John Kerry: Nation’s Top Diplomat, Not So Diplomatic
On his first international trip to Europe and the Middle East, John Kerry has been making headlines with his comments, which only reaffirm that his… Read More
Kerry: Diplomacy Is Hard Work
On Monday, Secretary of State John Kerry took off on his first foreign trip of the capitals of Western Europe and the Arab world. The… Read More
Kerry Confirmed by Senate
The Senate today confirmed John Kerry to be the next Secretary of State by a vote of 94-3. As expected, the former Senator and Foreign… Read More
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Benghazi Terrorist Attack: The Difference It Makes
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton bristled in a heated moment at yesterday’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing when pressed about why the Obama Administration initially… Read More
Four Questions for Hillary Clinton on Benghazi
In testimony before the Senate and House Foreign Relations Committees, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will have an opportunity to show Washington what it means… Read More
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Congressional Hearing on Benghazi: New Developments Beg More Answers
Tomorrow, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will deliver testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the terrorist attack… Read More
A Year Later, Keystone XL Still a Good Decision
After being sworn-in this weekend, President Obama will soon receive a second shot at approving the Keystone XL pipeline that will bring oil down from… Read More
Clinton and Kerry Play Musical Chairs with U.S. Foreign Policy, Benghazi
Senator John Kerry (D–MA) has announced that he will bow out of chairing the expected Benghazi hearing featuring Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on January… Read More
Nuclear Modernization, the State Department Would Have You Think
The State Department’s Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance recently published a fact sheet on “U.S. Nuclear Security Enterprise Infrastructure Modernization.” The name is… Read More
Shining the Light of Transparency on U.S. Public Diplomacy
Transparency in government took a huge step forward on January 3. On that day, President Obama signed into law the Smith–Mundt Modernization Act as an… Read More
Best of the Morning Bell in 2012
Continuing our series highlighting the best of 2012, we wanted to bring you the most popular Morning Bells of the past year. The Morning Bell… Read More
State Department Board Recommendation: Ignore the Constitution, Break the Law
On November 27, a State Department advisory board, the International Security Advisory Board (ISAB), recommended that the Obama Administration ignore the Constitution and break the… Read More
Report on Benghazi Attack Falls Short on Investigation
Today, State Department officials testify before the Senate and House of Representatives’ respective foreign affairs committees on the findings of the Accountability Review Board’s (ARB)… Read More
Morning Bell: What’s at Stake in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Hollywood actor Ben Affleck brings his star power to Congress today to testify on the security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)… Read More
Your Opinion Needed for the State Department
The State Department wants your opinion. No, not on weighty matters like the Arab Spring/Winter, relations with Russia, the state of NATO, or Chinese free-trade… Read More
Select Committee on Benghazi: Precedent Exists
In the aftermath of the September 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, the Obama Administration announced efforts to investigate the facts behind… Read More
China’s Claims on Its Neighbors Are No Laughing Matter
The Chinese continue to unite their neighbors against them. The most recent controversy is a map featured in new PRC passports that poses particular problems… Read More
India’s Execution of Mumbai Attacker Is Reminder of Pakistani Foot Dragging
Nearly four years after the horrific Mumbai attacks that left more than 160 dead, including six Americans, India put to death the lone surviving gunman,… Read More
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Was There Ever a Real “U.S. Consulate” in Benghazi?
In the many news reports published since the tragic and mysterious assassinations of four Americans in Libya on September 11, 2012, the scene of the… Read More
Morning Bell: Benghazi Hearings Begin on Capitol Hill
Today, hearings begin in the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House and Senate Intelligence Committees on the terrorist attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens… Read More
Congress Seeks Answers on Benghazi
On Thursday, members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House and Senate Intelligence Committees should bring us closer to an understanding of what… Read More
Benghazi: Implications for U.S. Public Diplomacy
An obvious conclusion from the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi is that whatever the Obama Administration’s effort has been to deprive al-Qaeda and… Read More
The Bureaucratic Attack on International Broadcasting
The recent layoff of Voice of America (VOA) employees in Russia comes at a time when U.S. international broadcasting is also losing ground to bureaucratic… Read More
Clinton Attempts to Dismiss Leaked Benghazi E-Mails
Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responded in an interview with television reporters to the leak of incriminating State Department e-mails from September 11. It… Read More
Contradictory Evidence Swallows Administration Libya Cover-Up
The e-mails sent around the federal government on the night of the September 11 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, have finally been obtained by the U.S…. Read More
A Damning Indictment of State Department Security in Benghazi
Last Friday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released 120 pages of documents on the situation in Benghazi, Libya, from March 2011 to September… Read More
Clinton, Obama Try to Rewrite History on Benghazi
For more than a month, Obama Administration officials have shifted blame for lack of intelligence or diplomatic security in Benghazi, Libya, where terrorist attacks on… Read More
Unraveling the Libya Debacle: Biden’s Disregard for the Facts
Vice President Biden’s assertions during the debate last night showed either a lack of information or a willful disregard for the facts. Biden stated in… Read More
VP Debate: Joe Biden’s Three Most Misleading Foreign Policy Statements
During Thursday night’s vice presidential debate, Vice President Joe Biden made numerous misleading or outright inaccurate claims regarding American foreign policy and the Obama administration’s… Read More
Libya Security Lapse: The Budget for Embassy Security Is Not Responsible
There has been some back and forth between Republicans and Democrats over funding for security in Libya in the wake of Ambassador Chris Stevens’s death…. Read More
