House Foreign Affairs Committee
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 17: Secretary of State John Kerry listens to questions during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, April 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. The committee was hearing testimony from Secretary Kerry on the State Departments proposed FY 2014 foreign affairs budget.
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Reductions of security levels prior to the attacks in Benghazi were approved at the highest levels of the State Department, up to and including [former] Secretary [of State Hillary] Clinton. This fact contradicts her testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on January 23, 2013.
On April 17, Secretary of State John Kerry testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Appropriations Committee regarding the Foreign Affairs budget for 2014
American Christian, Muslim, and Jewish leaders will testify for a House Foreign Affairs Committee panel about anti-Semitism as a key means by which radical, anti-democratic movements gain power, and how anti-Semitism is a threat not only to Jews but to all people, and to the very foundations of democracyMore quotes »
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Bipartisan House bill toughens penalties on Iran
to work with the European Union in cutting off Tehran's access to the euro.Rep. Ed Royce , R-Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee , and Rep. Eliot Engel of New York , the panel's top Democrat , said their measure builds on current laws that Read more »
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Clinton never questioned in Benghazi probe: diplomat
Clinton testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Benghazi attack, January 23, 2013 in Washington, DC. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton was never questioned by investigators looking into the attack on the US mission in L Former secretary from AlterNet.org Read more »
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Pols fear terrorism's spread online
in this attack was involved with other terrorists from that region who had been radicalized from the Internet,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.) said, speaking at a Capitol Hill event sponsored by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Continue from The Politico Read more »
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the House Foreign Affairs Committee likely to begin probing whether chemical weapons were used in the Syrian civil war, several GOP freshmen on the panel told Newsmax they oppose arming the rebels battling Syria President Bashar al-Assad. As Israeli airstrikes from NewsMax Read more »
