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WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry has agreed to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform over the 2012 attacks on the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. In a letter to Representative Darrell Issa, Republican of California, the committee’s combative chairman, the State Department’s assistant secretary for legislative affairs, Julia Frifield, expressed surprise at Mr. Issa’s May 14 subpoena “commanding the secretary of state to appear.” While she declined to make Mr. Kerry available next Thursday, the day the chairman had demanded, she offered two dates next month. “He will be fully occupied with critical...

HEIDELBERG, Germany, Oct. 25, 2007 – Defense Secretary Robert M Gates urged European military leaders meeting here today to step up their countries’ contributions in Afghanistan and eliminate restrictions on their forces that threaten the mission’s success. The NATO alliance has made huge contributions leading the International Security Assistance Force, Gates told officers attending the 15th Conference of European Armies. U.S. Army Europe sponsors the annual ground-forces conference. He noted that NATO leads 25 provincial reconstruction teams that are helping the Afghans build infrastructure, while some allies are conducting decisive military actions that are thwarting Taliban efforts. Meanwhile, Gates said,...

Ever since Congress voted for the resolution to use military force in Iraq (Public Law 107-243), I've watched in amazement the steady stream of Democratic Congresspeople who voted for this resolution stepping forward vomiting forth rhetorical allegations claiming there was a concerted effort by George W. Bush and those within his administration to intentionally deceive and mislead them into voting for this resolution. Well, I believe the concerted effort to "deceive" and "mislead" is among those rank and file Democratic Congresspeople, who voted for this war with Iraq, in attempting to lead us to believe they were unwitting, uneducated innocent...