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December 20, 2015

Gary Hart named envoy to Northern Ireland

The State Department has tapped former Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart to be its newest envoy to Northern Ireland.

December 20, 2015

Detained American released from North Korea, State Department says

American detainee Jeffrey Fowle has been released from North Korea, nearly six months after he was taken into custody, the State Department said Tuesday. Two other Americans who have been tried and convicted of crimes in North Korea are still being held.

December 20, 2015

Militant pleads not guilty in Benghazi attacks

A Libyan militant on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges arising from the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.

December 20, 2015

State Department warns US businesses in North Africa of ISIS retaliation

The State Department is warning American businesses operating in North Africa of an increased risk of retaliation by militants over the U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State.

December 20, 2015

Lawmakers call to halt visas to travelers from Ebola-infected nations

Top lawmakers are ramping up calls for the State Department to stop issuing visas to travelers from West African nations in the wake of the Ebola outbreak.

December 20, 2015

US stands firm on Iran deadline

U.S. officials said they weren鈥檛 seeking to extend nuclear negotiations with Iran beyond a Nov. 24 deadline, as Secretary of State John Kerry met with his Iranian counterpart on Wednesday.

December 20, 2015

Two years after Benghazi, are US missions unsafe?

A new State Department unit tasked with protecting high-risk 聽U.S. 聽diplomatic missions suffers from 鈥渟ignificant staffing gaps,鈥� 聽and many in the State Department don鈥檛 even know it exists, according to a newly released report by State鈥檚 Inspector General.

December 20, 2015

Benghazi victim's mother says son's death could have been prevented

Barbara Doherty, the mother of Glen Doherty, said on 鈥淥n the Record鈥� that confusion has surrounded her son鈥檚 death from the beginning, and she鈥檚 still not sure exactly what happened at the compound in Libya on Sept. 11, 2012.

December 20, 2015

Who鈥檚 tending State Department鈥檚 cash cow?

The U.S. State Department has been handing over billions of dollars in grants for foreign projects聽-- ranging聽 from cultural exchanges to 鈥渃limate change鈥� activities -- without adequate oversight or adequate assessment of the risks involved, and sometimes without knowing whether the money was actually spent, according to the department鈥檚 Inspector General.

December 20, 2015

US prods Turkey over inaction against ISIS

A Pentagon official signaled Wednesday that the U.S. is pressing the Turkish government to intervene in support of Kurdish forces desperately battling to keep the Syrian border town of Kobani from falling into Islamic State hands.