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Video: Obama ducks questions on why help wasn't sent to Benghazi
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Simple question: Why does he need “all the facts” about Benghazi to find out (a) whether anyone at the consulate called for help during … If so, David Petraeus is prepared for it: Per Bill Kristol, he just threw Obama under the bus. … for additional security made by security officials in Libya before the deadly attacks on U.S. diplomatic posts in Benghazi.…
AP poll: Romney up 2 at 47/45, gender gap gone
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There is more bad news in the data for Obama. … That has to be the Benghazi effect. … advantage last month to a 50-43 Obama edge now.…
Video: Colin Powell endorses Obama
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Is anyone really surprised by Colin Powell’s re-endorsement of Barack Obama? … Consumer confidence is rising.” …
Summarizing the past four years under Obama, Powell said “Generally, we’ve come out of the dive … The Obama administration was a little too slow to recognize the danger, though, and that’s why four Americans ended up dead in Benghazi…
Hillary on Benghazi: Just because a jihadist group claims credit doesn't make it so; Update: Attackers tied to Al Qaeda in Iraq?
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Obama with any backlash in a Muslim world already inflamed by the YouTube trailer for an insulting film portrayal of its prophet. … From the beginning, in the same Rose Garden remarks on September 12 in which he mentioned “acts of terror,” Obama alluded to the video … to al Qaeda in Iraq were among the core group that attacked the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, a U.S. government official told CNN…
Former Obama security adviser: "We're probably right back where we were three, four years ago" in Mideast
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As former Obama national security adviser General James Jones attested on Charlie Rose last night, it doesn’t look like President Obama … Uncertainty always abounds on the global stage, but taken within the context of the recent security failures in Benghazi that resulted … in the death of four Americans, there are just a few too many holes being shot in the Obama administration’s foreign-policy narrative…
Senate Intel vice chair: We've been demanding these e-mails since the Benghazi attack
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If the scoop from Reuters last night surprised Americans with the knowledge that the intel community knew that the Benghazi attack … The next day, Obama was in Colorado, where he addressed the killings in Libya. … Obama didn’t pretend that this was merely “a protest that got out of hand.”…
Obama refuses on-the-record interview with leading Iowa newspaper; Update: Obama changes his mind
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Barack Obama demanded that an Iowa editorial board keep an interview with him entirely off the record, and not just any Iowa newspaper … Why will Obama go on the record with entertainment outlets but not with news organizations? … OK to report on off-the-record conversation yesterday with Pres Obama…
Video: CBS focus group in Ohio picks Romney the winner
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CBS during last night’s debate, a group that consists of eight undecided voters in Ohio — a critical swing state for both Barack Obama … Obama tried very hard to belittle Romney in his response about the Navy, and that clearly backfired. … That’s a huge problem for Obama. …
Wrap up: The third debate; Update: Insta-polls coming in
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Obama wasn’t facing that test so he could afford to be more aggressive, if only to impress his base. … Update: Hearing on Twitter that CNN’s insta-poll has Obama winning 48/40. … Obama 24%, Romney 25%, Neither 50%. #CNNDebate
— Sam Feist (@SamFeistCNN) October 23, 2012…
Open thread: The third debate
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The price for that may be to say “I agree with President Obama” more than I would like and framing things in such a way that Obama … Topic A tonight is likely to be Benghazi, with Romney tempted to get down in the weeds about what Obama knew and when. … Benghazi resonated because it pierced that veneer of competence.…
Will tonight's debate matter?
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Yes, that’s the problem as I see it for Obama, not Romney. … This strategy is basically a rehash of 2008, with Obama attempting to swap Mitt Romney for John McCain. … over Benghazi and foreign policy. …
New Obama ad on war fatigue: It's time to stop fighting over there, and start rebuilding here
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, and that if we can just end these wars, we can just keep burning money on the domestic front without a care in the world), the Obama … place and preserved American interests abroad — a point that, after his administration’s bungled handling of the recent attacks in Benghazi … , Obama is going to have that much more difficulty making.…
Cutter: No, Benghazi was not a foreign-policy failure
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Stephanie Cutter insisted this morning on NBC that the attack on our consulate in Benghazi was not a “foreign policy failure,” and … The threat in eastern Libya, however, came from the direct action launched by Obama against the previous Qaddafi regime. … The central government has little effective control in the Benghazi region. …
CBS News: Why didn't we send the military to rescue Benghazi personnel?
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By now we’ve gotten the basic details of the terrorist attack on our consulate in Benghazi — no thanks to the White House, which tried … But it was too late to help the Americans in Benghazi. The ambassador and three others were dead. … Benghazi terrorist attack will almost certainly arise as a topic.…
Obamateurism of the Day
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Frankly, I didn’t think this was as outrageous as many on the Right did; clearly, Obama was repeating Stewart’s word … Obama didn’t come up with the word “optimal” all by himself. … And unlike Slate, I promise to end the feature when Barack Obama leaves office.
Illustrations by Chris Muir of Day by Day.…
Quotes of the day
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Obama in 2008 from seeing Mr. … Obama is exhausted. His political capital is spent. … Probably with good reason, Barack Obama is also not acting like a winner.…
Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?
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Goes to Las Vegas fundraiser after attack on Benghazi consulate
No time to meet with Netanyahu, makes time for the Pimp with a Limp … If you see a foul-up by Barack Obama, e-mail it to me at [email protected] with the quote and the link to the Obamateurism. … And unlike Slate, I promise to end the feature when Barack Obama leaves office.…
Quotes of the day
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The Romney campaign may have misfired with its suggestion that statements by President Obama and U.N. … Ambassador Susan Rice about the Benghazi attack last month weren’t supported by intelligence, according to documents provided by a … Why was that language dropped from the talking points distributed to Congress and Obama administration officials?…
Obama admin recalibrating Benghazi narrative -- again -- before FP debate?
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Unfortunately, the Obama administration’s narrative on the president’s foreign-policy record has long been that all of those drone … If this is the best the Obama administration can offer in its defense, they’re in trouble. … It’s really quite jarring that Team Obama can accuse Mitt Romney & friends of trying to distort the Benghazi situation for political…
Obama in Virginia: Be extra careful not to catch "Romnesia," guys
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Democrats’ criticism that Mitt Romney ranges from the most radically conservative candidate evah to flip-flopper of the century — that Obama … Whatever these “Romnesia” symptoms are, I find it kind of odd that President Obama really wants to talk a little talkity-talk about … #Romnesia
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 19, 2012
The Twitters is going to have some fun with this one.
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Video: Fort Hood massacre not considered a terrorist attack?
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The Obama administration has thus far refused to consider the November 2009 mass murder a terrorist attack, choosing instead to call … Also unlike the Benghazi attack, it would be impossible to hang responsibility for the lack of security on Obama or his administration … ; Hasan was symptomatically a problem before Obama took office. …
CIA linked Benghazi attack to "militants" in first 24 hours
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Earlier this morning, McClatchy asked why the Obama administration changed its story on the Benghazi terrorist attack after three … The Obama administration maintained publicly for a week that the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi that killed U.S. … That’s a big, big problem for Barack Obama and his righteous indignation.…
McClatchy: Obama admin changed story on Benghazi to blame video 3 days after attack
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Barack Obama insisted in the presidential debate on Tuesday night that he had called the Benghazi attack an “act of terror” in his … The central government in Tripoli has no control now over the Benghazi region. … But just days after President Obama reasserted his vow to bring those responsible to justice, Mr.…
Obama on Benghazi: "If four Americans get killed, it is not optimal"
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Not just what happened in Benghazi, but what happened within. … Obama : “Here’s what I’ll say. If four Americans get killed, it’s not optimal. We’re going to fix it. All of it. … He has been known to use dry, off-putting, minimizing euphemisms to downplay the Benghazi attack, after all.…
Video: Let's ask young Obama supporters what they think about Benghazi
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I can’t resist this delicious piece of video from an Obama rally at a Ohio university from our friends at Revealing Politics. … The way Kelly Maher tells it, this endeavor started innocently as a project to determine whether rank-and-file Obama supporters had … bought the line about Benghazi being caused by a YouTube video.…