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Susan Rice: All of this Benghazi criticism is "unfounded"
https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2012/11/22/susan-rice-all-of-this-benghazi-criticism-is-unfounded-n203022
– Following her now-infamous round of Sunday talk shows after the attacks in Benghazi that resulted in the deaths of four Americans … The rumor that President Obama is considering her as a replacement for Hillary Clinton as head of the State Department hasn’t done … Rice’s personal involvement, i.e. who it was that made the call to have her talk up that stupid “video” thing, why security in Benghazi
Hey, who's up for the 2016 campaign?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/11/21/hey-whos-up-for-the-2016-campaign-n203009
– terrorist attack: In the Benghazi story, we have four dead Americans. … The Obama administration, including the president, gave false and misleading accounts of what happened despite mounting evidence to … Obama winning and they carried a deep dislike, even contempt, for Governor Romney.…
House Repubs to Obama: We're "deeply troubled" that you're considering Rice for State
https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2012/11/20/house-repubs-to…eeply-troubled-that-youre-considering-rice-for-state-n202997
– . … Ambassador Rice is widely viewed as having either willfully or incompetently misled the American public in the Benghazi matter … I would agree with President Obama that the ultimate responsibility for this debacle lies with him; security concerns in Benghazi aren … With all of the very vocal opposition to Susan Rice as head of State though, now I’m wondering — will President Obama even want to…
CBS: "Office of the DNI" cut al-Qaeda and terrorism references from Benghazi talking points
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/11/20/cbs-office-of-the…nd-terrorism-references-from-benghazi-talking-points-n202996
– Meet James Clapper — the latest fall guy for the White House on Benghazi.  … “The intelligence community assessed from the very beginning that what happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack.” … Are we to believe that a Clapper aide overruled David Petraeus’ assessment of Benghazi?  If so, on what basis?…
Holder to stay on as AG "for about a year"
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/11/20/holder-to-stay-on-as-ag-for-about-a-year-n202992
– As the New York Post predicted last week, Attorney General Eric Holder will not leave the Obama administration at the start of Barack … Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday and Fox News confirmed last night that Holder will stay “about a year” in order to provide Obama … A senior administration official told Fox News that Obama does not want a mass exodus at the start of his second term, especially with…
Quotes of the day
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/11/19/quotes-of-the-day-1204-n202987
– Some 28 percent say they are closely following the investigation into the terrorist attack on American outposts in Benghazi, while … During the campaign, President Obama repeatedly told us how he wants to “go back to the income tax rates we were paying under Bill…
Pew media study: Obama's coverage improved dramatically in the final week of the race
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/11/19/pew-media-study-ob…improved-dramatically-in-the-final-week-of-the-race-n202985
– From October 1 to 28, Romney and Obama were both covered at roughly the same amount. … And this was while Benghazi news was still trickling out. … If Obama was not present in 25% of a story about the storm, it would not appear in the data as an Obama related story.…
WH: Benghazi talking-point changes? Don't look at us...
https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2012/11/18/wh-benghazi-talking-point-changes-dont-look-at-us-n202969
– Friday’s reports of David Petraeus’ closed-door testimony concerning the 9/11/12 attack in Benghazi suggested that the intelligence … involvement, but that for some as-yet unknown reason, that likelihood was expunged from the final talking points circulated through the Obama … John McCain continued his criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of a deadly attack on the American Embassy in Benghazi,…
Quotes of the day
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/11/17/quotes-of-the-day-1202-n202962
– We know that version isn’t true because there never was any protest in Benghazi. … That’s why you send out a spokesman who “had nothing to do with Benghazi.” … Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, strikes me as unfair.…
WSJ: Hillary's on the hot seat, not Rice
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/11/17/wsj-hillarys-on-the-hot-seat-not-rice-n202954
– The father of Tyrone Woods, a CIA contractor who was killed in Benghazi, told media outlets last month that Mrs. … Not only did Obama initiate the decapitation strategy against the Qaddafi regime, Obama bailed out of it early, was late to recognize … Obama can do better at State than Susan Rice.…
Was Obama briefed that Benghazi was a terror attack before Rice went on TV?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/11/17/was-obama-briefed…benghazi-was-a-terror-attack-before-rice-went-on-tv-n202953
– and senior administration officials within 72 hours of the Benghazi tragedy that the attack was likely carried out by local militia … This report indicates that the president certainly knew that Benghazi wasn’t a rogue movie review gone bad. … Obama sent Rice out to disseminate a false narrative. …
Bad news: Turns out it's sexist and racist to criticize Susan Rice for giving bad information to the public
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/11/16/bad-news-turns-out…susan-rice-for-giving-bad-information-to-the-public-n202946
– the target for daring to suggest that she’s unqualified and maybe “not … very bright” for buying the White House’s early line on Benghazi … required her to feed the public ridiculous disinformation about how “substantial” our nearly nonexistent security presence in Benghazi … She makes a good point in her op-ed today too: Why are liberals ignoring how badly Obama has treated Rice here?…
Petraeus: The CIA's initial talking points about Benghazi mentioned Al Qaeda -- but the reference was removed
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/11/16/petraeus-the-cias…azi-mentioned-al-qaeda-but-the-reference-was-removed-n202944
– His reputation had already taken a hit because of the bad early intel from the CIA on Benghazi before anyone knew who Paula Broadwell … That’s like Obama needing an investigation to find out what he did or didn’t order the military to do to rescue Americans pinned down…
Does Rice have a problem from the Left?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/11/16/does-rice-have-a-problem-from-the-left-n202933
– Rice, long a favorite of Obama.  … And President Obama claims he had already characterized the attack as terrorism. … Either Obama is lying or Susan Rice ignored the president’s characterization of the Benghazi attack.…
Bombshell: Petraeus to tell Congress that he knew "almost immediately" Benghazi was work of terrorists; Update: Petraeus, King dispute earlier testimony
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/11/16/bobmshell-petraeu…w-almost-immediately-benghazi-was-work-of-terrorists-n202934
– answers with a scoop of its own before former CIA Director David Petraeus briefs a Senate committee on what he knows about the Benghazi … Expect immediate demands for Obama administration officials to testify on how Susan Rice got those talking points, who crafted them … Petraeus maintained that he said early on that the ambush was a result of terrorism, but King added that he remembered Petraeus and the Obama
Obama "genuinely conflicted" over Hillary successor
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/12/05/obama-genuinely-conflicted-over-hillary-successor-n203226
– Barack Obama’s first choice to succeed Hillary Clinton at State has run into a trap Obama and his team set for her after the Benghazi … Decisions, decisions: President Obama is said to be “genuinely conflicted” about whether to nominate his favored candidate, U.N. … If Hagel goes to Defense — or if it goes to anyone else besides Kerry — then Obama probably has to send Kerry to State. …
Open thread: Sunday morning talking heads
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/12/02/open-thread-sunday-morning-talking-heads-50-n203165
– The last time Obama sent a senior administration official onto all five shows, Susan Rice told a fairy tale about a YouTube video and … a spontaneous demonstration outside our consulate in Benghazi.  … Looks like a lot of cliff-diving talk today on all five shows, but if you want some Benghazi talk, CBS’ Face the Nation is your best…
Leno: Hey, Obama might be in trouble if journalists start asking questions
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/11/30/leno-hey-obama-mi…be-in-trouble-if-journalists-start-asking-questions-n203148
– Fox to wonder who changed the administration’s initial talking points for Susan Rice to avoid admitting that the attack on our Benghazi … point where hardly anyone got the joke: “This week, CBS News became the first news organization besides Fox to ask President Obama … ‘Who changed the Benghazi talking points?’”…
New Rice controversy: business ties to Iran?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/11/30/new-rice-controversy-business-ties-to-iran-n203149
– First, her bosses send her out to sell what turned out to be a false narrative about the Benghazi attack on five news shows, despite … the fact that — as Barack Obama himself said — Rice had nothing to do with what happened in Benghazi.  … — and perhaps Obama should rethink his plans to replace Hillary Clinton instead.…
Rubio: We still need answers on Benghazi
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/11/29/rubio-we-still-need-answers-on-benghazi-n203125
– s political future have been the real failures of the State Department and the White House to properly secure our consulate in Benghazi … Well before the Benghazi attack, our intelligence agencies, Department of Defense and State Department cables from the U.S. … real issues are why the Obama administration didn’t recognize the danger and respond to it properly.…
Conflict-of-interest issue for Rice on Keystone XL project?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/11/29/conflict-of-interest-for-rice-on-keystone-xl-project-n203123
– nomination, nor to those who oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, two very different constituencies that might have a common cause if Obama … White House official and Democratic aides said they think that Rice could win Senate confirmation for the top diplomatic job if Obama … The NRDC is opposed to the construction of the $7 billion pipeline. … At a time when Obama is fighting Republicans opposed to Rice…
Quotes of the day
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/11/28/quotes-of-the-day-1213-n203116
– wealthy began to show cracks on Wednesday after a conservative congressman said he would back an agreement with President Barack Obama … Which is to say that Obama didn’t have a very good answer, because this time isn’t all that different. … While a recession would be terrible for the country, it may not be terrible for the Obama presidency.…
Scarborough: If the GOP wants to go after Susan Rice, why not go after her over her temperament?
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/11/28/scarborough-if-the…susan-rice-why-not-go-after-her-over-her-temperament-n203114
– Barack Obama, D-Illinois. … Hoping to bridge that chasm, the Obama campaign and Democrats harped on comments McCain made on the Today show this morning, repeatedly … So evergreen is the “temperament” attack that Obama threw it at Romney after his initial statement on the Benghazi attacks, even though…
WH: Obama's "not particularly concerned" about whether Rice misled the public
https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2012/11/28/wh-obamas-not-pa…arly-concerned-about-whether-rice-mislead-the-public-n203111
– In response to a question from Major Garrett on whether or not the Obama administration’s decidedly botched handling of the 9/11/12 … What the president is worried about, Major, is what happened and why in Benghazi. … administration for the Benghazi attack?…
Video: Ayotte pledges a hold on a Rice nomination
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/11/28/video-ayotte-pledges-a-hold-on-a-rice-nomination-n203099
– Senator Kelly Ayotte appears to have taken the lead on Republican efforts to stop President Obama from nominating Susan Rice to replace … have been answered: The accusation of being misleading isn’t limited to Benghazi, either. … That assumes that Obama still intends to nominate Rice for anything at all. …
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