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Mitchell: State Department Employees to Face Reduction in Force in Coming Weeks

July 16, 2025July 16, 2025 Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell – The Daily Signal The State Department will soon notify employees affected by its long-awaited reduction in force, kick-starting the final stage of its reorganization, according to an internal memo obtained by The Daily Signal. “Secretary [of State Marco] Rubio, at the direction of President [Donald] Trump, has undertaken a historic reorganization … Read more

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Biden State Department Bans Import of Russian Firearms and Ammunition

August 26, 2021 Steve MacDonald

This story comes to us thanks to an email promotion for ammo. Bulk ammo dealers are a useful resource, and not just for ammunition. Thanks to the email, I know that Whoever is Running the Biden Administration wants to restrict 2A rights by making ammo even more expensive.

Foreign Policy – Group Bombs Airport After Biden Removes Them From Terror List

February 14, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Biden (Harris) ordered the US State Department “to rescind a last-minute declaration by the Trump Administration identifying a militant group funded by Iran as a terror group.” Making a dent in foreign relations, I guess. Not as big a mark as the explosion at an airport the week after by that same group.

Benghazi scandal: Massive coverup collapsing?

September 26, 2018May 22, 2013
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If so…well…this is breaking today from PJMedia: According to two former U.S. diplomats…pressure was put on General Carter Ham—then in command of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and therefore responsible for Libya—not to act to protect jeopardized U.S. personnel in Benghazi….Military contacts of the diplomats tell them that AFRICOM had Special Ops “assets in place that … Read more

CIA Warned of Terrorist Threat Before Benghazi; 12 Talking Point Revisions by State Dept.

September 26, 2018May 10, 2013

ABC News is breaking a story by Jonathan Karl. It turns out there is a cover up and it’s bigger than suspected. Not only did the Administration know that the Benghazi attack was a terrorist attack and not due to any video, but the CIA also put out warnings about the terror threat in Benghazi before the attack. The State Department revised the Benghazi Talking Points used by the Administration to address the American public and media about the attack on the American Embassy in Benghazi on September 11, 2013. The State Dept. removed all references to Al-Qaeda and all references to CIA warnings of attack in Benghazi because of politics 12 revisions show. The Administration said initially that only one word had been changed and just this week Jay Carney White House Press Secretary stated that nothing substantive was changed. He lied.

The following paragraph was deleted entirely from the talking points. From ABC News (emphasis mine):

October Surprise – Democrat Party Civil War “Clinton’s vs. Obama’s”

September 26, 2018October 13, 2012 Steve MacDonald

Three Days ago I suggested that someone had to take the blame for Benghazi and the cover up and that the Clinton’s would never let that ruin Hillary’s chances at a future Presidential run, or at the very least would they let it spoil their place in history. I summed it up like this.

This cannot be disguised as some conspiracy theory. Americans died – Obama lied. So someone has to swing and I can’t see Clinton taking the fall, or taking it alone.

Seeing as we are talking about the blamer-in-chief, finger-pointer extraordinaire, narcissistic child-president, there is no way he (Obama) is taking the blame for this. He has czars and secretaries of this or that to take the blame, that is why they are there, at least in his mind. But that particular act of arrogance (against Hillary Clinton) might be all that is needed to topple him completely. And Friday, Jay Carney got the ball rolling by inferring that State is responsible for handling security at the embassies not the White House.

Gauntlet thrown. Let the civil war begin.

If The Attack on The US Embassy Wasn’t Pre-planned…

September 26, 2018September 16, 2012 Steve MacDonald

...then why scrub the memo issued by the US department of State, dated September 6th, announcing no credible security threats to our embassies on the anniversary of 9-11? That’s right, a blogger caught the change and posted it.

The US State department issues a memo to its embassies indicating there are no credible threats for the anniversary of 9/11. There are no marines stationed in Benghazi to protect the ambassador. The administration is insiting the attack was some random act of outrage over some obscure six months old you Tube video.

But the Libyan President says he has no doubt the attack was planned months in advance (also here). Al Qaeda is now claiming it was a planned retribution. A Local security official in Libya says he warned the US of the deteriorating security situation 3 days before the attack. Attackers worked in concert, with heavy weapons, knew where to be and where to go. The Serbian consulate wants to know why the Obama administration posted a Gay ambassador in a Muslim country. And now the original State Department memo no longer includes any mention of there being no credible threats, that Al Qaeda was not “plotting any kind of attack overseas” on the anniversary of 9-11.