Libya

In this Tuesday Feb. 14, 2012 file photo, Libyan militias from towns throughout the country's west parade through Tripoli, Libya. Department of Homeland Security officials may lift a prohibition designed to prevent Libyan terrorism in order to help the government of that country build up its military capabilities. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid Al Fergany, File)

Beltway Confidential

Homeland Security to lift ban on US aviation, nuke training for Libyans

Joel Gehrke · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al-Libi was captured in Tripoli, Libya, over the weekend by American special forces. (AP Photo/FBI File)

Republicans call for al Qaeda operative to be held in Gitmo

Tim Mak · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

In this Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, hundreds of newly trained al Shabbab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area south of Mogadishu in Somalia. International military forces carried out a pre-dawn strike Saturday against foreign fighters, officials said.ÃÂ President Obama on Tuesday defended a pair of U.S. commando raids over the weekend in Libya and Somalia that targeted alleged terrorist leaders.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

Obama defends Libya, Somalia raids

Susan Crabtree · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

This image from the FBI website shows Anas al-Libi. Gunmen in a three-car convoy seized Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, known by his alias Anas al-Libi, an al-Qaeda leader connected to the 1998 embassy bombings in eastern Africa and wanted by the U.S. for more than a decade outside his house Saturday in the Libyan capital, his relatives said. (AP Photo/FBI)

National Security

US interrogators sent to question al Qaeda suspect

EILEEN SULLIVANPETE YOST · October 7, 2013 9:37 pm

Zawahiri’s Man in Libya

Thomas Joscelyn · October 6, 2013 2:02 pm

Pentagon: US forces take al-Qaida leader in Libya

National Security

Pentagon: US forces take al-Qaida leader in Libya

Robert Burns · October 6, 2013 2:53 am

State Department audit: Benghazi review wasn’t biased

State Department audit: Benghazi review wasn’t biased

Bradley Klapper · September 25, 2013 7:20 pm

Beltway Confidential

Obama: Benghazi attack doesn’t prove we made a bad call in Libya

Joel Gehrke · September 24, 2013 12:00 am

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Beltway Confidential

The Next Page: 15 VIP stories you missed this week

Mark Tapscott · September 21, 2013 12:00 am

Hayes Podcast: The Week In Washington — Benghazi and Defunding Obamacare

TWS Podcast · September 20, 2013 12:00 pm

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., clashed with the authors of the Accountability Review Board (ARB) investigation during a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo)

House GOP attacks work of Benghazi review board

Susan Crabtree · September 19, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama made it clear in a Mar. 3, 2011, statement from the White House: "The violence must stop. Muammar Gaddafi has lost legitimacy to lead, and he must leave." (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Day 3: Obama ignored Congress before launching Libyan war

Conn Carroll · September 18, 2013 4:00 am