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CIA Deputy Director Michael J. Morell arrives for a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. A congressional investigator determined that the State Department has failed to spend money strategically. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Republican Sens. Daniel Coats of Indiana (left) and John McCain of Arizona arrive for Thursday’s closed-door intelligence committee hearing. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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“Guys, we know mistakes were made and we’ve got to learn from that,” said committee Vice Chairman Saxby Chambliss, Georgia Republican. Four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, were killed. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Government Accountability Office investigator Michael J. Courts (center) testified Thursday during a public House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing that diplomatic security received a surge of funding from 1998 to 2008, but one-third of the money went to protect sites in Iraq, and much of the rest was spent in ways “more reactive than strategic.” (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, arrives for a closed-door hearing on the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Additional testimony is scheduled for coming weeks. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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“Absolutely wrong. … I don’t think that represents where we are as a party and where we’re going as a party. That has got to be one of the most fundamental takeaways from this election.” - Bobby Jindal, Louisiana Governot and Republican Governors Association chief.
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Indiana Gov.-Elect Mike Pence, left, and Republican Governors Association Chairman Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell participate in a panel discussion during the 2012 RGA Annual Conference at Encore hotel-casino Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill)
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Workers repair light fixtures out side the Yangon University's Convocation Hall, where U.S. President Obama is anticipated to deliver a lecture on his historic visit in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Obama, who visits Myanmar on November 19, will meet democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein on the first visit to the country by a sitting US president. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with South Australia Gov. Kevin Scarce and other officials at Government House in Adelaide, Australia Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)
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China’s new leaders, led by new Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping (left), must deal with problems that have long festered — from a sputtering economy to friction with the U.S. — that have worsened in recent months as leadership focused on this week’s power transfer. (Associated Press)
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Chinese soldiers march outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing where the se¿ inner circle of Chinese political power, was paraded in front of assembled media Thursday, the day after 18th Communist Party Congress ended. (Associated Press)
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In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 photo, Syrian rebel fighters keep an eye through a hole in the wall that overlooks a position held by troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad during skirmishes in Aleppo, the Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 photo, a Syrian resident gets emergency medical attention as he arrives to a hospital after he was injured by a mortar attack in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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A rebel sniper aims at a Syrian army position on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Heavy clashes between rebel units and Bashar Assad's troops were ongoing in the northern city of Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
