Libya ambassador nominee vows security for U.S. facilities
President Obama’s nominee Deborah Kay Jones testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that she would pursue sufficient security at U.S. facilities in Libya and report any shortfalls to Washington immediately. She noted the ambassador’s role as principal security officer amid Libya’s fragile post Gaddafi transition and ongoing militia violence.
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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
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Holocaust memorial effort realigns to record victims names in Israel
In Beit Shemesh a grieving survivor Rivka Fringeru recalls the Harabju family losses from Dorohoi Romania as Yad Vashem intensifies the Names Recovery Project. Volunteers and survivor couples, including Baruch Bruner, seek to document the dead across a central database before memories fade. The effort spans Israel and the diaspora.
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Tel Aviv
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CIA taps male pick for clandestine chief as female rival bypassed
Washington reports one of CIA’s top women who ran a secret prison in Thailand was bypassed for the agency’s top spy job. The candidate, involved in the interrogation program and waterboarding, faced political concerns raised by Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Brennan chose a former station chief in Pakistan, keeping the names undercover.
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Abd al- Nashiri
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Pakistan
Slobodan Milosevic
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Congress
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