September 28, 2016 Fewer than one in five State Dept employees with security clearance completed classified info training Fewer than one in five employees with a security clearance at the State Department has completed the mandated training for handling classified information as required by a 2009 Executive Order signed by President Obama, according to a new report from the government watchdog with oversight.
September 27, 2016 Autocratic UN agency head broke rules with sensitive cybersecurity contract award, report shows “The head of a low profile but important United Nations agency based in Geneva bent the organization’s rules and steered an ultrasensitive cybersecurity contract to a company headed by a business acquaintance, according to a heavily redacted UN report obtained by ӣƵ.
September 27, 2016 Obama nominates first US ambassador to Cuba in more than 55 years President Obama Tuesday nominated career diplomat Jeffrey DeLaurentis to be the first full-fledged U.S. ambassador to Cuba since 1960.
September 24, 2016 Top Clinton aide dismissed IT specialist's concerns about private email server A top aide to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dismissed concerns a State Department IT specialist brought to her about Clinton's private email server, according to newly released interview summaries from an FBI investigation.
September 22, 2016 House panel recommends holding former Clinton IT aide in contempt The House oversight committee voted Thursday to recommend holding the former State Department IT specialist who set up Hillary Clinton’s private server in contempt of Congress, after he again ignored a subpoena to appear before the panel.
September 21, 2016 Ambassador Nancy Brinker: The power of using the arts as a tool of diplomacy President John F. Kennedy understood that sharing art and culture brought people together, broke down barriers and established a connection that transcended policies and politics.
September 17, 2016 Powell says Israel has 200 nukes pointed at Iran in leaked 2015 email In a private email exchange last year leaked this week by hackers, former Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed Israel's nuclear weapons capability with a friend, saying the country has 200 warheads.
September 16, 2016 'The Kelly File': Chaffetz says AWOL Clinton IT man 'needs to testify' The chairman of the House committee investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server said Thursday that the computer specialist tasked with setting up the server "needs to come and testify."
September 14, 2016 Powell warned Clinton not to make him fall guy over email scandal, leaked messages reveal Colin Powell attempted to persuade Hillary Clinton and her aides to not use him as a scapegoat for the controversy surrounding Clinton's private email server, according to leaked emails hacked from Powell's Gmail account.
September 13, 2016 Lawmaker issues subpoena to FBI for Clinton probe records A powerful Republican lawmaker abruptly stopped a Monday hearing on Capitol Hill to serve a subpoena demanding the FBI’s full investigative file on the Hillary Clinton email probe to a top official, telling the man “you are hereby served.”