**UPDATED** IT’S the obsessions of the week, the rewrites of the Benghazi talking points. It won’t keep another Benghazi style attack from happening again or keep our embassy personnel safer. It’s politics, just like when George W. Bush marketed his Iraq war campaign prior to the 2002 election. In a development that happened this afternoon, [...]
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Stewart Slams Republicans, They Target Hillary
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook Is this an impeachable offense? No. Will Hillary Clinton’s evident involvement in the revision of the administration’s line on Benghazi harm her presidential chances in 2016? No. Will this be of great political utility to Republicans? No. Will [...]
Benghazi Hearings, The 2016 Preemptive Strike
The express purpose now is to protect Hillary Clinton, to make sure none of this touches her. – Rush Limbaugh [Liberals Will Protect Hillary at All Costs] THE BENGHAZI hearings today are trained on Hillary Clinton, which became clear if you’ve been listening to Republicans or Rush on right wing radio. The hyper partisan House [...]
Benghazi “Whistler-blowers” and the Partisan Hacks
Greg Hicks, former deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, told congressional investigators that the State Department internal review of the catastrophe at the mission in Benghazi “let people off the hook,” CNN has learned. [CNN] THERE ARE no two people more associated with partisan brawls than Joseph diGenova and Victoria [...]
Senator Lindsey Graham to Put Hold on Obama Nominees Over Benghazi
I want to know who changed the talking points. Who took the references to Al Qaeda out of the talking points given to Susan Rice? We still don’t know…. I want to know what our president did. What did he do as commander in chief? Did he ever pick up the phone and call anybody? [...]
Bill Kristol, Kelly Ayotte and the Right’s Ignorant Display on Benghazi Continues [Videos]
“The forces were moving… … There was no time or space available to be able to respond in time.” – Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta [C-SPAN - See video below] CONSERVATIVES STUBBORNLY refuse to accept and understand just how quickly the Benghazi, Libya 9/11 terrorist attack engulfed the consulate and also that the Obama administration, [...]
To Combat Clinton, Fox News Channel Turns to Lies
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook THE PUNDITS on Fox News Channel, from Bill O’Reilly to Sean Hannity and beyond, could only lie about Secretary Clinton’s testimony, taking her most electrifying quote, but then cutting the following statement she made in order [...]
Secretary Clinton’s Full Remarks on Benghazi to Senate Foreign Relations Committee [Video Update]
SECRETARY CLINTON’s full remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are below. The ARB, the declassified Accountability Review Board Report on Benghazi is now online, as is Secretary Clinton’s letter about the ARB to Senator John Kerry, who has been nominated as her successor, from back in December. Other documents are available as well. Thank [...]
Rand Paul to Clinton: “I Would Have Relieved You of Your Post” [Video]
REPUBLICANS WERE loaded and ready to use their time for purely political gain. Senator Rand Paul stepped out and not only unleashed a diatribe that amounted to accusing Secretary Clinton of dereliction of duty, but also that he was ignorant about what Ambassador Chris Stevens wanted to do in Benghazi, as well as what the [...]
State Department Inquiry on Benghazi Finds “Grossly Inadequate” Security, No Video Protest
Finally, the report blamed two major State Department bureaus — Diplomatic Security and Near Eastern Affairs — for failing to coordinate and plan adequate security. The panel also determined that a number of officials had shown poor leadership, but they were not identified in the unclassified version of the report that was released. “Systemic failures [...]
News Desk: Clinton to Testify Next Week on Benghazi
AS WELL she should. From CBS News: Amid ongoing questions about the September violence in Benghazi that left four Americans dead, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Capitol Hill next week to testify on the matter, appearing before both House and Senate committees to answer questions about the sequence of events that led up [...]
Secretary Clinton on What Lies Ahead in Foreign Policy [Full Remarks]
A FOREIGN policy speech given by Secretary Clinton at Foreign Policy’s “transformational trends” forum, also included a Q&A with Secretary Clinton. The speech comes as anticipation grows for President Obama to soon nominate her successor, perhaps even next week, with U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice in the eye of the storm and considered the leading candidate [...]
Top Story — Lindsay Graham after Rice Meeting: “More Disturbed Now Than I was Before” *Updated*
IT’S REALLY difficult not to reply with serious snark on hearing Senator Graham’s response to his meeting with U.N. Ambassador Rice, along with C.I.A. Acting Director Mike Morell. But he got the sound bite of the day from the meeting, which I have little doubt was pre-planned. “The bottom line is that I’m more disturbed [...]
Mad Scramble for New Scapegoat as Allegations Against Susan Rice Collapse
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “It’s like sending in the electrician when you’re plumbing is broken.” – Catherine Herridge, Fox News Channel national correspondent WHAT WILL old man McCain and his mini me sidekick Lindsay Graham do now? There’s nowhere for the rest of the Rice critics to [...]
Top Story — Obama to Rice Critics: “Go After Me,” “Outgageous” to “Besmirch” Her
THE BATTLE was joined over U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s confirmation, which occurred in President Obama’s first press conference since his reelection. After being carved up in the press, starting on Fox News, Rice had been hung out until the question was asked today by ABC’s Jonathan Karl. Obama clearly relished the moment to finally get [...]
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