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Armed groups in central Africa are using powerful weapons, some of which may be left over from the civil war in Libya, to kill elephants for their ivory, the United Nations said.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The White House believes there is enough proof for a military force to seize them as terrorist suspects, officials say, but prefers to wait until investigators have enough evidence to try them...

The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say.

The US has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say.    

Sources: Gov't Holding Up Pursuit of Libya AttackersState Dept. Official Says He Was Scapegoated by Bosses Over Benghazi

Government lawyers seek to keep lawsuit over secret Libya rendition of prominent Gaddafi opponent out of public domain.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn't enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration prefers....

"We have the chance to show that America values the dignity of the street vendor in Tunisia more than the raw power of the dictator ... America must use all our influence to encourage reform in the region ... we need to speak honestly about the principles that we believe in, with friend and foe alike." Which prominent American spoke these words? It was neither Senator...

* Pentagon control could open program to more congressional oversight * Strikes in Yemen to be run by armed forces * CIA to keep drone operations in Pakistan for now By Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration has decided to give the Pentagon...

Armed groups in central Africa are using powerful weapons, some of which may be left over from the civil war in Libya, to kill elephants for their ivory, the United Nations said.

Armed groups in central Africa are using powerful weapons, some of which may be left over from the civil war in Libya, to kill elephants for their ivory, the United Nations said.

Expert tells 'Post' that the lessons drawn from the intervention in Libya affect Western decisions regarding Syria, where it seems likely that jihadists would play a central role in taking control of the state.

Many in Washington now dismiss further assistance to Libya as useless: the Libyans themselves are fractious and have limited 'absorbtive capacity.' At the same time, it is wrong to say we have no influence in Libya, or that we have no means of increasing that capacity.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Armed groups in central Africa are using powerful weapons, some of which may be left over from the civil war in Libya, to kill elephants for their ivory, the United Nations said on Monday.

The Washington Post's Bob Woodward on Sunday knocked down the Watergate comparisons made during the last week of scandals in Washington, but said in the case of the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, there are people in the administration "who have acted as if they want to be Nixonian." "This is not Watergate, but there are some people in the administration...

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Sunday the public's trust in President Barack Obama is "being eroded" in the wake of the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. "Two things really concern me: One, you think of a manager, a leader, when something like that happens, you call people in, you sit them down and you let them know that you intend to...

Dan Pfeiffer, shown right, tries to reverse the damage done to the Obama administration this week by the IRS, Benghazi and AP scandals, going so far as to say it was an 'irrelevant fact' where President Obama was on the night of the Libya attack.Obama Adviser: Republicans Owe Rice an Apology on BenghaziVIDEO: GOP Demands More Benghazi Emails After White House...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell charged on Sunday the Obama administration "made up a tale" about the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in fall 2012 because it "was inconvenient within six weeks of the election for the administration to, in effect, announce that it was a terrorist attack." NBC "Meet the Press" host David Gregory also asked McConnell...

Rep. Jason Chaffetz says the White House should release more documents relating to the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The Utah Republican said on CBS's "Face the Nation" that more information is needed and that a cover-up is ongoing. "People deserve the truth and the families deserve the truth," Chaffetz said. "I can't imagine that this administration...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under fire for security lapses at a U.S. mission in Libya, will in a speech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging counter-terrorism policy, from the controversial use of drones to efforts to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute....

Company says Stephane Roy and Riadh Ben Aissa plotted to help Moammar Gadhafi’s son and family to flee Libya without its knowledge

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the co-chairman of the independent review board that investigated last year's attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, to answer questions about the panel's findings behind closed doors....

* Top Obama advisers met with about a dozen strategists * Talked about how to move forward from three scandals * On Friday, Obama to talk about education, economy By Roberta Rampton and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Senior White House officials responsible for navigating the administration through...

President Obama made an appeal for new financing on Thursday amid ongoing criticism from Republicans over the handling of last year’s attack in Benghazi.    

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday tried to turn the tables on Republicans who have criticized his administration's response to last year's deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, calling on lawmakers to approve his request to increase funding for diplomatic security....

A series of bombings across Iraq Wednesday evening killed at least 34 people. Within an hour in the capital Baghdad, 11 explosions, mostly car bombings, killed 23 people and wounded over 100 others, mostly in Shiite districts. Sadr City was hit the worst with three bombs, two of which exploded in busy markets, but attacks were also reported in Kadhimiya, Husseiniya,...

Ex-CIA Director David Petraeus strongly objected to the Obama administrations version of events during the terror attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya newly released emails show.

The piece was published today in Turkish by Turkish Daily “Sabah” and can be found here. The full English text of the op-ed by President Obama is printed below. A Partnership That Delivers By President Barack Obama Turkey and the United States have been partners since shortly after the birth of the modern Turkish Republic.  As NATO allies,...

* White House fights back on all three budding scandals * With effort to limit damage, Obama answers critics By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - With no sign of an end to three mushrooming scandals, the White House acknowledged the rising political dangers on Wednesday by launching a concerted effort at damage...

President Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid questions about last year’s attack in Libya, will make his appeal at a news conference Thursday.    

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Ex-CIA Director David Petraeus strongly objected to the Obama administrations version of events during the terror attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya newly released emails show.

State Dept. officials repeatedly objected to references to Islamic extremist groups, prior security warnings in Libya in the Obama administration's initial internal storyline on the Benghazi terror attack, according to dozens of emails and notes released by the White House late Wednesday. READ: Obama Administration's Internal Benghazi EmailsVIDEO:...

The United Nations General Assembly is expected to approve an Arab-backed draft resolution on Syria in a vote on Wednesday. The draft resolution condemns the Syrian government and accepts the Syrian National Coalition as a party to a potential political transition. The draft resolution is opposed by Russia, a strong ally of the Syrian regime, and is not expected to win...

Italy has announced the United States was transferring 200 marines and two planes to its base at Sigonella in Sicily to deploy in Libya in case US diplomats come under attack as they did last year.    

  James S. Brady Press Briefing Room     1:26 P.M. EDT     MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  I want to thank you for being here today.     I’ve often been asked and seen some comments about what it’s like to be up here, having been over there on the firing line, if you will.  And I can remember sitting in the chair that...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday released 100 pages of emails detailing discussion inside the administration over last year's deadly attacks on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.

Insurgency in the north-east has led the president to impose a state of emergency that oppresses residents stuck in the middleAs the paved roads of north-eastern Nigeria begin to melt into the sands of the Sahara desert, a cluster of picture-perfect mud-and-thatch homes marks the entrance into Boko Haram territory. Here, barely 30 minutes' drive from the neat government...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House committee chairman on Wednesday asked a retired diplomat who helped lead an independent review of the attack against the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, if he will agree to be interviewed by committee investigators....

WASHINGTON -- The leaders of the panel that independently reviewed last year's deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, said Tuesday they were prepared to testify publicly before Congress to counter what they consider unfounded criticism of their work.In a letter to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, veteran diplomat Thomas Pickering...

Over at Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall argues that the Ben Rhodes email published by CNN on Tuesday changes the nature of ABC News's exclusive report about revisions to the Benghazi talking points. Karl was using summaries of the emails -- a fact he did not fully and clearly disclose. The summary he relied upon suggested Obama's top aide had wanted to address State...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The leaders of the panel that independently reviewed last year's deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, said Tuesday they were prepared to testify publicly before Congress to counter what they consider unfounded criticism of their work....

The initial talking points to describe the attack in Benghazi, Libya, though inept, is not the real issue. But Republicans are making it into one.    

The initial talking points to describe the attack in Benghazi, Libya, is not the real issue. But Republicans are making it into one.    

By the time Representaive Jason Chaffetz of Utah left Tripoli, eight hours after he arrived, the lines were drawn between the State Department and House Republicans on Benghazi.    

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President Barack Obama sought on Monday to neutralize two crises that threatened his second term agenda, calling the apparent targeting of conservative groups by tax officials "outrageous" and an uproar over his response to American deaths in Libya a "sideshow."

A car bomb ripped through the car park at the main hospital in Benghazi on Monday, killing at least 15 people, days after Britain ordered the evacuation of all non-essential staff in Libya out of security concerns.    

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemned the bombing that took place today near a hospital in the city of Benghazi and resulted in a number of deaths, including children, as well as injuries.

East Room 11:41 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Good morning, everybody.  Please have a seat.  And to all our moms out there, I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day.  It’s always a great pleasure to welcome my friend and partner, Prime Minister David Cameron.  Michelle and I have wonderful memories from when David and Samantha visited us last year.  There was a lot...

President Obama on Monday rejected as “a sideshow” criticism of his handling of the attacks in Benghazi, Libya. On the scandal at the revenue agency, he said the singling out of certain groups, if true, was “outrageous.”    

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama tried to swat down a pair of brewing controversies Monday, denouncing as "outrageous" the targeting of conservative political groups by the federal IRS but angrily denying any administration cover-up after last year's deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya....

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- A deadly car bomb exploded Monday near a hospital in a busy area packed with civilians in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, destroying part of the facility, officials said....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans pushed ahead Monday with their investigation of the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year as President Barack Obama asserted that GOP charges of a cover-up are baseless....

Women and children among dead at al-Jala hospital in eastern Libyan city after bomb goes off in car parkA car bomb has exploded at one of the largest hospitals in Benghazi, killing 12 people and wounding 30.The bomb devastated wards and left cars burning outside the al-Jala hospital – one of Benghazi's two main hospitals, in the centre of the eastern Libyan city.A witness...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is dismissing Republican criticism of his administration's handling of the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya, calling the criticism a political sideshow....

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- A car bomb exploded Monday near a hospital in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing at least 10 people, officials said, in one of the biggest attacks since the end of the civil war that ousted former dictator Moammar Gadhafi....

CAIRO (Reuters) - A cousin of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi went on trial in Egypt on Monday on charges of attempted murder in a case that has blocked his extradition to Libya.

Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email On February 26, 2011, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1970 by a vote of 15-0 referring the situation in Libya to the ICC. Under the Rome Statute, the ICC's founding treaty, the Security Council may refer a situation in any country to the ICC prosecutor under its Chapter VII...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican chairman of the House oversight panel is asking a veteran diplomat and a former chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff for sworn testimony about their investigation into the deaths of four Americans at a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya....

A seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical review on security at the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, defended his report that blamed state department deficiencies but absolved then-secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton.    

Arizona Senator and former presidential nominee John McCain gave an interview Sunday in which he asserted the White House lied after the Libya attack.

The oil giant said some non-essential staff would leave Libya after the government voiced concerns about deteriorating security in Tripoli.

Former Ambassador Thomas Pickering, co-chair of the Benghazi Accountability Review Board, on Sunday defended the investigation into the Benghazi attacks, saying the board did not formally question former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or other high ranking officials because it didn't believe it was necessary. "We briefed them them on the report, we told them where...

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - A top Republican on Sunday said he expected more witnesses to step forward with information about last year's deadly attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi and how President Barack Obama's administration responded to the unfolding events. "I do think we're going to see more whistle blowers. I certainly know my committee...

A House committee chairman vowed to seek additional testimony on the handling of last year’s assault in Libya while a prominent senator called for a special committee to investigate.    

Republican wants whistleblowers to reveal new information about last year's attack on US diplomatic post in Libya.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical report on security at a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, defended his scathing assessment but absolved then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. "We knew where the responsibility rested," Thomas Pickering said Sunday....

Former Ambassador Thomas Pickering on Sunday defended the State Department's review of the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in response to charges from California Rep. Darrell Issa and other Republicans who say that the investigation didn't go far enough. "Let me say that I hope the chairman has read our report," the co-chairman of State Department Accountability...

The U.S. military could have intervened and saved at least two of the four Americans killed in the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Sen. Susan Collins said Sunday. "We have to remember there were many hours between the first attack and last attack, I don't think we could have gotten there in time to save the ambassador and information officer, but I do...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein says the talking points used on the Sunday news shows following the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, were wrong, adding that the administration should have been quicker in calling it a terrorist act. "I think the talking points were wrong," the California Democrat who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Sunday on NBC's "Meet...