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House Republicans: Rice unfit to head State Dept.
A group of 97 House Republicans sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Monday, saying that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice misled the nation about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, making her unfit to be a candidate to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Tags: Susan Rice , Barack Obama , Congress , Hillary Rodham Clinton , John McCain , Lindsey Graham , Chris Stevens , Libya
US use of Vietnam website 'under review'
The State Department said Wednesday it is reviewing a U.S. Embassy's use of a wildly popular Vietnamese website laden with suspected pirated music and Hollywood movies to promote American values, including respect for intellectual property rights.
Obama: Buck stops here on protecting U.S. diplomats
In the second presidential debate, President Barack Obama claimed that he was responsible for the safety of U.S. diplomats overseas and would fully investigate the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.
Tags: President Barack Obama , Mitt Romney , debate , Libya , Hillary Rodham Clinton , workforce , Michael OConnell
White House ponders a strike over Libya attack
Facing political pressure to respond forcefully to the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, the White House is readying strike forces and drones. First, though, it must identify a target.
Tags: DoD , President Barack Obama , Libya , Robert Grenier , al-Qaida
House committee: Security requests denied in Libya
Despite two explosions and dozens of other security threats, U.S. officials in Washington turned down repeated pleas from American diplomats in Libya to increase security at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi where the U.S. ambassador was killed, Republican leaders of a House committee said Tuesday.
Tags: Hillary Rodham Clinton , Congress , House , Darrell Issa , Jason Chaffetz , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Libya
US diplomats in Beirut burning classified material
Diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut have started to destroy classified material as a security precaution amid anti-American protests in Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa.
Tags: Lebanon
US orders some diplomats out of Sudan, Tunisia
The State Department on Saturday ordered the departure of all family members and non-essential U.S. government personnel from its embassies in Sudan and Tunisia and warned U.S. citizens against any travel to the two countries due to security concerns over rising anti-American violence.
Obama condemns attack on U.S. ambassador to Libya
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton confirmed that U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith were killed in an attack yesterday on the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi.
Tags: Libya , Chris Stevens
Clinton urges China to join in cybersecurity effort
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said both the United States and China are victims of increasingly frequent cyber attacks.
Tags: Hillary Rodham Clinton , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , China , technology
US: Missile defense for NKorea threat, not China
The United States is in discussions with close ally Japan about expanding a missile defense system in Asia, the top U.S. general said Thursday.
Tags: DoD , North Korea , China , Martin Dempsey , Federal Drive
