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In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, a U.S. flag flies at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba. U.S. investigators are chasing many theories about what’s harming American diplomats in Cuba, including a sonic attack, electromagnetic weapon or flawed spying device. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan) **FILE**

State Dept. wraps up review of ‘sonic attacks’ against U.S. Embassy in Cuba

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

A Libyan military guard stands in front of one of the U.S. Consulate's burnt out buildings in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 14, 2012. (Associated Press)

State Department lags on post-Benghazi security reforms for high-risk diplomatic posts

By John Solomon - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was gutted in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack by Islamic extremists. (Associated Press)

State Department security still lacking a year after Benghazi: OIG report

By Stephen Dinan and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People gather to look at the site of a car bombing near Libya’s Foreign Ministry building in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2013, one year to the date of an attack there killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. (Associated Press)

State Dept.: FBI can’t get into Benghazi to arrest suspects

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013. (Associated Press)

House GOP issues subpoena in Benghazi investigation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Left to right: State Department officials Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Mark Thompson, Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Chief of Mission in Libya Gregory Hicks, and Diplomatic Security Officer and former Regional Security Officer in Libya Eric Nordstrom are sworn in to testify before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi, Libya, on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Benghazi whistleblower: State Dept. should have interviewed more senior officials

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** Libyans gather Sept. 12, 2012, at the gutted U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack the previous day that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. (Associated Press)

Benghazi investigations included CIA activities; personnel had secret base in Libyan city

By Shaun Waterman and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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Embassy Row: The Seventh Floor

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Carry teams move transfer cases of the remains of the four Americans killed in Benghazi, Libya, from a transport plane during a ceremony Sept. 14, 2012, at Andrews Air Force Base, marking the start of congressional and State Department inquiries into the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. (Associated Press)

Doubts raised on time to reach Benghazi

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns (left) and Thomas R. Nides, deputy secretary of state for management and resources, speak before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, on the Benghazi attack. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

In Benghazi hearings, GOP criticizes misplaced State priorities

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican (Associated Press)

Lawmakers insisting on justice for Benghazi attack on consulate

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** U.S. envoy J. Christopher Stevens attends meetings on April 11, 2011, at the Tibesty Hotel in Benghazi, Libya, where an African Union delegation was meeting with Libyan opposition leaders. (Associated Press)

Benghazi review finds systematic security faults

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

In this Sept. 14, 2012, file photo, Libyan military guards check one of the burnt out buildings at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif to express sympathy for the death of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and his colleagues in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the consulate. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

Review board raps State Department for poor security in Benghazi

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, have been vocal opponents about the narrative of the Obama administration in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks on the consulate in Libya. (Associated Press)

Republicans see key gaps in report on Benghazi

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Thomas R. Pickering is among the most decorated U.S. diplomats. He served in Republican and Democratic administrations from 1974 through 1996. He leads the Benghazi probe. (Associated Press)

State Department review board on Benghazi attack works in secrecy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times