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WaPo: Hillary interview whitewashed Benghazi
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/09/24/wapo-hillary-interview-whitewashed-benghazi-n209814
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In fact, we don’t even hear about Benghazi until page 4 of this People-esque profile, and then it gets just three paragraphs, mainly … Benghazi for the “reset button” with Russia that was a joke then and turned into farce this year. … Even Obama administration officials have conceded that the security failures constituted a significant breakdown.…
Sad day for America: Loyal public servant Lois Lerner retires
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/09/23/sad-day-for-america-loyal-public-servant-lois-lerner-retires-n209804
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(That’s what happened to the Benghazi Four, after all.) … Then came the release of IRS documents scrutinizing groups for “anti-Obama rhetoric,” and that was probably it.…
Pelosi: Hillary is more prepared than Obama was
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/09/23/pelosi-hillary-is-more-prepared-than-obama-was-n209796
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Oh, and Obama wasn’t very well prepared, either — at least not as prepared as Hillary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch? … Pelosi can explain how eight years in the Senate, and four years as the purveyor of reset buttons and not much of anything else but Benghazi … Speaking of Benghazi, how prepared was Hillary to deal with a potential terrorist attack on the anniversary of 9/11, in what became…
AP: NSA review panel looks like "an arm of" DNI
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/09/23/ap-nsa-review-panel-looks-like-an-arm-of-dni-n209793
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What did the Associated Press expect with the Obama administration’s latest “hey, we’ll investigate ourselves” project? … its parent organization:
Stung by public unease about new details of spying by the National Security Agency, President Barack Obama … Again, most of us understood that this would be another Benghazi-ARB-style whitewash from the beginning. …
Video: Pickering tells Attkisson ARB was no whitewash
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The co-chair of the Accountability Review Board wants to assure CBS News’ Sharyl Attkisson that the report on the Benghazi attack … “The draft, as I believe it went to her, said the security posture was grossly inadequate for Benghazi, period. … the editorial correction recognizing that there was certainly a very real point that ‘grossly’ was probably not applicable to Benghazi…
Issa's new effort on Benghazi probe: a subpoena for Hillary Clinton?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/09/19/issas-new-effort…ghazi-probe-may-include-subpoena-for-hillary-clinton-n209707
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Darrell Issa’s probe into the sacking of the consulate in Benghazi as his “crusade,” a term which Issa might not entirely dislike. … CIA about the circumstances that led to the deaths of four Americans:
Darrell Issa will resume hammering the White House on Benghazi … Will they conduct their own investigation into Benghazi, where Democrats can control the probe? …
US interrogating captured AQ leader without Miranda rights
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/10/07/us-interrogating-captured-aq-leader-without-miranda-rights-n210180
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Looks like the Obama administration learned from its past handling of terrorists — or perhaps the circumstances of a rare capture … But that raises another question: why haven’t we done the same with those who sacked the Benghazi consulate last year?…
House GOP looking for a "hail Mary"?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/10/03/cant-anyone-here-play-this-game-n210097
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Obama claimed that Republican demands for negotiations on the debt ceiling amounted to “extortion” – despite the fact that Obama voted … administration committed to security for the consulate in Benghazi a year ago. … And not just because Obama and Democrats are intransigent, which they are.…
Breaking: Obama invites Congressional leaders to WH shutdown summit
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After sitting on the sidelines for weeks, Barack Obama has finally called a meeting to resolve the budget standoff:
A White House … The official says Obama will urge the House to pass a spending bill to allow the government to reopen. … If nothing else, Obama may wrangle a one-week clean CR from Reid in order to dial down the bad press.…
Pentagon sacks two Marine generals for security lapses in Afghanistan
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/10/01/pentagon-sacks-two-marine-generals-for-security-lapses-in-afghanistan-n210003
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In the case of the assault on our consulate in Benghazi, though, the security warnings were much clearer, with almost no resources … Twice as many Americans died in Benghazi, and top brass in that incident lied to the nation for two weeks about it. … Where is the accountability for Benghazi?…
Game over: After CNN documentary on Hillary is canceled, NBC drops Hillary miniseries
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/09/30/game-over-after-cn…on-hillary-is-canceled-nbc-drops-hillary-miniseries-n209989
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Later, there’d be a scene after a Democratic presidential debate where an arrogant Barack Obama tells her to face reality and accept … between her and one of her deputies at State who’s been charged with telling her that the jihadis have overrun the consulate at Benghazi…
US: Libya approved raid that netted al-Libi, 2nd one for Benghazi attack leaders
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government gave the US a green light for its raid — and for another one to capture the leaders of the attack on our consulate in Benghazi … another to seize a militia leader suspected of carrying out the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on the United States diplomatic mission in Benghazi … Zeidan has barely kept his grip on Tripoli, and the rest of Libya is a terrorist playground, thanks to the Obama-led NATO intervention…
US moves Marines in position to support Tripoli embassy
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Normally this kind of work would be done at a “black site” abroad or at Guantanamo Bay, but Barack Obama refuses to use either one. … Obama came to office without a ready replacement for those secret prisons. … The Obama administration succeeded in 2011 using this model, but Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame made it easier by pleading guilty. …
Obama has declared Healthcare.gov problems unacceptable. Problem solved.
https://hotair.com/marykatharine/2013/10/21/obama-has-declar…healthcare-gov-problems-unacceptable-problem-solved-n210569
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The “unacceptable” speech is a staple of the Obama presidency. … He might show a flash of barely contained Spock-Obama anger to send a thrill up the legs of newscasters. … Two, I think Obama thinks when he says things, they just happen.…
New ObamaCare nightmare: Insurers getting bad data from exchanges
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/10/18/new-obamacare-nightmare-insurers-getting-bad-data-from-exchanges-n210477
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But because we are stuck with Obama, we are stuck with ObamaCare. … Well, no one ever got rich betting on accountability in this administration, with Taranto’s allusion to Benghazi being a most adept … Throwing Sebelius under the bus would at least give Obama an opportunity to declare that a new executive at HHS will clear out the…
Hillary running away from Obama?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/11/01/hillary-running-away-from-obama-n185503
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at a Republican Senator for interrogating her over the State Department’s lies about the al-Qaeda attack on Benghazi. … Can Hillary distance herself from Obama? It’s possible, but it would be a difficult task. … Her tenure was bookended by an embarrassing “reset button” with Russia and a humiliating defeat in Benghazi. …
CIA operatives in Benghazi to appear in closed Congressional hearing
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Congress has tried for more than a year to gain access to those who survived the terrorist attack on two American outposts in Benghazi … subcommittee will hear from CIA security officers who are expected to tell a much more detailed story about the terror attack in Benghazi … The CBS report moved the needle enough to get Chris Matthews, who describes these same Republicans as “Benghazi obsessives,” to finally…
Video: Two commandos made it to Benghazi
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official line from the White House, the State Department, and the Pentagon about the US response to the attack on our consulate in Benghazi … Two American commandos have received medals for fighting in Benghazi after volunteering to accompany five security contractors from … It’s yet another data point of the stream of dishonesty from the Obama administration about the terrorist attack on the Benghazi consulate…
Matthews: Say, why didn't we respond to Benghazi attack?
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to the 60 Minutes story on Sunday, the Hardball host also wonders aloud why Americans don’t have an answer to the questions of Benghazi … Perhaps that has something to do with people like Matthews, who leads off this segment by calling Benghazi a “Republican obsession, … It’s good to see that Matthews has finally found some indignation over the mendacity and opacity of the Obama administration about…
LA Times: White House, State Dept approved spying on allied leaders
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One lesson from the failed spin on Benghazi hasn’t quite sunk in at the White House. … The Los Angeles Times reported last night that angry officials at the NSA and other intel agencies have confirmed that the Obama White … That has actually been a concern about Obama, who used to skip formal briefings until the attack in Benghazi embarrassed the White…
McCain: Except for that Benghazi thing, Hillary was an awesome SecState
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Senator McCain offered high praise to the Secretary of State whose philosophy on accountability for the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi … , I’m not sure what I have to say would be very impactful,” McCain told reporters, alluding to his 2008 loss to President Barack Obama … Her work as secretary of state, with the exception of this issue of Benghazi — which isn’t going away — I think has been outstanding…
Graham: I'll block all WH appointments until we get answers on Benghazi
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“I’m tired of hearing from people on TV, and reading about [Benghazi] in books,” Sen. … the big 60 Minutes scoop last night on CBS, Graham announced that he would block all appointments from the White House until the Obama … Boehner has treaded carefully on Benghazi until now, content to let Issa run the show. …
CBS: Obama administration knew all along that Benghazi was terror attack
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The last time he went to Benghazi was in June, just three months before the attack. … The segment, helmed by Lara Logan, focuses on what happened in Benghazi before and during the attack. … , still cannot understand why the US was not prepared to protect its assets in Benghazi.…
Quotes of the day
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But until the exchanges start working, this is all the Obama administration has in the political arsenal. … It is highly unlikely that Barack Obama will ever be impeached. It is certain that he will never again be trusted. … Obama is a lame duck with an approval rating now around 40, and he can no longer save them.…
White House knew in March that Healthcare.gov site was running off the rails
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Despite assurances all year long that the development of the central web portal of ObamaCare was proceeding as planned, the Obama … well, and they specifically warned the White House in March of the eventual disasters that the October 1 rollout produced:
The Obama … Obama health policy adviser Jeanne Lambrew and then-White House Deputy Chief of Staff Mark Childress received a briefing April 8 at…