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December 20, 2015

鈥業nside Job鈥�? Leaders of State Department鈥檚 Benghazi review grilled by lawmakers

The leaders of the State Department's internal review of the Benghazi terror attack were grilled Thursday by congressional Republicans who suggested their probe amounted to an "inside job" that let senior officials off the hook.

December 20, 2015

House Republicans: State Department officials should have been fired over Benghazi

House Republicans on Wednesday criticized a ranking State Department official for the failure to hold other top agency officials accountable for security lapses at the Benghazi mission, where four Americans were killed last year.聽

December 20, 2015

State Department鈥檚 Benghazi review let senior officials off the hook, report finds

The State Department review of the Benghazi terror attack let senior officials off the hook for the policy decisions that led to sub-standard security at the U.S. compound in eastern Libya, according to a draft House committee report obtained by 樱桃视频.

December 20, 2015

US, allies vague on whether Syria resolution will include threat of force

Secretary of State John Kerry and his British and French counterparts would not say Monday whether a new U.N. resolution on Syria will threaten military force should the Assad regime not comply with a deal to turn over its chemical weapons, despite an official U.N. report showing "convincing evidence" the weapons were used.聽

December 20, 2015

Top congressional Democrats, Republicans agree Putin was deal maker on Syria

Top congressional Democrats and Republicans differed Sunday about how the United States' effort to solve the Syria crisis swerved from a threat of military force to a possible diplomatic solution, but they agreed Russian President Vladimir Putin changed the course of action.

December 20, 2015

After strike deal on Syria, Kerry says him calling it impossible was 'diplomacy'

Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday, after reaching a tentative agreement with Russia on disarming Syria of chemical weapons, that his earlier statement about the impossibility of such a plan was in fact 鈥渢he language of diplomacy.鈥�

December 20, 2015

US and Russia reach agreement in Syria weapons talks

After lasting late into Friday night, discussions enter a third day on Saturday with U.S. officials pointing to at least limited progress on some elements of a Russian proposal to inventory, isolate and eventually destroy Syria's chemical weapons stocks.

December 20, 2015

The mechanics, perils and pitfalls of destroying Assad鈥檚 chemical weapons arsenal

In all, the shared goal is to finalize the complete destruction of Syria鈥檚 chemical weapons arsenal by mid-2014. U.S. officials acknowledged that that timetable is 鈥渁mbitious鈥� and 鈥渄aunting,鈥� but reiterated that, with the Syrian regime鈥檚 full cooperation, it is 鈥渄oable.鈥澛�

December 20, 2015

UN chief says Syria report will prove chemical weapons attack, as Assad ups demands

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he expects a soon-to-be-released investigative report to show chemical weapons were used last month in Syria -- though U.S. officials claim it will not assign blame.聽

December 20, 2015

Tag-Team: Assad joins Putin in pressing Obama to drop Syria strike threat

Bashar Assad joined Vladimir Putin on Thursday in pressuring the Obama administration to abandon military threats against Syria, suggesting an emerging plan to have the Assad regime turn over its chemical weapons could only proceed if the U.S. backs down.聽