President Barack Obama, addressing a live television audience from the White House, said the commissioner in charge of the IRS has been removed following the agency’s targeted scrutiny of conservative groups. “The misconduct uncovered is inexcuseable,” Obama said in a...
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A vehicle and the surround buildings burn after they were set on fire inside the U.S. consulate compound in Benghazi late on September 11, 2012.
Charge of the Obama Brigade: IRS, Benghazi, Reporters
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Palestinians wave national flags during a gathering in the West Bank city of Jenin on Nov. 29, 2012 to support Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas who is heading to the United Nations General Assembly today with huge backing for his bid for UN recognition of statehood.
Rice Riled by Palestine Placard
Just because a United Nations name plate calls you a state, that doesn’t make you one. Still, at the world body, any entity, state or non-state can name itself. Following a largely symbolic vote in the UN’s 193-member General Assembly,...
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Algerian men look at national newspapers headlining the terrorist attack and kidnapping in Amenas at a news stand in Algiers, on Jan. 17, 2013.
Obama Administration Rations Words — Algerian Terrorism Post-Benghazi
In the aftermath of a bruising partisan battle over what the Obama administration knew about an extremist attack in Benghazi, Libya, and when it knew it, officials are rationing their words for a new crisis in Algeria. White House Press...
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A Libyan woman raises her ink stained finger as she leaves a polling station after voting for Libya's General National Assembly in Tripoli on July 7, 2012.
Rice Tweets: Libyan Women Kick…
Written by Flavia Krause-Jackson in New York Even after a bruising week on Capitol Hill ducking cameras, Susan Rice has kept her voice alive on Twitter. Today was no exception. As @ambassadorrice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations branded...
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Pipes carry recovered bitumen from oil sands, near Conklin, Alberta, Canada.
Rice’s Oil Holdings Flagged — Keystone Pipeline Rests at State
Written with Jim Efstathiou Jr. If the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, ascends to secretary of state — no sure thing given the pre-emptive Republican strikes against her — she may have to sideline herself from the...
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, leaves the Capitol after meeting with members of the senate on Nov. 28, 2012 in Washington.
Rice Remains in Question: Collins ‘Very Troubled’ After Meeting
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice was still on Capitol Hill today, still explaining her statements about the Sept. 11 Benghazi attack, and still not allaying Republican lawmakers’ doubts. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said she was “very troubled” after an...
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 14, 2012, stating they'd block the nomination Susan Rice as Secretary of State. Photographer: J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
Obama to McCain: `Go After Me’
President Barack Obama had some fighting words today for the senator he faced in 2008: If Sen. John McCain and allied Republican Lindsey Graham want to complain about the administration’s handling of the attack against the U.S. diplomatic post in...
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