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| Archived Since: | May 12, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
Rand Paul: My colleagues just voted to arm the allies of al Qaeda
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blasted members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, which voted overwhelmingly to arm elements of the Syrian opposition in a bill co-sponsored by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN). Show More Summary
Business crowd gives Thein Sein a warm welcome
You could almost hear the geopolitical tectonic plates shifting as the 200-odd guests clinked their glasses of Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc and Meiomi Pinot Noir in honor of Thein Sein, the reformist president of Burma and the toast of Washington this week. Sein -- the first Burmese leader to visit the U.S. Show More Summary
Kerry names partisan gunslinger as special envoy on anti-Semitism
The Democratic Party's chief watchdog on Republican statements about Jews and Israel was appointed as the special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism on Monday: Secretary of State John Kerry announced Monday that Ira Forman will...Show More Summary
Airport project seen as test case for the new Burma
On Monday morning, the White House released a vague agenda for his afternoon's historic bilateral meeting between President Barack Obama and Thein Sein, the first president of Burma, also known as Myanmar, to visit Washington in almost 50 years. Show More Summary
Issa subpoenas Pickering on Benghazi
House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) is done asking nicely, and on Friday, issued a subpoena for retired Amb. Thomas Pickering, co-chair of the Accountability Review Board (ARB) on Benghazi, to appear for a deposition on last...Show More Summary
Danny Russel appointment couldn't come soon enough
With President Barack Obama's appointment of Danny Russel o assistant secretary of state for East Asia, the president has returned one of his key national security advisors to the State Department to tackle some of his administration's...Show More Summary
Not putting your recusal in writing? Not illegal, but not smart
Attorney General Eric Holder baffled lawmakers on Wednesday when he told the House Judiciary Committee he had no idea when he had recused himself from the Justice Department's investigation into classified leaks to the Associated Press. Didn't...Show More Summary
Will Benghazi furor keep Susan Rice out of the White House?
Insiders with ties to he Obama administration tell The Cable hat U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice has become the heir apparent to National Security Advisor Tom Donilon -- a post at the epicenter of foreign-policy decision...Show More Summary
Issa and Pickering clash over new Benghazi hearing
In the battle to shape the American public's perception of what happened in Benghazi, logistics is everything. On Wednesday, the two emerging rivals in this struggle, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and retired Amb. Show More Summary
Senators introduce bipartisan bill to arm Syrian rebels
Sens. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Bob Corker (R-TN) introduced a bill Wednesday to arm the Syrian rebels, the latest piece of legislation aimed at pressuring the Obama administration to intervene more aggressively in the protracted civil war. Show More Summary
The leak that triggered the AP phone probe scandal
One of the curiosities of the Justice Department's extensive probe of the Associated Press's phone records is the role that CIA Director John Brennan played in the original leak incident. On Monday, the AP announced that the JusticeShow More Summary
House to grill Eric Holder on AP phone taps tomorrow
With scrutiny building over the Justice Department's sweeping seizure of two months of phone records by Associated Press journalists, Attorney General Eric Holder is set to face a grilling from House lawmakers on Wednesday, a committee...Show More Summary
Cummings requests Petraeus testify under oath on Benghazi
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, has requested that former CIA director David Petraeus estify under oath in a new public hearing on Benghazi in a letter to Oversight Committee Chairman...Show More Summary
Not everyone is out to destroy Hillary Clinton all the time
In recent days, Foreign Policy 's tally of the number of Hillary Clinton references during Wednesday's Benghazi hearing has become grist for politicians and reporters to extrapolate wider political truths about the House Oversight Committee investigation. Show More Summary
Benghazi emails reveal CIA-State Department turf war: Administration officials
The newly-revealed Benghazi emails obtained by ABC News reflect a bureaucratic urf war between the CIA and the State Department, according to administration officials with access to the emails. The controversy over the editing of the...Show More Summary
Square swipes U.S. trade negotiator Demetrios Marantis
Silicon Valley renewed its interest in top Washington talent
with the hire of Demetrios Marantis,
he acting United States trade representative, who this week is leaving the government and cashing out with
disruptive payment servicesShow More Summary
Every discussion about Hillary Clinton in five hours of Benghazi hearings
Everyone had a reason to summon the name "Hillary Clinton" at Wednesday's hearing on Benghazi. For Republicans, it was a chance to chink the armor of the overwhelming favorite for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. For Democrats, it was a chance o suck up to the overwhelming favorite for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. Show More Summary
The 6 new things we learned today about Benghazi
Today, Jay Carney
reiterated the White House view that the attacks in Benghazi have already "been looked at exhaustively." But despite the
administration's reflexive posture, today's House Oversight Committee hearing --
which followed...Show More Summary
3 things to know about Benghazi's star witness
3 things to know about Benghazi's star witness Today's hearing on Benghazi features three whistleblowers: Mark Thompson, acting deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism at the State Department; Eric Nordstrom, diplomatic security...Show More Summary
Meet the combatants in today's big Benghazi hearing
Today, he House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform is convening its long-awaited hearing on the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi -- one that will feature a group of self-described "whistleblowers" from inside...Show More Summary