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Susan E. Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who lost out in a bruising bid for the job of secretary of state, may have the last laugh.

The father of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, who was killed in an attack on the consulate in Libya last month, says his son's death shouldn't be made into a political football in the presidential race.

The attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other American diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, may have been planned and organized in advance, U.S. government officials said on Wednesday.

President Obama vowed that "justice will be done" in response to the attack in Libya that took the life of American ambassador Christopher Stevens. Joined by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for a statement in the Rose Garden Wednesday morning, Obama said the killing of Stevens and three other Americans will not "break the bonds" between the U.S. and Libya.

J. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, was killed Tuesday in the attack on the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

Saying he wants to spend more time with his family, Timothy Roemer expects to leave his post in New Delhi in June. There is speculation that the move is linked to India's decision to exclude 2 US companies from an $11-billion fighter-jet deal.

Ecuador said on Tuesday it had declared the U.S. ambassador to the country "persona non grata," demanding the envoy leave over U.S. diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks reporting alleged police corruption.

The U.S. ambassador to Mexico resigned Saturday amid furor over a leaked diplomatic cable in which he complained about inefficiency and infighting ...

The 17-year-old daughter of the U.S. Ambassador to Thailand accidentally fell to her death from a midtown high-rise early Friday after partying at a posh Manhattan nightclub, police said.