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Why the U.S. Military Can’t Kill the Benghazi Attackers With a Drone Strike
Even if they could be found, the U.S. has effectively tied its own hands
Clinton Says Benghazi Attack Her ‘Biggest Regret’
The former Secretary of State called the 2012 attack in Libya ‘a terrible tragedy’
Hillary Clinton’s Unapologetically Hawkish Record Faces 2016 Test
Burned by Iraq in 2008, but still a strong voice for military action
Lindsey Graham Vows to Block Obama Nominees Until Benghazi Survivors Testify
The Republican senator says he’ll block every Obama appointment until he gets what he wants
Did Clinton Close the Book on Benghazi?
Clinton’s testimony before Congress produced plenty of heat but little new light. Hillary’s history at State likely won’t bear a Benghazi asterisk, and she awaits a new chapter unburdened.
Unpacking Tuesday Night’s Libya ‘Moment’
Perhaps the most dramatic moment of Tuesday night’s debate was the tense exchange over how Barack Obama first described the September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate that led to the deaths of four Americans, including U.S. …
Obama Campaign Bullish after Strong Second Debate
It was no surprise that Obama’s top brass was exultant after the President’s feisty effort at the second presidential debate Tuesday night, lauding his “dominant” performance and predicting it would help invigorate dispirited …
How Libya Makes Obama Vulnerable — and the GOP Knows It
Rally-around-the-flag time is over. For the most part, Republicans — with the exception of Mitt Romney — had held their fire in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. embassy in Cairo and consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which claimed the lives of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens. But as …
Mitt Romney’s Foreign Policy Gamble
During the Republican primaries, Mitt Romney’s watchword was caution. But over the last two months, things have changed. The polls began to tilt against him in early August, after months of an Obama ad onslaught. The selection of …
Romney Criticized for Political Turn After Ambassador’s Killing
Mitt Romney began the 2012 anniversary of September 11 by calling for a suspension of politics. “There is a time and a place for that, but this day is not it,” Romney told a morning National Guard gathering in Reno, Nev.
Romney, Obama and Syria as a ‘Leadership’ Issue
The latest massacre in Syria, this one featuring the horrific execution of dozens of children, has done little to change American policy toward the brutal regime in Damascus. But it may have escalated Syria as an issue in the presidential campaign, with unpredictable results.
In a statement yesterday, Mitt Romney accused Barack Obama …
Q&A: Hillary Clinton on Libya, China, the Middle East and Barack Obama
TIME Managing Editor Richard Stengel accompanied Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her recent trip to Libya, Oman, Afghanistan and Pakistan. On Oct. 19, in the course of reporting for TIME’s cover story, which is now …