June 28, 2013
4:38 pm

The largest US diplomatic mission in sub-Saharan Africa: the US embassy on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. (photo credit: AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

As Obama prepares to visit East Africa, terror threat a priority

In the wake of the 2012 Benghazi attack and regional instability, US security forces will be on high alert

By Jason Straziuso

June 8, 2013
6:36 am

State Dept hands over 97 pages of Benghazi info

Documents address outgoing-UN Ambassador Susan Rice’s talking points on the attack that killed four Americans

May 16, 2013
10:19 am

US President Barack Obama talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the White House in 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Erdogan to try to push Obama toward Syria involvement

Turkish premier visits Washington days after deadly terror blasts near border with Syria; White House has been reluctant to intervene in civil war

May 16, 2013
4:38 am

A portion of a page of emails that the White House released Wednesday, May 15, 2013, that document how the Obama administration crafted its public talking points immediately following the Sept. 11, 2012, deadly attack on a US diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, is seen at the White House in Washington. (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Petraeus email objected to Benghazi talking points

White House releases 99 pages of emails in hope to put to bed controversy about its handling of September 11 consulate attack

By Nedra Pickler

May 13, 2013
7:40 pm

Benghazi car bomb kills at least 10 people

Dozens hurt in east Libya explosion

May 11, 2013
1:30 am

US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice listening during a news conference at the UN in June 2012. (photo credit: AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

State Dep’t sought to change Libya talking points

Senior US officials asked that references to terror groups, prior warnings be deleted from UN envoy’s comments after Benghazi attack

By Donna Cassata and Julie Pace

May 9, 2013
12:38 pm

Libyans protest against Islamic militias in Benghazi, a week after the attack on the US Embassy that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others in September 2012. (photo credit: AP /Mohammad Hannon)

Former diplomat describes Libya embassy attack

Gregory Hicks’s account of the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens revives disputes while producing no major revelations

By Donna Cassata

April 15, 2013
5:58 am

Leader of Libyan Islamic extremist militia shot

Sufyan bin Qumu, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, in intensive care after attack

March 13, 2013
9:50 pm

Glass, debris and overturned furniture are strewn inside a room in the gutted US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Ibrahim Alaguri)

Obama nominates new ambassador to Libya

Deborah K. Jones to assume office held by Chris Stevens, killed in Benghazi terror attack last Sep. 11

March 6, 2013
1:01 am

CIA Director nominee John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee (photo credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Intelligence Committee approves Brennan for CIA head

President Obama’s pick to lead the spy agency now heads to Senate for confirmation

February 23, 2013
2:45 am

White House to give senators Benghazi documents

Papers include top national security communiques debating Obama administration’s handling of September terrorist attack

February 15, 2013
1:37 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada makes his way to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington after a Democratic caucus meeting earlier this month. (photo credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP stalls Hagel nomination for Benghazi details

Obama accuses Republicans of playing politics with national security during wartime

By Richard Lardner

February 14, 2013
7:39 pm

US Senator Minority Leader Harry Reid (photo credit: CC-BY ryanjreilly, Flickr)

Republicans may hold Hagel hostage for Benghazi info

Senate’s top Democrat calls the expected block ‘shocking’ and ‘tragic’

February 11, 2013
9:28 pm

Former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama's choice for defense secretary, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination. (photo credit: AP/Susan Walsh)

Defense pick Hagel to get committee vote Tuesday

Armed Services panel chairman pushing ahead despite opposition from Republicans, who call for more inquiries into nominee’s finances

February 11, 2013
2:27 am

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (photo credit: AP/Ann Heisenfelt)

Senator vows to delay Obama’s nominees over Libya

Topic: Benghazi attack