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US cannot prevent every act of terrorism: Hillary Clinton

The United States will never be able to prevent every terror attack, former secretary of state and White House hopeful Hillary Clinton told a high-profile investigation into the 2012 Benghazi attacks Thursday. The Democratic presidential frontrunner was making a highly-anticipated public appearance before the House committee probing the attacks that left four Americans dead including ambassador Christopher Stevens. “Chris Stevens understood that diplomats must operate in many places where our

Hillary Clinton tells Benghazi panel U.S. diplomats must take risks

By Jonathan Allen and John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton kicked off high-stakes testimony to a Republican-led panel on Benghazi on Thursday with an admonition that U.S. diplomats must inherently work in unstable and dangerous parts of the world. In her opening statement in what was expected to be a contentious and highly partisan hearing, Clinton said the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, when she

Florida musician killed by plainclothes cop never fired gun: lawyer

A Florida musician who was shot and killed by a plainclothes police officer after his car broke down on a highway exit ramp never fired the handgun he was carrying and was running away at one point, lawyers for the dead man’s family said on Thursday. Corey Jones, a 31-year-old black drummer, was waiting for a tow truck around 3 a.m. on Sunday when he was approached by Nouman Raja,

UAW union says members overwhelmingly ratify Fiat Chrysler pact

The new contract will be used as a basic pattern for contracts at U.S. automakers General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co . The UAW is expected to soon name the company with which it negotiates next. Last month, 65 percent of Fiat Chrysler UAW members rejected a previous proposed agreement, which led to a threat by the union to strike Fiat Chrysler’s U.S. operations.