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Sigh, John Kerry

Danielle Pletka | December 21, 2012, 11:15 am

It’s hard to like John Kerry. Ask the other 99 members of the US Senate. His staff. The American people. But it is a testament to Obama’s other dreadful nominations floated for national security jobs that Kerry suddenly looks…ok. Susan … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Eulogy for an African despot — another reason Susan Rice should not become secretary of state

Roger Bate | November 26, 2012, 2:26 pm

The likely nomination of Susan Rice as secretary of state has met with much conservative opposition due to her pronouncements surrounding the debacle in Benghazi. While I don’t disagree with that opposition, Susan Rice’s support for oppressive despots in Africa, … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy

Yes, the White House knows who changed Rice’s talking points

Marc Thiessen | November 19, 2012, 10:00 am

Fox News reports that intelligence officials told members of Congress they do not know who changed Ambassador Susan Rice’s talking points on Benghazi to remove references to al Qaeda for her five Sunday show appearances: Former CIA Director David Petraeus … read more >

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan E. Rice attend the dignified transfer ceremony for the U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens. Image credit: Official Secretary of Defense Flickr

Foreign and Defense Policy

Ask the scholars: Who’s on deck for State and Defense?

Brittany French | November 15, 2012, 1:21 pm

There’s been a ton of talk in the media over who President Obama will appoint as successors to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. Rumors are flying that Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry … 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 >

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