THEBLAZE.COM 2 Hours Ago State Department Official Who Played Key Role in Editing Benghazi Talking Points Nominated for Assistant Secretary of State Position by  Jason Howerton State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland listens to US Secretary of State John Kerry and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida speak to the press prior to a meeting at the State Department in Washington on February 22, 2013. Credit: AFP/Getty Images President Barack Obama has nominated Victoria Nuland, a State Department official who played a key role in editing the administration's Benghazi talking points, to be then next assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, the White House announced in a press release on Thursday. It is was later discovered that the talking points used by U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice when she appeared on several Sunday shows days after the deadly Benghazi attack were loaded with faulty information. Emails show that Nuland expressed "serious concerns&qu

 THEBLAZE.COM 2 Hours Ago State Department Official Who Played Key Role in Editing Benghazi Talking Points Nominated for Assistant Secretary of State Position by  Jason Howerton State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland listens to US Secretary of State John Kerry and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida speak to the press prior to a meeting at the State Department in Washington on February 22, 2013. Credit: AFP/Getty Images President Barack Obama has nominated Victoria Nuland, a State Department official who played a key role in editing the administration's Benghazi talking points, to be then next assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, the White House announced in a press release on Thursday. It is was later discovered that the talking points used by U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice when she appeared on several Sunday shows days after the deadly Benghazi attack were loaded with faulty information. Emails show that Nuland expressed "serious concerns&qu

 BREITBART.COM 1 Hour Ago Shrug: Obama Says Benghazi Attack Isolated Incident, Localized Threat by  Ben Shapiro by  Ben Shapiro 23 May 2013, 6:42 PM PDT post a comment First, Obama stated that "the core of al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan is on the path to defeat … They did not direct the attacks in Benghazi or Boston." This is a bizarre spin, considering that the Benghazi attackers were from Ansar al-Shariah, a terrorist group  directly affiliated  with al Qaeda, and that Ansar al-Shariah is a highly organized local terrorist group. In any case, al Qaeda is an umbrella organization working with dozens of terrorists groups around the world. Obama continued trying to claim that Benghazi was an isolated incident, despite the fact that the terrorist attack there was merely the latest in a long line, and very similar to terrorism from Iraq to Afghanistan. He said, "We'll face more localized threats like what we saw in Benghazi … in which local operatives – perhaps in

 THERIGHTSCOOP.COM 3 Hours Ago Excellent clip of London man speaking the truth about Islam and yesterday's Woolwich terrorist attack Posted by   The Right Scoop  on May 23rd, 2013 in  Politics  | We'll take truth wherever we can get it and this guy has it. It's fantastic: Tommy Robinson speaks to @CoelusMedia about the Woolwich terrorist attack, the EDL's response and what can be done to make a difference. Watch: Excellent clip of London man speaking the truth about Islam and yesterday's Woolwich terrorist attack http://www.therightscoop.com/excellent-clip-of-london-man-speaking-the-truth-about-islam-and-yesterdays-woolwich-terrorist-attack/ John Hames

 THE FOUNDRY 2 Hours Ago Obama Administration Refuses to Label London Attack as Terrorism by  Daniel Kochis Daniel Kochis May 23, 2013 at 4:00 pm Newscom Yesterday's appalling attack on a London street in the middle of the day, which left a British solider dead, was a barbaric act of terrorism perpetrated by Islamist fundamentalists. British Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledged the motivations behind yesterday's cowardly act by  saying : This country will be absolutely resolute in its stand against violent extremism and terror. We will never give in to terror—or terrorism—in any of its forms. Second, this view is shared by every community in our country. This was not just an attack on Britain—and on our British way of life. It was also a betrayal of Islam—and of the Muslim communities who give so much to our country. There is nothing in Islam that justifies this truly dreadful act. We will defeat violent extremism by standing together. In stark contrast, the Obama Administ

 NEWS BUSTERS 2 Hours Ago No Mention of IRS Scandal on NBC's 'Today,' But Plenty of Time for Obama Prom Photo by  Kyle Drennen While Thursday's NBC  Today  completely ignored Wednesday's dramatic congressional hearing on the growing IRS scandal, the network morning show did manage to find time to gush over Barack Obama's 1979 prom picture, with fill-in news reader Tamron Hall exclaiming:  "Well, now thanks to  Time  magazine, we have proof that even the commander-in-chief once donned the white dinner jacket. There he is, that's 17-year-old Barry Obama...at his senior prom in Hawaii...."  [ Listen to  the audio  or watch the video after the jump ] Hall provided another important detail to viewers: "President Obama's classmate Kelli Alman released the pictures to Time, complete with the President's yearbook inscription to her, calling her, quote, 'extremely sweet and foxy.'" The news brief prompted a thirty-second discussion

 NEWS BUSTERS 52 Minutes Ago Andrea Mitchell: 'More Than Any of Its Predecessors,' Obama Administration Has Targeted Journalists by  Scott Whitlock Longtime MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell on Thursday lashed out at the Obama administration, complaining that " more than any of its predecessors in recent years [they have], gone after journalists."  The usually Obama-friendly journalist complained that the White House "has not" challenged journalists in a restrained way, but "has done it in a very broad, sweeping way as we saw with the Associated Press and also with Fox News." [See video below. MP3 audio  here .] In another segment, Mitchell skeptically commented on the President's renewed effort to close Guantanamo Bay: "But do we have a solution yet, first of all, for those, for whom there is no place to go and who cannot be brought to trial?" Talking to Jeh Johnson, she pressed, "What about the residual group of prisoners? Where will

 THE WEEKLY STANDARD 1 Hour Ago Benghazi Investigation Deepens: Lawmakers Seek Interviews of 13 Officials Involved by  Stephen F. Hayes As the investigation into the Obama administration's handling of the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi intensifies, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are seeking to conduct transcribed interviews with thirteen top State Department officials in the coming weeks in order to learn more. Those named in the letter include a wide range of current and former State Department personnel, from senior advisers to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to mid-level career officials with responsibility for diplomatic security. Among those officials: Jacob Sullivan, then deputy chief of staff and director of policy planning (and currently national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden); Victoria Nuland, then State Department spokesman; Raymond Maxwell, deputy assistant secretary of state for near east affairs; Patrick Kennedy, undersecretary of state for managem

 OPENCHANNEL.NBCNEWS.COM 1 Hour Ago Holder OK'd search warrant for Fox News reporter's private emails, official says by  Michael Isikoff Chip Somodevilla / Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images file Attorney General Eric Holder agreed to a review of Justice Department guidelines for investigations involving journalists, President Barack Obama said Thursday. "We must enforce consequences for those who break the law and breach their commitment to protect classified information" By Michael IsikoffNational Investigative Correspondent, NBC News Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a "possible co-conspirator" in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure of his private emails, a law enforcement official told NBC News on Thursday. The disclosure of the attorney general's role came as President Barack Obama, in a major speech on his counterterrorism policy, said Holder ha