May 20, 2013

This issue of The Weekly Standard focused on two major controversies confronting the Obama administration and American institutions. The cover feature by Reuel Marc Gerecht examined the Iranian regime and those who apologize for its actions, appearing alongside prominent coverage by Stephen F. Hayes and William Kristol of the growing Benghazi scandal involving the State Department, CIA, and White House. The issue also featured investigations into media targeting of the NRA, questions about university accountability, immigration amnesty concerns, and Israel's Syria policy, reflecting the magazine's conservative critique of liberal institutional failures and foreign policy challenges.