Congressional Delegations

They are endorsing a measure that would set up a special panel to investigate the deadly attacks in Benghazi.

Cameron Kerry will assume office as the acting secretary of Commerce at the end of May.

Freshman Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) has been promoted to vice chairman of the House Foreign Affairs panel on the Middle East and North Africa because of his experience as an Air Force reservist in Iraq.

“For six very long months of my life, I lived on a cot with my fellow airmen, studied the cultural and religious aspects of this region, and called Balad, Iraq, my home,” Collins said in a statement. “I appreciate [committee] Chairman [Ed] Royce (R-Calif.) and [subcommittee] Chairman [Ileana] Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) for giving me the opportunity to learn from my colleagues and also educate them on my experiences in the Middle East."

"This region is vital to the future advancement of American foreign policy, and I am looking forward to contributing whatever I can from my personal insight to promote a better and more secure well-being for America in our international community.”

"The neo-conservative era is dead," proclaims the media advisory on his Facebook page.

Hillary Clinton's first two months as a private citizen have been decidedly public.

Kerry will donate 5 percent of his $183,500 a year salary – about $9,175 – to State Department charities.

Anne-Marie Slaughter, the former head of policy planning in Hillary Clinton's State Department and a Princeton professor, has been tapped to become the next president of the left-leaning New America Foundation. 

Slaughter will take office Sept. 1. She replaces Steve Coll, who stepped down from the post March 31 after five years in the role. 

Slaughter was the first woman to head the State Department's office of policy planning, and served as dean of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs before that. She sparked a national conversation about women and the workplace with her cover article in the July/August 2012 issue of The Atlantic, “Why Women Still Can't Have It All.”

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday in hopes of convincing her to import liquefied natural gas from the United States.

Ryan touted U.S. natural gas as a way to wean Germany off natural gas from Russia, which is Germany's largest supplier. 

“[W]e had an opportunity to speak about the issue of our natural gas supply in Ohio. I believe she is very interested in increasing competition for natural gas and buying it from a strong strategic ally that shares their values, especially an appreciation for the rule of law,” Ryan said in a statement.

Supporters of expanding U.S. natural-gas exports argue it could have geopolitical implications by weakening Russia’s stranglehold on the European market. Russia often wields its natural-gas supply as a tool of political coercion against Balkan and Central Asian countries.

Two freshman representatives are pressing for a House vote on their bill making it easier to fire State Department employees. 

A congressional delegation of House lawmakers is flying commercial to the Vatican for Pope Francis, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced Friday.