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Benghazi e-mails unleash flood of questions
www.usatoday.com-May 17, 2013
Dozens of e-mails released by the White House reveal that Obama administration officials were behind the crafting of a false narrative about the attack in Benghazi, Libya. The communications raise questions about who called the shots and why, say an analyst and a lawmaker involved in the investigation.
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Barbara Boxer’s claim that GOP budgets hampered Benghazi security
www.washingtonpost.com-May 16, 2013
Politicians often play games with budget numbers, and so one must be careful at accepting numbers at face value. Note how Boxer asserted that House Republicans “sought to cut more than $450 million from President Obama’s budget request.” That means she is talking about the president’s proposed budget — which in any administration is often a pie-in-the-sky document.
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Obama to announce Afghanistan troop plans shortly: Kerry
www.reuters.com-May 15, 2013
President Barack Obama will announce in the next few weeks how many combat troops the United States will leave in Afghanistan in 2014, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.
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Russia detains U.S. diplomat, accuses him of trying to recruit Russian agent
www.washingtonpost.com-May 14, 2013
An American diplomat was briefly detained by the Russian State Security Service and is being accused of trying to recruit a Russian officer to work as a U.S. agent, Russian officials told news services on Tuesday.
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Fact Check: Timeline of statements raises questions on Obama’s Benghazi claims
www.foxnews.com-May 14, 2013
Faced with mounting scrutiny over his administration's initial narrative on the Benghazi attack, President Obama on Monday called the debate a "sideshow" -- arguing he labeled the attack terrorism from the start and even dispatched a top official to the Hill to clear things up.
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Obama dismisses Benghazi criticism as 'sideshow'
www.la.times.com-May 14, 2013
A defiant President Obama dismissed as a "sideshow" the controversy over his administration's handling of last year's armed assault in Benghazi, Libya, accusing critics of trying to make political hay from the deaths of four Americans.
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Chairman of Benghazi Board Defends Its Decision Not to Question Clinton
www.nytimes.com-May 13, 2013
The State Department board that reviewed last year’s attack on a diplomatic outpost in Libya never questioned Hillary Rodham Clinton, the secretary of state at the time, because it had already decided responsibility lay below her level, the board’s chairman said Sunday.
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Gates Backs Obama Administration’s Handling of Benghazi Attack
www.bloomberg.com-May 13, 2013
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates backed the Obama administration’s handling of the 2012 attacks on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, saying that had he headed the Pentagon at the time he wouldn’t have approved sending a small force into Libya as some critics suggested.
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GOP Probes Deeper Into Benghazi Review
www.online.wsj.com-May 13, 2013
House Republicans on Monday plan to take another step in a widening Benghazi investigation, by asking leaders of an independent review board to agree to be questioned about their investigation of last year's attacks in Libya.
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Kerry warns Russia against selling high-performance missiles to Syria
www.washingtonpost.com-May 10, 2013
Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Thursday cautioned Russia against selling advanced surface-to-air missiles to Syrian government forces, as U.S. officials warned that the delivery of the arms would threaten Israel and undercut efforts to reach a political agreement.
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