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Libya Attack

Murkowski 'Outraged,' Running Out Of 'Patience' With White House

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 11.01.2012 | Politics

As reports provide new details about the Sept. 11 anniversary attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) announced ...

Tunisian Man 'Strongly Suspected' of Role In U.S. Consulate Attack

AP | BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 11.01.2012 | World

TUNIS, Tunisia -- A jailed Tunisian man is "strongly suspected" of being involved in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that killed four Ame...

Father Of Slain Navy SEAL Challenges Obama

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 10.29.2012 | Politics

Charles Woods, father of Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods -- one of four Americans slain in an attack on a U.S. compound in Libya last month -- is still not sat...

Joshua Hersh

Libya Attack Controversy Becomes Full-Fledged Political Football

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 10.29.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The attack on an American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, last month, became the subject of intense political wrangling on Sunda...

Janell Ross

John McCain Compares Libya Controversy To Watergate

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 10.29.2012 | Politics

Sen. John McCain (R- Ariz.) on Sunday compared the growing debate over what the Obama administration knew about the crisis at the U.S. consulate in Be...

Witnesses Recount Organized Benghazi Attack

AP | PAUL SCHEMM and MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 10.27.2012 | World

TRIPOLI, Libya -- It began around nightfall on Sept. 11 with around 150 bearded gunmen, some wearing the Afghan-style tunics favored by Islamic milita...

How a Real News Story Became the 'Obama Watched Them Die' Meme

Larry Womack | Posted 12.26.2012 | Media
Larry Womack

Because Internet memes apparently now pass for fact checks at Forbes, I suppose somebody must respond. Let's talk about how a CBS report about a rescue effort amid a fury of confusion became an Internet meme about no attempted rescue while everyone watched on the big screen.

Consulate Attack Suspect Was Libyan, Says Egyptian Official

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 12.25.2012 | World

CAIRO — A man suspected of links to the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate was a Libyan national who turned his rented apartment into a small w...

Tunisia Arrests Suspected Militant For Role In U.S. Consulate Attack

Reuters | Posted 12.24.2012 | World

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - A suspected Islamic militant under arrest in Tunisia is being investigated by the United States in connection wi th t...

Tunisia Arrests Suspect In Consulate Attack

AP | BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 12.24.2012 | World

TUNIS, Tunisia — A Tunisian man who was arrested in Turkey this month with reported links to the attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya is facing t...

Report: WH Told Early Of Militant Claims To Libya Attack

Reuters | Posted 12.23.2012 | World

By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday a Facebook post in which an...

Joshua Hersh

GOP Lawmaker Has No Regrets On Sensitive Docs Dump

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 10.23.2012 | Politics

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican congressman who has aggressively championed an investigation into the Obama administration's han...

GOP's Libyan Hit on Obama Won't Taint His Foreign Policy Triumphs

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.22.2012 | Politics
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

This juggling act would pose a nerve racking challenge to any GOP or Democrat occupant of the Oval Office. The tight walk demanded that a president be flexible, deft, and attuned to fast changing conditions and players in the Middle East.

Kerry Slams Issa Action As 'Irresponsible And Inexcusable'

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 10.20.2012 | Politics

Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) criticized House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R- Calif.) for releasing 166 pages of "sensitive but unclassi...

Republicans Pounce As More News Emerges On Libya Raid

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 12.19.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Sensing a moment of political vulnerability on national security, Republicans pounced Friday on disclosures that President Barack O...

Mother Of Diplomat Slain In Libya: 'My Son Is Not Very Optimal -- He Is Also Very Dead'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 10.20.2012 | Politics

UPDATE 10/20/12 11:10 a.m.: In an interview with the Boston Herald, Pat Smith denied the Daily Mail's report. ā€œIt’s all (expletive). They lied....

CIA Found Militant Links Just 1 Day After Libya Attack

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 12.18.2012 | World

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sensing a moment of political vulnerability on national security, Republicans pounced Friday on disclosures that President Barack ...

On Libya Response, Obama Tells Jon Stewart: 'We Weren't Confused'

The Huffington Post | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 10.19.2012 | Politics

President Barack Obama rejected allegations of confusion within his administration following the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya while ...

Stay the Course in Diplomacy

Lt. General Donald L. Kerrick | Posted 12.18.2012 | World
Lt. General Donald L. Kerrick

We must stay strong and resilient in our convictions as Americans always do, and stand our ground to promote our values and our national interests. That is how we can best honor the memory of those who gave their lives in Benghazi.

Michael McAuliff

Obama, Romney Spar Over Libya Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 10.16.2012 | Politics

Mitt Romney heard President Barack Obama say he had called the assault at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi a terror attack in the days after the inciden...

Romney Adviser Says Governor Will Push Obama To 'Man Up' On Libya

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 10.16.2012 | Politics

Mitt Romney is prepared to push President Barack Obama to "man up" and answer for his administration's handling of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Li...

Clinton: I'm Responsible For Consulate Security

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 12.16.2012 | World

LIMA, Peru — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton repeated on Tuesday her statement taking sole responsibility for security at all of ...

White House Mulls How To Strike Over Libya Attack

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 12.15.2012 | World

WASHINGTON — The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike m...

Michael Calderone

Questions Continue Over Early Libya Reporting

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 10.15.2012 | Media

NEW YORK -- On Sept. 12, Reuters reported that there were protesters present when the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was attacked and described the assail...

Michael Calderone

NY Times Stands By Early Libya Reporting

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 10.15.2012 | Media

NEW YORK -- On Tuesday night, State Department officials said they never concluded there were protests leading up to the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. c...