Policy & Strategy

The former CIA director will teach courses on foreign relations and leadership and mentor the school's veterans.

American weapons maker Raytheon will pay out $8 million to the State Department for repeated violations of federal arms control mandates. 

A trio of Republican senators are calling on President Obama to release the names of Benghazi survivors to Congress after the White House said it was unaware anyone was blocked from testifying.

Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) wrote to Obama on Wednesday asking that names be released of the survivors of last year’s attack at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, for interviews with Congress.

“In light of your comments yesterday about the Benghazi attacks, we again request your administration immediately provide the names of the Benghazi survivors to Congress so we can conduct interviews to gain a clearer understanding of what happened before, during, and after the attack,” the senators wrote.

“While we respect that the names of certain survivors may need to be kept confidential, we’re confident any privacy or national security concerns will be addressed by the appropriate committee(s),” they added.

The photos of the men are grainy and appear to have come from security camera footage.

"It is expensive. It is inefficient," Obama said of Guantanamo Bay prison, and "it needs to be closed."

President Obama is coming under pressure to spell out what exactly the Atrocities Prevention Board he launched a year ago is supposed to accomplish amid ongoing violence and allegations of chemical weapons use in Syria.

Obama announced the creation of the board to great fanfare during a speech at the U.S. Holocaust Museum last April 23 as a way of “making sure that the United States government has the structures, the mechanisms to better prevent and respond to mass atrocities.”

On Wednesday, a coalition of 19 human-rights groups wrote to the president asking him to issue an executive order explaining his administration's “overriding strategy for preventing atrocities.”

“It is time to show the American public what progress has been made, to reiterate your continued commitment to atrocities prevention, and to fully engage the many allies you have in this important task,” the Prevention & Protection Working Group wrote in a letter to the president. “As organizations dedicated to preventing and stopping genocide and mass atrocities, we are eager to support you and your administration in those efforts.”

"We are continuing to review our options," said Carney, amid reports Obama is moving to arm opposition forces in Syria.

The Pentagon remains "fully cognizant" of the threat posed by Islamic extremist groups inside Syria, despite recent overtures by the White House to arm the country's rebel forces. 

House Republicans say they will seek an additional $150 million in funding for East Coast missile defense.

Eyewitnesses to the terrorist attack on the U.S. mission in Libya will testify in the House next week.