They also indicate that Stevens and his team had officially requested additional security at the Benghazi compound for his visit — … And President Obama doesn’t much care. Said Carney:
“He has not participated in the investigation. … Did Hillary ask Obama to do something? If she didn’t, why didn’t he do something anyway?…
A fine sentiment, issued here by Barack Obama while visiting the Red Cross. … “We leave nobody behind,” Obama says to the gathered volunteers. … And unlike Slate, I promise to end the feature when Barack Obama leaves office.
Illustrations by Chris Muir of Day by Day.…
This is at least the third separate warning that State got from people in the field about security disintegrating in Benghazi in the … “In light of the uncertain security environment, US Mission Benghazi will submit specific requests to US Embassy Tripoli for additional … Here’s former Bush AG Michael Mukasey wondering why Obama needs an investigation before he reveals what he personally knew about the…
successfully engineering a massive coverup on the Libyan attack, but on the plus side, it’s the first time Republicans are giving credit to Obama … We’re more than seven weeks out from the attack on the consulate in Benghazi, but we’re still left trying to put together an accurate … So the question remains: What did President Obama do that evening (apart from spending an hour on the phone with Prime Minister Netanyahu…
to Benghazi during the attack. … Donilon works in the White House, directly answering to Obama himself. … At the time that the consulate in Benghazi came under attack, Obama and Leon Panetta were in a meeting together. …
Obama managed the Libya crisis after the killing of the American ambassador and three others in Benghazi. … The Obama administration needs to level with the country about why it made its decisions. … Exit quotation: “I think Charles is a little too hard on Obama.…
A drone was deployed over Benghazi during an attack that lasted about seven hours. … The Chronicle’s most recent story on Benghazi ran on Oct. 25. … What did Obama know that night, when did he know it and what did he do about it? Ditto Langley and the Pentagon.…
It has been reported that President Obama met with Vice President Joseph R. … Our fighter jets could have been at our Benghazi mission within an hour. … Obviously, that courage was lacking for Benghazi. The safety of your personnel always remains paramount.…
If, as he claimed on Friday, he really did issue an order to secure American personnel in Benghazi, show us the order. … Obama ordered the Secretary of Defense to “do whatever we need to do,” or he didn’t.…
interview of the father of Tyrone Woods, the slain Special Forces security agent who gave his life in defending our consulate in Benghazi … Charles Woods claims he is not speaking out from anger; he looks into the camera and tells President Obama, “I totally forgive you” … even if Obama is responsible for his son’s death. …
guests on the Sunday talk shows yesterday morning, there seemed to be an effort to keep the focus on the election, rather than Benghazi … While the other talk shows tried to shift focus away from Benghazi, their guests had other ideas. … It’s a trust issue, all right — and not just for Obama, but for the media that seems to be running interference for him. …
the FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center briefed lawmakers two days after the attack on al-Qaeda’s connections to the Benghazi … as tied to a demonstration. …
FBI and NCTC also briefed that there were a series of Al Qaeda training camps just outside of Benghazi … to sell the same story to the media five days after the attack on five different Sunday talk shows, they have insisted that the Obama…
from responsibility for the Administration’s Benghazi response. … ***
We know this much: What Barack Obama said is unambiguously false. … The Obama administration has used every means at its disposal to avoid sharing information about the Benghazi attacks—not only with…
Previous weekly “winners” in 2012:
Refuses to talk to reporters about Benghazi, but grants interview to Us Magazine
“Jim, you may … Goes to Las Vegas fundraiser after attack on Benghazi consulate
No time to meet with Netanyahu, makes time for the Pimp with a Limp … And unlike Slate, I promise to end the feature when Barack Obama leaves office.…
The White House on Saturday flatly denied that President Barack Obama withheld requests for help from the besieged American compound … in Benghazi, Libya, as it came under on attack by suspected terrorists on September 11th. … Had Obama answered Clark’s question yesterday, he would’ve violated this unspoken blackout agreement by making news.…
Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, four days earlier. … Protests of that nature had been seen in other Muslim nations in the days and weeks before the Benghazi attack. … “Available information suggests that the demonstrations in Benghazi were spontaneously inspired by the U.S.…
, and suggests that the Obama administration wanted Petraeus out because of it (via Instapundit):
In David Petraeus’s final days … At issue was whether the CIA should break its silence about its role in Benghazi, Libya, to counter criticism that increasingly was … Petraeus’s last days at the CIA show the extent to which the Benghazi attacks created a climate of interagency finger-pointing.…
RICE: … with our personnel and the consulate in Benghazi. … Our presence in Tripoli, as in Benghazi, is relatively new, as you will recall. … But I’ve visited there myself, both to Tripoli and Benghazi.…
Hampshire), and John McCain (Arizona) are making the case for calling together a special joint select committee on the attack on Benghazi … Seeing as how it’s now starting to look “likely” that President Obama will be putting U.N. … “I am dead set on making sure we don’t promote anybody who was a player in the Benghazi debacle,” Graham said in reference to Rice’…
We’ll talk about the latest in the Benghazi and Petraeus stories, as well as Bobby Jindal’s calls for a conservative populism. … Mary Katharine Ham joins me afterward to discuss today’s press conference from Barack Obama, and much much more. Don’t miss it!…
Obama ducked into a press briefing in August unannounced in order to take a couple of shots at Todd Akin and actually deigned to take … Today, the stranger returns at 1:30 ET (or so), and Politico thinks that Obama will face “tough questions”:
This is not what the … A tough question would focus on what happened in Benghazi before, during, and after the terrorist attack that sacked our consulate.…
fiscal cliff (which, I’m sure, is perfectly true — no good lingering on security concerns that bring any more attention to that Benghazi … Peter King has wondered, this all looks kinda’ odd:
“If [Obama] was told and did nothing about it, that reflects on him,” King continued … Anyhow, Congressional hearings on the events in the Benghazi attack are going down later this week.…
For a moment there, I was tempted to write that I am flabbergasted by the level of brazen contemptuousness that Obama & Friends somehow … So not only is President Obama considering pretty much promoting Ambassador Susan Rice to Secretary of State after they sent her out … to spin tall tales about “videos” and “spontaneous protests” after four Americans died in the 9/11/12 attacks in Benghazi (although…
The temptation for Republicans to nuke her out of hand over her Benghazi disinformation would have been enormous. … President Obama is considering asking Sen. John F. … But several White House officials said Obama is prepared to dig in his heels over her nomination to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton……
According to a recent Pew study, MSNBC’s coverage of Romney this fall was significantly more negative than Fox’s coverage of Obama … reinforced and an alternate reality is reflected…
In this reassuring conservative pocket universe, Rasmussen polls are gospel, the Benghazi … The argument was that enthusiasm for Obama had faded too far from 2008 levels to replicate D+7 turnout, and that appeared to be supported…
