Results for: obama benghazi
Was Hillary running a secret intel network?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/03/28/was-hillary-running-a-secret-intel-network-n197205
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Why, with these warnings ringing in her ears, did she allow US Ambassador Chris Stevens to come to Benghazi at all? … And you know, this is going to be, I think, the more explosive part of the first time she testifies on Benghazi. … Small wonder Hillary had the hard drive wiped after the Benghazi select committee began demanding data from it.…
Coming Saudi-Egyptian invasion of Yemen demonstrates Obama foreign-policy "free fall"
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/03/27/coming-saudi-egyp…of-yemen-demonstrates-obama-foreign-policy-free-fall-n197186
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Politico’s Michael Crowley reports that even a former Obama adviser calls this a “free fall,” but we have yet to reach the bottom: … For years, members of the Obama team have grappled with the chaotic aftermath of the Arab Spring. … “Free fall” is about right in describing the Obama/Clinton/Kerry foreign policy.…
Hillary Clinton is laughing at the press over her email scandal
https://hotair.com/noah-rothman/2015/03/25/hillary-clinton-is-laughing-at-the-press-over-her-email-scandal-n197127
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Otherwise, they will go to the mattresses to defend Clinton’s honor, as they have for Barack Obama when his patriotism, his religion … Thus far, Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy and his aides have taken pains to cast the overall Benghazi probe as a methodical … Many Republicans took note when House Speaker John Boehner announced last May that the Benghazi panel would be headed by Gowdy, not…
Bloomberg: Don't forget that State had no independent IG under Hillary
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/03/24/bloomberg-dont-forget-that-state-had-no-independent-ig-under-hillary-n197099
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They ran a consulate in Benghazi with substandard security even for normal locations, let alone in the collapsed-state region of eastern … As Bloomberg’s Arit John reminds readers, the Obama administration finally appointed an independent Inspector General in September … Only after Hillary Clinton left State did Barack Obama appoint an independent IG for the agency.…
Paul: Republicans "need to aggressively go after the Clintons"
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/03/24/paul-republicans-need-to-aggressively-go-after-the-clintons-n197095
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And [you’re] going to need somebody who will ask the tough questions about why in Benghazi that she didn’t provide the security that … A fairly substantial and highly vocal part of the party would like a nominee who is more liberal than President Obama turned out to … On the other hand, Hillary was on her way to a coronation in 2008 until Obama arrived as the David of the Democratic primaries, and…
Spicer: Anyone who says the Yemen raid wasn't a success is doing a disservice to the SEAL who was killed during it
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2017/02/08/spicer-anyone-who…ng-a-disservice-to-the-seal-who-was-killed-during-it-n242197
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wondering on Twitter if it also does a disservice to the Americans who fought and died trying to defend the U.S. consulate in Benghazi … to say that security there constituted a catastrophic failure by the Obama administration, as many Republicans have insisted since…
New FOIA release: Obama admin knew immediately Benghazi was "direct breaching" terror attack, not "under cover of protest"
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2017/02/15/new-foia-release…t-breaching-terror-attack-not-under-cover-of-protest-n242419
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Perhaps the subject of the terror attack on the US consulate in Benghazi will become more academic than political after the 2016 election … For now, though, documents continue to emerge that contradict the narrative created by Hillary and the Barack Obama White House about … Rice claimed, as did Clinton and Obama for two weeks, that the attack grew spontaneously out of a protest against an amateurish and…
Former Obama CIA director Mike Morell: There is "no fire, at all" suggesting collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2017/03/16/former-obama-cia-d…ting-collusion-between-the-trump-campaign-and-russia-n243357
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This is the same Mike Morell who helped prepare the infamous administration talking points on Benghazi used by Susan Rice, and who … That’s two Obama natsec pros at the highest levels trying to warn Democrats away from investing any further in the Great Trump/Russia … Too bad in hindsight, though, that he lobbed that wiretapping charge at Obama, which, if it’s also a bust — and that’s how it looks…
Report: Susan Rice requested "unmasking" of U.S. persons in raw intel connected to Trump and associates dozens of times
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2017/04/03/report-susan-rice…el-connected-to-trump-and-associates-dozens-of-times-n243868
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Given Rice’s Benghazi track record, I’m trying to think of anyone in the previous White House whose fingerprints on “unmasking” members … of Team Trump would be more likely to inflame the politics around it aside from Barack Obama himself. … Trump will claim vindication in his suspicions of dirty pool by the Obama White House and he’ll have lots of support.…
Trump: We're not going further on Syria
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2017/04/12/trump-were-not-going-further-on-syria-n244201
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“Look, what I did should have been done by the Obama administration a long time before I did it,” Trump said. … it when Obama hesitated. … Unlike Barack Obama, whose personal popularity saw him through political setbacks, or even George W.…
Rubio: Syria attack the consequence of Russian failure to adhere to Kerry agreement
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2017/04/07/rubio-syria-attac…ence-of-russian-failure-to-adhere-to-kerry-agreement-n244044
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Say, does anyone recall when Barack Obama and John Kerry hailed their agreement with Russia to ensure disposal of Bashar al-Assad’ … In 2011, Obama ordered the continuous bombing of Libyan military forces, ostensibly just to protect Benghazi from a genocidal attack … Obama won’t be outlining any further “red lines,” it would seem.
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Time to play "Who Wants to be an FBI Director"?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2017/05/10/time-play-wants-fbi-director-n245020
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Gowdy’s tough focus on Hillary Clinton in the Benghazi select committee investigation will not give him the necessary detachment to … The CNN list also includes John Pistole, who worked in both the Bush and Obama administrations, and who has 26 years in the FBI.…
Remembering Journolist and progressive media's bag of tricks
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2017/07/15/remembering-journolist-lefts-bag-tricks-n247148
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This isn’t about defending Obama. … OBAMA should do this. … Obama claimed he had called the attack terrorism the next day.…
Judge orders new search for Clinton Benghazi emails
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2017/08/10/judge-orders-new-search-clinton-benghazi-emails-n248053
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2017/08/10/judge-orders-new-search-clinton-benghazi-emails-n248053
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judge ordered the State Department to do a search of its own email archives for anything Hillary Clinton may have written about Benghazi … In all, State found 348 Benghazi-related messages or documents that were sent to or from Clinton in a period of nearly five months … Clinton appears to be ascribing the attack to a terrorist group, although the Obama administration later described it as the result…
GOP convention day 1 theme: Make America Safe Again
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/07/18/gop-convention-day-1-theme-make-america-safe-again-n235715
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focus on restoring public safety than otherwise would be the case:
From attacks on our own soil and overseas to the tragedy in Benghazi … , the policies of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have left us vulnerable. … But viewers should keep an eye out especially for Pat Smith, the mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith, who has kept the pressure on…
WaPo: FBI finds no evidence Orlando terror attack motivated by homophobia
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/07/15/wapo-fbi-finds-no…idence-orlando-terror-attack-motivated-by-homophobia-n235661
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They and the Obama administration also rode the gun-control bandwagon for all it was worth, with a few moments to blame Republicans … That kept the Obama administration from having to answer tough questions about its counter-terror operations at home and abroad. … It’s the YouTube video and Benghazi all over again.…
Live blog, Day four: Will Hillary accept? Yes
https://hotair.com/latimestot/2016/07/28/hillary-clinton-acceptance-speech-n236060
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Obama did mention his one-time bitter party rival Hillary 31 times. … Nothing about Benghazi or emails, pay-to-play, the phony video excuse, and the rest of that stuff. … Bush has been about Obama, despite countless provocations.…
Live blog, Day three: Obama describes his many achievements
https://hotair.com/latimestot/2016/07/27/live-blog-day-three-joe-tim-and-barack-n236013
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tonight was a little more than 4,100 words, almost as long as a State of the Union, which he won’t be giving again either.
11:44pm Obama … side waving to the crowd.
11:40pm Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus issues a statement saying:
“President Obama … 11:06pm Obama endorses Hillary Clinton. He recalls eight years ago how tough his competition was with Clinton.…
Live blog, Day two: Bill Clinton shares many, many personal stories about Hillary
https://hotair.com/latimestot/2016/07/26/live-blog-day-twobill-clinton-is-in-the-house-n235975
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Scheduled speakers include Joe Biden, Tim Kaine and Barack Obama.
11:14pm Hillary Clinton via live video: “Thank you all, Philadelphia … They remember Benghazi. They remember the fictitious video tale. … They remember her pushing with Obama for the hasty withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq that produced ISIS.…
Mentions of ISIS -- or terrorism -- at Dem convention's first day: Zero
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/07/26/mentions-of-isis-at-dem-convention-zero-n235988
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defense of Hillary, and Republicans don’t shy away from talking about ISIS at all:
Clinton served as the chief architect of the Obama … Clinton foreign policy failure #3: failing in Libya and Benghazi, creating ISIS’s new safe haven.…
NYT: Hillary picked Kaine to narrow gap with white males ... and due to her "responsibility gene"
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/07/23/nyt-hillary-picke…row-gap-with-white-males-and-her-responsibility-gene-n235909
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Manchin once fired a rifle through an Obama administration proposal for a carbon-trading scheme, but has generally been a pretty good … She still hasn’t taken responsibility for a long string of lies on that point, nor for the lies she told about the Benghazi attack…
Melania Trump advises America: 'He's your guy'
https://hotair.com/latimestot/2016/07/19/melania-trump-advises-america-hes-your-guy-n235758
https://hotair.com/latimestot/2016/07/19/melania-trump-advises-america-hes-your-guy-n235758
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Patricia Smith, mom of Benghazi fatality Sean, let out her anger for all to feel. “I blame Hillary Clinton,” she said. … And it was graphic as Mark Geist and John Tiegen took 24 minutes to describe graphically the long night of Benghazi fighting, the consulate … Michael Flynn took apart Obama-Clinton national security policies that cripple and endanger the military.…
Dorothy Woods on Clinton: 'she cannot fundamentally be our commander-in-chief'
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2016/08/04/dorothy-woods-on-clin…n-she-cannot-fundamentally-be-our-commander-in-chief-n236298
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Dorothy Woods, the widow of Tyrone Woods who was killed in Benghazi, appeared on the Hugh Hewitt show where she was asked about her … However, she does have a problem with Clinton telling America to “move on” from Benghazi:
HH: Did you follow the controversy to its … It’s characteristic Obama. You know, let’s go ahead and sweep that under the rug.…
Libya to US: Please bomb ISIS because we can't
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/08/01/libya-to-us-please-bomb-isis-because-we-cant-n236180
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began attacking ISIS positions in Sirte in May, a location about halfway between the capital in Tripoli and the free-for-all in Benghazi … At least the Obama administration is setting expectations comfortably low by noting that it will take “weeks and even months” of air … We can thank Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the necessity of cleaning up that mess in this manner now, and it’s almost certain…
Why Bernie Sanders Never Had A Chance
https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2016/07/30/why-bernie-sanders-never-had-a-chance-n236141
https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2016/07/30/why-bernie-sanders-never-had-a-chance-n236141
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Obama needed reconciliation. He needed unity. The 2008 primary was brutal between the Obama and Clinton camps. … In return, Obama would support Hillary when it was her turn in 2016. But was there more to it? … That’s where Barack Obama and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz come in.…