‘We Still Don’t Know What Happened’

House GOP, father of Tyrone Woods, call for select committee to investigate Benghazi attacks
Burned out consulate in Benghazi (AP)

More than seven months after his son was murdered by terrorists during an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, the father of murdered Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods is still waiting to hear from the White House and State Department.

Turkey Hearts Hamas

Turkish PM prepares to meet with terrorist group in Gaza Strip
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh / AP

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is preparing to meet the Hamas government in Gaza, a move that could further inflame regional tensions.

Hostile Takeover

Islamists enter military in Egypt as part of Muslim Brotherhood effort to take control, US says
March 22 Muslim Brotherhood protest in Egypt / AP

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated government recently allowed members of the Brotherhood and hardline jihadists to join Egypt’s military academy for the first time as part of what U.S. officials say is a covert effort to impose Islamist rule in the key Middle East state.

Cleric Calls American Aid to Egypt Tribute

Egyptian cleric says American aid is a mandatory tax
John Kerry with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi / AP

A prominent Egyptian cleric has declared that U.S. aid to Egypt is a mandatory tribute that America must pay to honor the Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian revolution.

Grading on a Curve

American foreign policy experts criticize Afghan president’s comments, secretary of state’s response
John Kerry, Hamid Karzai / AP

Secretary of State John Kerry was far too quick to accept Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s explanation of recent controversial comments, foreign policy experts said today.

Kirk to Kerry: No Award for Anti-Semite

Illinois Republican calls on State Department to rescind award to Egyptian Twitter fiend
Mark Kirk / AP

Sen. Mark Kirk (R., Ill.) called on Secretary of State John Kerry to rescind Egyptian activist Samira Ibrahim’s nomination for a women’s courage award following a Weekly Standard report that Ibrahim had praised terrorist attacks against Americans and Israelis on Twitter.