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U.S. President Obama watches as the body of an American killed in Benghazi is placed in a hearse during a return of remains ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington. Image Credit: Reuters/Jason Reed

Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

Forget the gossip: Focus on Benghazi

Paul Wolfowitz | November 14, 2012, 9:28 am

Fascination with the general’s personal story must not divert attention from the very significant policy failures that helped produce a chaotic security situation in Libya. read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy

Benghazi: The focus of numerous attacks and a clear soft target

Reza Jan | October 23, 2012, 9:22 am

The September 11, 2012 attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi and the deteriorating situation in Libya was once again a political talking point in last night’s presidential debate on national security. As the argument rages over exactly what happened … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

Romney’s second chance on Libya tonight

Marc Thiessen | October 22, 2012, 11:13 am

Rarely in presidential politics does a candidate get a second chance to deliver a flubbed attack, but Mitt Romney will have that chance tonight. read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

Will Obama Libya strike be decisive, or ‘hit a camel in the butt’?

Marc Thiessen | October 16, 2012, 11:25 am

Last week, I wrote in the Washington Post that the real Libya scandal was the Obama administration’s utter failure to respond to what it now (finally) acknowledges was a terrorist attack. It took just over three weeks after the attacks … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

The larger lesson of Libya

Paul Wolfowitz | October 16, 2012, 10:08 am

If the US had taken the lead in training, equipping, and organizing Libyan opposition forces, the fighting would have ended more quickly, with less loss of valuable lives. read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

Clinton cuts Rice loose on Libya

Marc Thiessen | October 10, 2012, 2:39 pm

Madam Ambassador, you’re on your own. That’s the message the Clinton State Department effectively delivered to UN ambassador Susan Rice as Congressional hearings into the cover-up over the September 11 terrorist attack in Libya get under way. Five days after … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Premature exoneration, Part 2: More questions from former CIA Director Mike Hayden

Marc Thiessen | October 2, 2012, 1:45 pm

Yesterday, I raised a number of questions about the statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence that its initial assessment of the attack on our diplomatic facilities in Libya was that “the attack began spontaneously following protests earlier … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy, Terrorism

Premature exoneration: When exactly did the intelligence community change its assessment of the Libya attack?

Marc Thiessen | October 1, 2012, 11:37 am

Late Friday, the office of the director of national intelligence put out a statement that appeared to exonerate the Obama administration for claiming that the Libya attack was the result of spontaneous protests and not an organized terrorist attack. Shawn … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Obama meme: Blame Americans first

Danielle Pletka | September 27, 2012, 4:09 pm

When the president of the United States says something that is manifestly untrue, we Americans call that a lie. Think “Mission Accomplished.” And when Obama and his political appointees insisted that the attacks in Libya and Egypt on 9/11/12 that … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

5 questions for Barack Obama

Danielle Pletka | September 13, 2012, 10:28 am

In the wake of Egypt and Libya, the president needs to answer these 5 questions. read more >

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