U.S.-trained Congolese troops committed rapes and other atrocities, U.N. says

Craig Whitlock for The Washington Post May 14

A Congolese army battalion that received its formative training from the U.S. military went on to commit mass rapes and other atrocities last year, a ...

Topics: Special Operations

Robert Gates on Benghazi: 'There just wasn't time'

The Washington Post May 13

Former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who began his tenure under President George W. Bush in 2006 and retired in 2011, has never been one to ...

Topics: United States Special Forces

Five myths about Benghazi

The Washington Post May 17

1. U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice gave a deliberately false account of the attack. This is ground zero in the alleged scandal.

Topics: Special Operations

Poor marks for Senate candidate Markey’s energy record

Charles Lane for The Washington Post May 14

I don’t have a dog in the Senate fight in Massachusetts between 18-term Rep. Ed Markey (D) and Republican Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL.

Topics: U.S. Navy Seals

Washington Post bestsellers May 19, 2013

The Washington Post May 16

1. THE GREAT GATSBY (Scribner, $15). By F. Scott Fitzgerald. The classic American novel of love lost and fortunes gained in the Jazz Age. [28] 2.

Topics: U.S. Navy Seals

Benghazi hearing: What about Fox News's 'commandeered' jet?

Erik Wemple for The Washington Post May 08

Today's House oversight committee hearing on Benghazi had a cool title: "Recognizing Courage; Exposing Failure." Another way to phrase it might be ...

Topics: United States Special Forces

Boehner wants Obama to release internal e-mail on Libya attack

Karen DeYoung for The Washington Post May 14

House Speaker John A. Boehner said Thursday that the American public should be allowed to see internal administration e-mails related to September’s ...

Topics: Special Operations