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Kerry Nominated for
Secretary of State

Massachusetts Dem nominated after Susan Rice’s chances were torpedoed

BY: Andrew Evans — December 21, 2012 1:43 pm

President Barack Obama is expected to nominate failed presidential candidate and current Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry to be secretary of state, according to multiple news reports.

New Report Details Benghazi Security Failures

Report: Al Qaeda threat was growing at time of Benghazi attack

BY: Bill Gertz — December 19, 2012 7:31 am

A State Department review board investigating the Sept. 11 attacks on American facilities in Benghazi found leadership and management failures in the department for not providing adequate security prior to the attack.

Chris Jansing: Does Rice Dropping Out Help on Fiscal Cliff?

Tom Cole: ' I don't think that has much to do with the fiscal cliff'

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff — December 14, 2012 10:49 am

Full Susan Rice Interview on Decision to Withdraw from Secretary of State Consideration

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff — December 13, 2012 10:56 pm

Rice: ‘We’re In A Sad Place When National Security Officials … Get Caught Up in a Political Vortex’

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff — December 13, 2012 10:43 pm

Rice: ‘I Didn’t Mislead, I Didn’t Misrepresent’

'I don't think anybody is ever wholly blameless, but I didn't do anything wrong'

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff — December 13, 2012 10:33 pm

Rice on Withdrawal: ‘It Was the Best Thing for Our Country’

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff — December 13, 2012 5:32 pm

MSNBC Contributor: Rice Criticism Racially Motivated

'There's a resonant theme here about highly intelligent black people and some unconscious refusal to acknowledge their legitimacy'

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff — December 13, 2012 5:14 pm

Rice Gets Cooked

Embattled U.N. ambassador withdraws name from consideration for Secretary of State

BY: Adam Kredo — December 13, 2012 3:56 pm

United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration as the next secretary of state following weeks of attacks on her national security bona fides.

Rice Under Pressure for U.S. Role in Congo Violence

NYT highlights Rice's failure to aggressively act during genocide in Congo

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff — December 10, 2012 12:29 pm

U.N. ambassador and potential secretary of state nominee Susan Rice is under fire for what some are calling a lacking U.S. response to atrocities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, citing her ties to its neighboring Rwandan President Paul Kagame.