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Leaders of a House committee said Tuesday that U.S. diplomats in Libya made repeated requests for increased security for the consulate in Benghazi and were turned down by officials in Washington.

Pakistan has placed new travel restrictions on U.S diplomats in the country in the latest sign of the breakdown in ties.

In the midst of mass uprisings and historic change in the Middle East, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a gathering of US diplomats Wednesday that "we are all in uncharted territory."

Richard C. Holbrooke, the high-octane diplomat who spearheaded the end of the Bosnian war and most recently served as the Obama administration's point man in the volatile Afghan-Pakistani war zone, has died, officials said.

Richard C. Holbrooke, the Obama administration's diplomatic point man for Afghanistan and Pakistan, remained in critical condition Saturday night after surgery to repair a life-threatening tear in his aorta.