soldiers and damage morale. But this deeply heart-felt declaration of wartime patriotism has now been completely abandoned.