U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has decided to clear the way for women to serve in many combat positions in the U.S. armed forces, a senior defense official told NBC News on Wednesday afternoon.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday she took responsibility for not adequately protecting U.S. personnel in the Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya that resulted in the killing of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

In a small and succinct ceremony at the White House, Obama recited the constitutionally mandated oath of office for the third of four expected times during his time in office.

or the first time since Ronald Reagan’s second term, a president has taken the oath of office for a term first in a private ceremony at the White House.

Joe Biden was sworn in to a second term as the Vice President of the United States on Sunday morning, taking his oath from Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor — the first Hispanic in American history to administer an oath of office.

Now 58, Hugo Chavez has seldom been out of the public eye since he assumed power in early 1999.

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The hostage situation at a natural gas plant deep in the Sahara has “been brought to an end,” British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said Saturday speaking on information received by the British government.

Through the course of the nation’s history, presidents have used their inaugural addresses to sketch their visions on topics as old as the republic itself – unity, sacrifice and the proper role of government.

Republicans and Democrats can agree on one thing: Mentally ill people should not have access to firearms. But mental health experts warn of unintended consequences.