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December 20, 2015

State Department employee arrested, accused of 'sextortion plot'

A State Department employee is accused of hacking into the e-mail accounts of young women, accessing compromising images of them, and blackmailing them.聽

December 20, 2015

State Department plans January 2016 deadline for release of Hillary Clinton emails

The State Department is planning to release 55,000 pages of emails stored on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private e-mail server by January of next year, according to a court filing.

December 20, 2015

State Department reportedly deems mission to rescue Americans in Yemen too risky

The State Department has reportedly deemed any mission to rescue U.S. government assets in war-torn Yemen too risky.

December 20, 2015

State Department ready to meet with special committee on Benghazi

The State Department said Wednesday that officials are prepared to meet immediately with a special House committee investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. In a letter to the panel's Republican chairman and top Democrat, Assistant Secretary of State Julia Frifield said officials could meet "as soon as today" to schedule interviews with up to 22 potential witnesses who work for the State Department or have knowledge of the attacks.

December 20, 2015

US, Cuba plans embassy openings despite 'profound' conflict on human-rights

The top U.S. official conducting talks with the Cuban government in Havana this week offered few details about negotiations over human rights but said both sides are moving forward with re-establishing diplomatic relations.

December 20, 2015

US pulls more personnel from Yemen embassy

The State Department said late Thursday that it had reduced the number of American personnel working in Yemen due to the ongoing political instability in that country, which came to a head with the resignation of the country's U.S.-backed president and cabinet.聽

December 20, 2015

US citizens charged with aiding attempted Gambia coup

Two men have been charged in the United States with conspiring to help overthrow the government of the small West African nation of Gambia, federal prosecutors said Monday.

December 20, 2015

State Dept. advises US citizens against going to Mali

The State Department is warning U.S. citizens against traveling to Mali and is authorizing the voluntary departure of eligible family members and non-emergency personnel from the U.S. Embassy in the African nation's capital.

December 11, 2015

How did Tashfeen Malik pass 'rigorous' US visa screening?

Gov't acknowledges vetting obstacles

December 11, 2015

UN Pay and Perks: After two years of US study, still a mystery

How much are the U.N.鈥檚 highly-compensated and notoriously inefficient staffers really paid? The U.S. government has been trying to solve that聽 mystery for the past two years, even as the Obama Administration refuses to reveal how much the U.S. contributes to the bloated and not-very-effective organization.