April 28, 2016 Kerry visits Hiroshima memorial seven decades after atomic bomb U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the memorial to Hiroshima's atomic bombing on Monday, delivering a message of peace and hope for a nuclear-free world seven decades after United States used the weapon for the first time in history and killed 140,000 Japanese.
April 28, 2016 State Department releases more than 1,100 documents to Benghazi committee The State Department on Friday turned over more than 1,100 pages of records to the House Select Committee on Benghazi, over a year after the committee first requested them for their ongoing investigation into the 2012 terror attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya.
April 28, 2016 Government seeks to limit questions in Clinton email case Lawyers for the State Department have asked a federal judge to limit the scope of testimony about Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account as secretary of state.
April 28, 2016 State Department apologizes for tweeting bizarre overseas travel warning The State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs was forced to apologize Wednesday after a tweet that appeared to offer overseas travel advice specifically for ugly Americans.
April 28, 2016 State Dept. to miss deadline for ISIS 'genocide' declaration The State Department will miss a congressionally-mandated deadline to decide whether or not to call ISIS atrocities against Christian and other religious minorities a genocide, a spokesman said Wednesday.
April 28, 2016 It's All Your Money: State Dept. spending $90,000 to promote 'understanding' with Britain A plan by the U.S. Embassy in London would spend $90,000 on the development of a grant program for individuals and organizations that can produce films, art projects, speaking programs and other events promoting “mutual understanding” between the people of America and Great Britain.
April 28, 2016 Administration under deadline pressure to call violence against Christians 'genocide' The Obama administration is facing growing pressure to step up and formally call the violence against Christians in the Middle East genocide, as evidence of atrocities mounts ahead of a looming deadline to decide on a label.
April 28, 2016 Senators again request State Department staffer testify about Clinton server setup Senate lawmakers are renewing their request to question the State Department staffer who helped set up Hillary Clinton's private email server following revelations that he has been granted immunity by the Justice Department, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press on Monday.
April 28, 2016 Ambassador killed in Benghazi attack considered leaving Libya in April 2011, emails reveal Seventeen months before he was killed in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Ambassador Chris Stevens was seriously considering leaving the country as its civil war widened.
April 28, 2016 Senior Clinton aide maintained top secret clearance amid email probe, letters show EXCLUSIVE: A senior Hillary Clinton aide has maintained her top secret security clearance despite sending information now deemed classified to the Clinton Foundation and to then-Secretary of State Clinton's private unsecured email account, according to congressional letters obtained by ӣƵ.