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House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., demands answers of witnesses from the State Department and the CIA, as it holds its third public hearing to investigate the 2012 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, where a violent mob killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Edward R. Royce, California Republican (left), has called on the State Department to implement travel suspensions for nationals originating in West African countries plagued by Ebola. (Associated Press)

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Muhsin al-Fadhli. (Image: U.S. State Department)

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Muhsin al-Fadhli (U.S. State Department)

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In this Sept. 3, 2014 file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington. Kerry will travel to Saudi Arabia and Jordan this week to meet with Mideast leaders about confronting threats from the Islamic State militant group. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the meetings with will focus on how the region can contribute to a new crackdown against the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Image: YouTube, U.S. State Department

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Image: YouTube, U.S. State Department

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Abu Mosa, Islamic State Press officer, and a fellow leader of the terrorist group (shown here) were declared dead by the U.S. State Department on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. (Image: Twitter, U.S. State Department)

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Robert and Jani Bergdahl were hooked into multiple secure video conferences that included U.S. Central Command, White House, State Department and intelligence officials while their son, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, was being held by the Haqqani Network. (Associated Press)