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**FILE** Hamdeen Sabahi (left), former Egyptian presidential candidate, speaks Nov. 22, 2012, to Mohamed El Baradei, former director of the U.N.'s nuclear agency and Nobel peace laureate, during a news conference in Cairo to decry what was interpreted as a de facto declaration of emergency law by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. (Associated Press)

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Illustration UN Contraception by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, shake hands for photographers following a joint press conference in the West bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. World diplomats continued shuttling between Jerusalem, the West Bank and Cairo on Wednesday, trying to piece together a deal that would satisfy Israeli after a week of fighting and mounting casualties.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice is not fit to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state because she misled the nation about the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, according to a letter sent by 97 House Republicans. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, listens June 7, 2012, during a news conference at the U.N. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) speaks Jan. 31, 2012, to Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, at United Nations headquarters as British Foreign Secretary William Hague listens to Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja'afari address to a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria. (Associated Press)

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“The information, the best information and the best assessment we have today is that in fact this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack.” — U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan E. Rice

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At his first news conference in eight months, President Obama said he did not appreciate the criticism from Republicans of his of U.N. ambassador, Susan E. Rice. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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President Barack Obama focuses his gaze on a reporter as he responds to question regarding the criticism of UN Ambassador Susan Rice and the Benghazi, Libya attacks, during a press conference in the East Room at The White House in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)