
AP sources: Navy SEALs punished for secrets breach
Seven members of the secretive Navy SEAL Team 6, including one involved in the mission to get Osama bin Laden, have been punished for disclosing ...

Obama faces familiar world of problems in 2nd term
Now that his re-election is secured, President Barack Obama has a freer hand to deal with a world of familiar problems in fresh ways, from toughening ...
Admin. rejects new claim about Libya attack
Obama administration officials defended their response to the September attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, amid new claims that the ...

White House told of Libyan attack claim Sept. 11
Two hours after the U.S. Consulate came under attack in Benghazi, Libya, the White House was told that a militant group was claiming responsibility ...
Tunisia: Reported consulate suspect arrested
A Tunisian man who was arrested in Turkey this month with reported links to the attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya is facing terrorism charges, his ...

GOP pounces after news of CIA cable on Libya raid
Sensing a moment of political vulnerability on national security, Republicans pounced Friday on disclosures that President Barack Obama's ...

White House ponders a strike over Libya attack
The White House, under political pressure to respond forcefully to the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, is readying strike forces ...

White House mulls how to strike over Libya attack
The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets ...

FBI came to Benghazi and left in past 24 hours
A team of FBI agents arrived in Benghazi, Libya, to investigate the assault against the U.S. Consulate and left after about 12 hours on the ground as ...

Book: Obama hoped to try bin Laden, if captured
A new book says President Barack Obama hoped to put Osama bin Laden on trial, showing the U.S. commitment to due process under law, if the al-Qaida ...

White House widening covert war in North Africa
Small teams of special operations forces arrived at American embassies throughout North Africa in the months before militants launched the fiery ...
US officials explain Libya attack intelligence
U.S. intelligence officials sought to explain Friday why the Obama administration's understanding of the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in ...

Military-style tactics seen in US Consulate siege
The heavily armed extremists who laid siege to the U.S. Consulate in Libya used military-style tactics that may have steered Americans toward a ...

Obama: Extremists used video as 'excuse' to attack
President Barack Obama said Thursday that extremists used an anti-Islam video as an excuse to assault U.S. interests overseas, including an attack on ...

Pakistan to talk counterterrorism with US, Afghans
Pakistan's foreign minister revealed Thursday that her country would soon hold confidential talks with the United States and Afghanistan to improve ...

Video shows Libyans trying to rescue US ambassador
Libyans tried to rescue Ambassador Chris Stevens, cheering "God is great" and rushing him to a hospital after they discovered him still clinging to ...

US scrambles to rush spies, drones to Libya
The U.S. is sending more spies, Marines and drones to Libya, trying to speed the search for those who killed the U.S. ambassador and three other ...
Libyan officials: US drones behind airport closure
U.S. drones hovered over the eastern city of Benghazi on Friday and militia forces fired toward the crafts, prompting authorities to close the airport ...
Marines sent to Yemen to boost embassy security
An elite Marine rapid response team has arrived in Yemen's capital in the wake of violent protests at the U.S. Embassy over a film critical of Islam, ...

US braces for more violence from anti-Muslim film
The Obama administration was caught by surprise by the ferocity of the Sept. 11 attack against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the ...

Analysis: Romney has few GOP echoes in criticism
Mitt Romney is a Republican standard-bearer largely standing alone in his rush to criticize President Barack Obama after violent attacks on U.S.
US investigates: Attacks coordinated to mark 9/11?
The Obama administration, roiled by the first killing of a U.S. ambassador in more than 30 years, is investigating whether the assault on the U.S.
SEAL explains why bin Laden dangerous when killed
Former Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette says SEALs raiding Osama bin Laden's Pakistan hideout last year shot him dead instead of capturing him because his ...

US declares Haqqani network a terrorist body
The Obama administration declared Friday that the Pakistan-based Haqqani network of militants is a terrorist body despite misgivings about how the ...

A glance at the Pakistan-based Haqqani network
Some questions and answers about the Pakistan-based Haqqani network and the potential impact of the Obama administration's decision to designate it ...