INCOMING IRS COMMISH DANIEL WERFEL ASKED TO SPEARHEAD A REVIEW OF THE **

WERFEL, TAPPED BY PRES OBAMA ON THURS TO TAKE OVER THE IRS FOR THE **

THE REPORT WILL INCLUDE HOLDING THE IRS ACCOUNTABLE FOR INAPPROPRIATE **

CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT CMTE ISSUES SUBPOENA TO THE CO-CHAIR OF THE **

AMB THOMAS PICKERING HAD OFFERED TO TESTIFY PUBLICLY BEFORE THE CMTE, BUT **

ISSA HAS BECOME THE FACE OF A GROUP OF GOP LAWMAKERS DIRECTING AN **

PICKERING'S MEETING WITH ISSA IS SLATED FOR NEXT THURS **

SECOND DAY OF BOMBINGS NEAR IRAQ'S CAPITAL LEAVE AT LEAST 76 DEAD, AS **

BOMBS TORE THROUGH SUNNI AREAS OF BAGHDAD FRI AFTER TWO DAYS OF BOMBINGS **

A TOTAL OF 130 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE WED **

OUSTED IRS COMMISH APOLOGIZES FOR THE EXTRA SCRUTINY GIVEN TO CONSERVATIVE **

STEVEN MILLER, TESTIFYING BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN-RUN HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS **

BUT CMTE CHAIRMAN DAVE CAMP CALLS THE ENTIRE U.S. TAX SYSTEM "ROTTEN AT THE **

MEANWHILE, TOP DEMOCRAT ON THE COMMITTEE, REP SANDER LEVIN (MI), SAID "ALL **

BUT LEVIN WARNED AGAINST TURNING THE HEARING INTO "AN EFFORT TO SCORE **

AT THE SAME HEARING, THE TREASURY DEPT'S INSPECTOR GEN FOR TAX ADMIN SAYS **

TWO COMMUTER TRAINS COLLIDE OUTSIDE NYC DURING EVENING RUSH HOUR, INJURING **

METRO-NORTH RAILROAD COMMUTER TRAIN FROM NEW HAVEN, CT, HEADED FOR NY **

THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF FATALITIES **

FAIRFIELD POLICE SPOX SAYS AUTHORITIES ARE STILL INVESTIGATING WHAT CAUSED **

AMTRAK HAS SUSPENDED SERVICE INDEFINITELY BETWEEN NY AND BOSTON **

“US OFFICIAL IN LIBYA SAID HE WANTED MORE SECURITY” [AP]

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top State Department security official in Libya told a congressional investigator that he had argued unsuccessfully for more security in the weeks before Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed. Department officials instead wanted to “normalize operations and reduce security resources,” he wrote in an email obtained Tuesday by the Associated Press.

 

Eric Nordstrom, who was the regional security officer in Libya, also referenced a State Department document that detailed 230 security incidents in Libya between June 2011 and July 2012 that demonstrated the danger to Americans.

 

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