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President Obama responds to questions about Benghazi Monday.

Benghazi is not ‘a sideshow’

by Mindy Belz

Libya | When the deputy chief of mission in Libya gives an anguished account of last September’s attack for the first time—as Gregory Hicks did last week—a legitimate chronology of events suggesting the United States…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/benghazi_is_not_a_sideshow]

From right to left: Eric Nordstrom, Gregory Hicks, and Mark Thompson testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday.

Hearing bombshells

by J.C. Derrick

Libya |  House committee listens to six hours of dramatic and emotional testimony on the Benghazi attacks

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/hearing_bombshells]

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (left) and President Barack Obama at a memorial ceremony outside the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2012.

U.S. ordered troops to ‘stand down’ during Benghazi attack

by Mindy Belz

Libya |  For more than six months, a gap has been yawning wide in the Obama administration’s storyline on the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/u_s_ordered_troops_to_stand_down_during_benghazi_attack]

John Kerry
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Vacant State

by J.C. Derrick

Politics |  Months into a second term, the Obama administration is dragging its feet on crucial diplomatic appointments

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/vacant_state]

Nice going
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Nice going

by Joel Belz

Foreign Policy |  In giving up Truth, does a society also become angry and ugly?

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ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US: A satellite image of an airstrip deep in the Saudi Arabia desert that may be a secret U.S. drone base.
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Droning on

by Mindy Belz

Middle East |  Like other parts of the Middle East, the U.S.-Saudi alliance needs its own democracy movement

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/droning_on]

Secretary of State John Kerry

Congressmen pressure Kerry to act now on Abedini case

by J.C. Derrick

Religion |  WASHINGTON—Six members of Congress continued pressuring the State Department to act on behalf of jailed Iranian-American pastor Saeed Abedini in a letter to…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/congressmen_pressure_kerry_to_act_now_on_abedini_case]

Itinerary: Israel
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Itinerary: Israel

by Jamie Dean

Israel |  First presidential visit to key U.S. ally will also focus on its Mideast neighbor

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/03/itinerary_israel]

Rand Paul
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On pilgrimage

by Jill Nelson

Israel |  Sen. Rand Paul tells Israelis it’s time to wean off the U.S. dole

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/on_pilgrimage]

Elton John leads a tribute performance of

Signs and Wonders: Grammys, physician-assisted suicide, and Dick Cheney

by Warren Cole Smith

Newsworthy |  Grammys underwhelm. The bar is set pretty low when the two best things you can say about Sunday night’s telecast of the Grammy Awards are: no wardrobe…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/signs_and_wonders_grammys_physician_assisted_suicide_and_dick_cheney]

Obama and Netanyahu
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A cold peace

by Jill Nelson

Israel |  The same men lead the United States and Israel as last year, but their relationship may soon become icier than ever

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/02/a_cold_peace]

Steve Kroft (left) interviews President Obama and outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on <i>60 Minutes</i>.

60 Minutes’ missed opportunity

by Cal Thomas

Media |  In the days of the late Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes was known for hard-hitting, aggressive journalism that asked the questions viewers wanted answered and held the…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/01/60_minutes_missed_opportunity]

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