A new report in the Wall Street Journal makes clear that it was the CIA, not the White House, who ultimately removed references to al Qaeda from a controversial set of talking points on the Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. Congressional Republicans and conservative commentators alike have spent weeks [...]
[view whole blog post ]U.S. Africa Experts Debate Obama's Choice for State Department
Against the backdrop of suggestions that President Barack Obama is considering nominating his United Nations ambassador, Susan E. Rice, to serve as his next secretary of state, American scholars and ...