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  May 12, 2013, 11:17 am

Pickering defends State Benghazi review

By Meghashyam Mali

Retired U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering, who led the State Department’s internal audit of the Benghazi attack, defended their efforts on Sunday, saying they had completed a thorough review and saw no reason to reopen the investigation.

“I don’t see yet any reason why what we did at the Accountability Review Board should be reopened,” said Pickering on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

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  May 12, 2013, 11:15 am

Issa intends to depose officials behind State Dept. Benghazi review

By Peter Schroeder

Issa said the White House "effectively lied" to the public about the nature of the attack

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  May 12, 2013, 9:42 am

Rep. Rogers: Expect more whistleblowers to testify on Benghazi

By Peter Schroeder

The House Intelligence chairman said committees had been contacted by additional whistleblowers.

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  May 11, 2013, 10:28 am

US, Afghan officials meet to hammer out security pact details

By Sam Baker

Top officials discussed the terms of an agreement outlining the U.S.'s role in Afghanistan as it prepares to remove troops.

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  May 10, 2013, 4:29 pm

White House denies misleading public on Benghazi talking points

By Justin Sink

Spokesman Jay Carney accused Republicans of trying to "politicize" last September's terror attack in Libya. 

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  May 10, 2013, 2:48 pm

Kerry: Benghazi turning into ‘a pure, prolonged, political process’

By Jonathan Easley

The secretary of State in a Google Hangout Friday bemoaned the ongoing controversy and investigation into the September attacks.

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  May 10, 2013, 2:20 pm

Report: State Department officials involved in Benghazi talking points edits

By Jonathan Easley

ABC News reviewed 12 versions of talking points on Benghazi indicating extensive editing after they were written by the CIA. 

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  May 10, 2013, 2:00 pm

White House outlines framework for managing Arctic

By Zack Colman

The White House released a national strategy Friday for balancing energy- and minerals-development and conservation in the Arctic.

The document contains three policy aims — advancing national security interests, responsibly managing the Arctic ecosystem and bolstering international relationships. The White House will develop an implementation plan for the interagency effort in the coming months, a senior administration official said during a media call.

The Arctic issue is politically sensitive for President Obama, who is juggling demands from green groups to address climate change while also encountering pressure from Republicans and the oil-and-gas industry to ramp up drilling.

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  May 10, 2013, 1:33 pm

Russia walking fine line on Syrian arms sales

By Carlo Muñoz

Moscow is walking a fine line on possible sales of heavy weaponry to Syrian president Bashar Assad's regime, vowing to block any new sales to the embattled leader, but promising to deliver on previous sales to the regime. 

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  May 10, 2013, 11:36 am

Taiwanese firm sanctioned for aiding North Korea

By Julian Hattem

A Taiwanese company and its chief executive are being sanctioned for helping to support North Korea's weapons regime.

According to the Treasury Department, Trans Multi Mechanics has been used to negotiate contracts for the regime and ship equipment worth thousands of dollars to North Korea.

The department claims that the company was used by a Taiwanese man and his son who were arrested in Estonia and Illinois in recent weeks for attempting to export American machinery that could be used for producing weapons of mass destruction. Since the late 1990s, that man, known as Alex Tsai, had been allegedly providing or attempting to provide North Korea with items that could be used to advance the country's weapons program.

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