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May 2, 2016

Administration takes heat for downgrading religious freedom post

The Obama administration is facing new questions on Capitol Hill over its commitment to religious freedom posts, after the State Department -- in defiance of Congress -- appeared to downgrade a diplomatic position created to help persecuted minorities.

May 2, 2016

Former Secretary of State Shultz rips US policy, 'empty threats'

Amid implicit scathing criticism of current U.S. foreign policy, former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz on Monday said that Iranian threats against Israel should in no way be underestimated.

May 2, 2016

Diary entry from Benghazi victim’s dad: ‘I gave Hillary a hug,’ she blamed filmmaker

A day after new records were made public showing Hillary Clinton said from the start the 2012 Benghazi attack was not linked to an obscure anti-Islam video, the father of a former Navy SEAL killed that night told 91±¬ÁÏ she blamed the filmmaker for his son's death in a conversation with him.

May 2, 2016

Ambassador sought security staffing before Benghazi attack, cable shows

Two months before the fatal 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, then-Ambassador Chris Stevens requested 13 security personnel to help him safely travel around Libya, according to a cable reviewed by 91±¬ÁÏ -- but he was turned down.

May 2, 2016

Kerry planning Mideast visit as US faces pressure to calm violence in Israel

The Obama administration is under pressure to help calm the growing violence in Israel which has some warning of a third intifada, as Israel's military steps up its response to deadly Palestinian attacks by deploying hundreds of troops.

May 2, 2016

GOP lawmakers urge pause in Iran deal after reporter’s ‘sham’ conviction

Congressional Republicans urged the Obama administration to hit pause on the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal after a secret Iranian court reportedly convicted Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian in a trial being decried as a "sham."

May 2, 2016

Obama says Clinton email server a 'mistake,' but denies national security jeopardized

President Obama said Sunday that Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server to conduct her correspondence while secretary of state was a "mistake," but denied that U.S. national security had been jeopardized as a result.

May 2, 2016

State Department pressing Clinton lawyer over email gap

State Department officials are pressing Hillary Clinton's personal lawyer David Kendall to confirm -- again -- whether the former secretary of state really did turn over all official emails, according to Justice Department documents filed as part of a watchdog group's lawsuit against the State Department.

May 2, 2016

Kerry rebuffs Russian demand, says US airstrikes in Syria ‘will continue’

Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday rebuffed Russia's demand that U.S. warplanes leave Syrian airspace to make way for their own airstrikes, saying coalition forces are not going anywhere.

May 2, 2016

Iran deal open for debate? Tehran presses new ayatollah demand

The Iranian government is pressing the U.S. and others to give even more ground to Tehran in the already-sealed nuclear agreement, posing a new headache as the Obama administration and others try to implement the deal.