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Saturday, May 03, 2014

News from The Hill The 18-month battle to get White House Benghazi emails - By Kristina Wong

News from The Hill: The 18-month battle to get White House Benghazi emails By Kristina Wong

It took 18 months for Judicial Watch to unearth the emails on Benghazi that led Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Friday to say he’s forming a special committee to look into the issue.

“This material was not voluntarily disclosed,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton told The Hill during a phone interview.

The emails have given new life to Republican attacks on Benghazi. They include a key email from White House official Ben Rhodes outlining “goals” for the talk-show appearances of Susan Rice, who was serving as ambassador to the United Nations at the time.

Read the story here.

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Saturday, May 25, 2013

U.S. Military: We Could Have Saved Ambassador Stevens #Benghazi

U.S. Military: We Could Have Saved Ambassador Stevens.

#Benghazi
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/05/us_military_we_could_have_saved_ambassador_stevens.html#ixzz2UJoJK4SS

U.S. Citizens to us Military: No shit Sherlock. We figured this out a long time ago. What we want to know is why nothing was done and who’s responsible. (As if we don’t know the answer to this already, too!)

Hat Tip: http://www.ihatethemedia.com/us-military-we-could-have-saved-ambassador-stevens?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ihatethemedia+%28I+Hate+the+Media%29

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Michael Hastings vs Philippe Reines, State Dept flack

Oh my - can't we all just get along... Michael Hastings vs Philippe Reines, State Dept flack http://tinyurl.com/8zsgvam

http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/32269378183/motherjones-felixsalmon-michael-hastings-vs

motherjones:

felixsalmon:

Michael Hastings vs Philippe Reines, State Dept flack

We call non-BS.

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

AP: Libyan officials say U.S. ambassador killed in attack

Libyan officials say U.S. Ambassador John Christopher Stevens was killed in an attack Tuesday at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, the Associated Press reports. ... http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/news-agencies-us-ambassador-to-libya-killed-in-attack-outside-consulate/2012/09/12/665de5fc-fcc4-11e1-a31e-804fccb658f9_story.html?hpid=z1

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By Karen DeYoung and Michael Birnbaum, Updated: Wednesday, September 12, 7:01 AM

U.S. Ambassador to Libya John Christopher Stevens and at least two other embassy staffers were reported killed Tuesday in an assault on the American consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi.

Wire services and reporters on the ground said Libyan government officials confirmed that Stevens and the others were fleeing the consulate when a rocket-propelled grenade struck their vehicle. Al-Jazeera’s correspondent in Benghazi said the bodies of the dead had been taken to the Benghazi airport... http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/news-agencies-us-ambassador-to-libya-killed-in-attack-outside-consulate/2012/09/12/665de5fc-fcc4-11e1-a31e-804fccb658f9_story.html?hpid=z1

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

U.S. Department of State: Denial of the Keystone XL Pipeline Application

Denial of the Keystone XL Pipeline Application

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/01/181473.htm

Media Note

Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

January 18, 2012

Today, the Department of State recommended to President Obama that the presidential permit for the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline be denied and, that at this time, the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline be determined not to serve the national interest. The President concurred with the Department’s recommendation, which was predicated on the fact that the Department does not have sufficient time to obtain the information necessary to assess whether the project, in its current state, is in the national interest.

Since 2008, the Department has been conducting a transparent, thorough, and rigorous review of TransCanada’s permit application for the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline project. As a result of this process, particularly given the concentration of concerns regarding the proposed route through the Sand Hills area of Nebraska, on November 10, 2011, the Department announced that it could not make a national interest determination regarding the permit application without additional information. Specifically, the Department called for an assessment of alternative pipeline routes that avoided the uniquely sensitive terrain of the Sand Hills in Nebraska. The Department estimated, based on prior projects of similar length and scope, that it could complete the necessary review to make a decision by the first quarter of 2013. In consultations with the State of Nebraska and TransCanada, they agreed with the estimated timeline.

On December 23, 2011, the Congress passed the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 (“the Act”). The Act provides 60 days for the President to determine whether the Keystone XL pipeline is in the national interest – which is insufficient for such a determination.

The Department’s denial of the permit application does not preclude any subsequent permit application or applications for similar projects.

PRN: 2012/070

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