christopher stevens

• Bombings

Johns Hopkins graduate killed in bomb blast in Afghanistan

Anne Smedinghoff, 25, young diplomat who had attended Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore was among five Americans killed Saturday during a car bomb blast in Afghanistan.

• Afghanistan

Johns Hopkins graduate killed in bomb blast in Afghanistan

• Maryland

Foreign Service welcomes Kerry to Foggy Bottom

In greeting new Secretary of State John Kerry last week, members of the Foreign Service were welcoming one of their own.

• John Kerry

Foreign Service welcomes Kerry to Foggy Bottom

• Opinion

Hillary leaves office stronger than ever

The hearings on the Benghazi attacks only strengthened Hillary Clinton's stature as a possible 2016 presidential contender.

• Opinion

Hillary leaves office stronger than ever

• Opinion

U.S. should rethink role in North Africa

Propping up countries created by European colonists is not the right path for U.S.

• Maryland

Letter: Still no answers on Benghazi

• Opinion

Clinton's stonewalling shows we'll never get answers to what happened in Benghazi

Clinton's stonewalling shows we'll never get answers to what lay behind the Benghazi attack

• Opinion

Clinton's stonewalling shows we'll never get answers to what happened in Benghazi

• Opinion

Targeting Hillary

Jules Witcover says the parting blast from Republicans probably won't do much to dim Secretary Clinton's star.

• Opinion

Targeting Hillary

• Opinion

Gun violence isn't the only threat the Obama administration needs to address

Let's change the subject

• Opinion

Skeptics notwithstanding, Clinton will accept responsibility for ambassador's death

Skeptics notwithstanding, Clinton will accept responsibility for ambassador's death

• Opinion

Skeptics notwithstanding, Clinton will accept responsibility for ambassador's death

• Opinion

Since when does it take a political campaign to become secretary of state?

Once upon a time, the order of presidential succession was changed because the secretary of state was an unelected official; now it looks like it takes a political campaign to get that job, too.

• Terrorism

Since when does it take a political campaign to become secretary of state?

• Opinion

Republicans' condemnation of Susan Rice is a political sideshow

Republicans' condemnation of Susan Rice is a political sideshow

• Opinion

Republicans' condemnation of Susan Rice is a political sideshow

• Opinion

Obama's Susan Rice conundrum

Senate Republicans have put President Obama in a no-win situation on his nomination for secretary of state; he should pick who he thinks is best and let the politics fall where they may.

• Opinion

Obama's Susan Rice conundrum

• Opinion

Republicans right to seek answers about Benghazi

• Opinion

Obama has failed the nation

President Obama has failed the nation and should not be returned to office

• Barack Obama

Obama has failed the nation

• Opinion

Obama ducks tough questions on Benghazi

President avoids tough questions about Benghazi attack he likely witnessed

• Opinion

Obama ducks tough questions on Benghazi

• Maryland

Terrorism

• Opinion

Obama foreign policy a disaster

Obama foreign policy has been a disaster — and can only get worse

• Barack Obama

Obama foreign policy a disaster

• Maryland

Jim Lee: Play with fire, expect to get burned

• Opinion

There was nothing 'spontaneous' about the attack on our consulate

There was nothing 'spontaneous' about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi

• Barack Obama

There was nothing 'spontaneous' about the attack on our consulate

• Opinion

Benghazi attack: Time for an honest accounting

Despite election-year politics, the Obama administration needs to acknowledge mistakes at the U.S. consulate in Libya and learn from them

• U.S. Department of State

Benghazi attack: Time for an honest accounting

• Opinion

Libya crisis the latest chapter in Obama's foreign policy follies

Jonah Goldberg says the Libya crisis is just the latest flashpoint in the administration's failures abroad

• Opinion

Libya crisis the latest chapter in Obama's foreign policy follies

• Opinion

Obama-Romney: It's not over yet

Polls may be trending President Obama's way, but much can happen in the final five weeks

• Opinion

Obama-Romney: It's not over yet

• Opinion

Obama missteps facilitated Libyan attack

Obama administration missteps in Middle East facilitated Libyan attack

• Opinion

Obama missteps facilitated Libyan attack

• Opinion

Where are the moderate Muslims decrying the embassy attacks?

Where are the peace-loving Muslim clerics to decry the violence against American embassies?

• Opinion

Romney's bizarre neo-con dalliance

The Romney campaign's effort to double-down on his criticism of President Obama's handling of last week's attacks in Libya distracted from his core strength: the economy.

• Opinion

Romney's bizarre neo-con dalliance

• Opinion

Libya attack a direct result of Obama foreign policy weakness

President Obama's weak, left-wing foreign policy lead to the attack in Libya.

• Opinion

Childish behavior, deadly consequences

Leonard Pitts says extremist violence is more offensive than a stupid movie

• Opinion

Childish behavior, deadly consequences

• Opinion

On Libya attacks, Romney has a point

The Obama administration wasn't sympathizing with those who attacked our embassy in Libya, and it isn't apologizing to the world. But Mitt Romney is right that its response to the attacks fails to explain and defend a key American value.

• Opinion

On Libya attacks, Romney has a point