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Obama: Sacked consulate and dead ambassador "bumps in the road"
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/09/24/obama-sacked-consulate-and-dead-ambassador-bumps-in-the-road-n201620
– next of a few problematic statements from Barack Obama’s 60 Minutes interview comes to us from The Weekly Standard, which catches ObamaObama gives a you-gotta-break-a-few-eggs-to-make-an-omelette response that’s pretty inappropriate, considering the outcome in Benghazi … In the longer answer, Obama says that he didn’t have much choice in the matter — but that’s not true at all. …
Quotes of the day
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/09/23/quotes-of-the-day-1154-n201615
– It was the State Department that failed to provide its ambassador adequate security; it was the State Department that fled Benghazi … Again, this is not to blame Obama. … He criticized President Barack Obama for attending a campaign event in Colorado the night after the attacks.…
Open thread: Sunday morning talking heads
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/09/23/open-thread-sunday-morning-talking-heads-40-n201608
– embarrassing reaction to protests in the Middle East and the mounting evidence of U.S. negligence in protecting the consulate in Benghazi … Street Journal; Rick Stengel, Time magazine; David Gergen, Harvard; John Dickerson, CBS and Slate ABC’s This Week: David Axelrod, Obama … senior adviser; Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee Chairman; Nicolle Wallace, Republican strategist; Melody Barnes, former Obama
CS Monitor: Say, this admission on Benghazi terrorist attack might cause Obama a few problems
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/09/22/cs-monitor-say-th…zi-terrorist-attack-might-cause-obama-a-few-problems-n201601
– Why did the Obama administration stick with the false story until it fell apart?  … That prompts the question of why the Obama administration didn’t take any extra precautions for the Benghazi consulate, especially … Obama pushed Hosni Mubarak out of power in Egypt, and he bombed Qaddafi out of power in Libya. …
Quotes of the day
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/09/21/quotes-of-the-day-1152-n201596
– And on this they are certain: Barack Obama is a lock for reelection. … Was it Romney’s response to the attacks on our embassies in Benghazi and Cairo? … The reality of Barack Obama has brought them to their knees.…
AP: Benghazi consulate attack was led by 50 masked men using "military tactics"; Update: Libyan officials "absolutely convinced" attack was planned
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/09/21/ap-benghazi-consul…tack-was-led-by-50-masked-men-using-military-tactics-n201592
– indicates that 50 or more people, many of them masked, were responsible for the Sept. 11 assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi … He wasn’t based in Benghazi, remember; the embassy is in Tripoli. … Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, intelligence sources tell Fox News, further discrediting earlier Obama administration claims that the…
The Ed Morrissey Show: Duane "Generalissimo" Patterson & the week in review
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/09/21/the-ed-morrissey…duane-generalissimo-patterson-the-week-in-review-58-n201583
– Duane and I will catch up with the presidential race, the status of Change, and the latest from the Benghazi debacle and the Obama
White House narrative on Libya all but collapsed
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/09/21/white-house-narrative-on-libya-all-but-collapsed-n201576
– A U.S. ambassador and three others murdered in Benghazi. … The Gulf states beg America to act on Iran; Obama strains mightily to restrain . . . Israel. … Don’t expect Obama to take ownership of this narrative collapse. …
Video: Obama now ducking questions on security failures at Benghazi consulate
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/09/20/video-obama-now-du…questions-on-security-failures-at-benghazi-consulate-n201559
– Why the Romney campaign isn’t destroying Obama over this instead of hammering at that old “redistribution” audio, I’ll never understand … Two clips for you, one of Obama and the other from CBS this morning citing witnesses to the Benghazi attack who say there was no Mohammed-movie … The press seems consumed with the daily spectacle of Jay Carney lurching from one new talking point to another about whether the Benghazi
Obama official: Yes, Benghazi was a terrorist attack and there are "indications" Al Qaeda was involved; Update: Ringleader released from Gitmo in 2007?
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/09/19/obama-official-yes…volved-update-ringleader-released-from-gitmo-in-2007-n201540
– Remember when the State Department said it would no longer be fielding questions about the Benghazi attack? … If you want to know what happened at Benghazi, ask State. But State won’t talk about it, so ask the FBI. … The group suspected in the consulate attack is Katibah Ansar al-Sharia, based in Benghazi.…
Obama's foreign-policy approval rating on the decline?
https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2012/09/19/obamas-foreign-policy-approval-rating-on-the-decline-n201531
– CNS News reports: America today is “more respected, more engaged and more secure” than it was when President Obama came to office … The poll was conducted Sept. 12-16, and protesters first stormed the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, and the consulate in Benghazi, Libya … The Obama administration’s handling of the Arab Spring may be coming back to bite them, in more than one way, and at a less-than-opportune…
Jay Carney: On second thought, I guess it's possible that that Benghazi attack was preplanned
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/09/18/jay-carney-on-seco…ts-possible-that-that-benghazi-attack-was-preplanned-n201518
– Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which left four Americans including U.S. … ” so as not to offend the locals: According to a source close to Breitbart News and high up in the intelligence community, the Obama … In essence, the Obama Administration tasked an unarmed British firm with security responsibilities that should have been handled by…
Bounce over: Obama's lead in Gallup tracker down to one -- among registered voters
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/09/18/bounce-over-obamas…n-gallup-tracker-down-to-one-among-registered-voters-n201511
– have deflated that quickly under normal circumstances or if his inexcusable negligence in failing to provide security for the Benghazi … Each time, Romney grinds along, pushing through and moving forward… Barack Obama is running against Mitt Romney, and against a domestic … He’s got more resources than the Obama campaign, and his ability to find cheap media markets and flex his muscle are just coming to…
Will this become a foreign-policy election?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/09/18/will-this-become-a-foreign-policy-election-n201503
Benghazi was saved from Gaddafi’s bloody reprisals, but not from mayhem. … He is both wrong and dishonest to keep repeating the canard about Obama being a serial apologizer. … State missed opportunities to prevent what happened in Benghazi.…
Quotes of the day
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/09/17/quotes-of-the-day-1148-n201493
Obama continues to receive the benefits of a supportive media—one prone to dark suspicions about his challenger. … administration knew about the planned-attack on the Benghazi, Libya Embassy where four Americans, including United States Ambassador … “The story” obviously involves the White House and the president within – Barack Obama – not the Massachusetts challenger.…
Source tells Glenn Beck: DOJ negotiating with Egyptian government for return of "blind sheikh"?
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/09/17/source-tells-glenn…with-egyptian-government-for-return-of-blind-sheikh-n201489
– Just one question: What would Obama get out of it, assuming he followed through on this in a second term? … Besides, what could Morsi offer Obama that would make it worth his while to take a political hit this big? … Update: While we’re on the subject of Obama and our maybe “ally”/maybe not, any official White House response to this?…
Career intel officers: Obama's not telling you how far Al Qaeda has penetrated into Libya and Egypt
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2012/10/05/career-intel-offic…you-how-far-al-qaeda-has-penetrated-libya-and-egypt-n201935
– … “The Obama Administration is afraid to admit al Qaeda is running rampant throughout the region because it would expose the truth … instead of what President Obama so pompously spouted during the Democratic Convention” said the official. … Did we do that in Benghazi?…
Milbank: Debate debacle the price for Obama's refusal to engage press
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/05/milbank-debate-debacle-the-price-for-obamas-refusal-to-engage-press-n201925
Obama hasn’t had a full press conference in over six months.  … No doubt, Obama will prepare better for the next two debates. … Obama has to be able to ad-lib those lines, not wait for them to scroll up. …
Romney: We sure didn't get transparency from Obama on Benghazi attack, huh?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/05/romney-we-sure-di…t-get-transparency-from-obama-on-benghazi-attack-huh-n201909
– whether Mitt Romney thought that the weeks-long string of lies and half-truths coming from the White House about the attack on Benghazi … very closely on this program the issue in Benghazi, the death of our ambassador, the first time in 30 years, two Navy SEALs.  … Their lead editorial accuses Obama of having “hid the truth” on Libya, and says the obvious conclusion is that Obama intended to deceive…
Whistleblowers say State cut security in Libya over last six months
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/04/whistleblowers-say-state-cut-security-in-libya-over-last-six-months-n201869
– Plenty of people wonder why the Obama administration didn’t do more to secure our consulate in Benghazi — but did they do less?  … Did the State Department reduce security in Benghazi and Libya over the last six months? … Jason Chaffetz, the Utah Republican leading a House investigation on the Benghazi attacks, regarding alleged security defects in Benghazi
Cheney: Looks like Obama tried to cover up the terror attack on Benghazi consulate
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/03/cheney-looks-like…to-cover-up-the-terror-attack-on-benghazi-consulate-n201851
– feature=player_embedded&v=yxbsqZ9i2TM ORMER VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY: I think the danger from [the Obama Administration’s] standpoint … is that this whole episode of Benghazi demonstrates that they don’t have a handle on foreign policy and national security matters. … But the real smoking gun is whether the Obama administration was warned in advance that al-Qaeda was planning an attack.…
Sessions: DHS hiding immigration-enforcement data; Update: Comments open
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/03/sessions-dhs-hiding-immigration-enforcement-data-n201841
– With the Obama White House deep in cover-up mode on the terrorist attack on our consulate in Benghazi, it’s easy to forget that they … This fight began over the summer, when Barack Obama unilaterally decided to stop enforcing immigration law in certain cases that matched…
Debate preview: How Romney can win
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/03/debate-preview-how-romney-can-win-n201846
Obama than Romney. … Will Barack Obama be prepared for that?  … In contrast, Obama has not debated in four years.…
Video: Stewart rips Obama admin "duck and cover up" on Benghazi
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/03/video-stewart-rips-obama-admin-duck-and-cover-up-on-benghazi-n201844
– Via Breitbart, this could be a potentially important moment in the Benghazi cover-up collapse for the Obama administration.  … Most of the time, Stewart works a little pox-upon-all-houses criticism when he goes after Barack Obama and his administration.  … The consulate in Benghazi was a terrorist attack that was “planned and coordinated.  Our response?  Ehhhh — not so much.”…
US planning to attack terror networks in Benghazi?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/03/us-planning-to-attack-terror-networks-in-benghazi-n201840
– Now that the Obama administration has belatedly admitted that the sacking of our consulate in Benghazi was a terrorist attack — and … Pentagon and the C.I.A., the command is preparing the dossiers as the first step in anticipation of possible orders from President Obama … to take action against those determined to have played a role in the attack on a diplomatic mission in the eastern city of Benghazi
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