Results for obama benghazi

  1. Quotes of the day https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2015/03/13/quotes-of-the-day-2024-n196853
    from Congress — including subpoenas — were fully in effect. 5) Congress wants to know what was withheld… Completely apart from Benghazi … feel like you’re quite getting the full story, because everyone’s got some side deal or some complicating factor,” said one former Obama … Yet in light of EmailGate, it’s worth pondering whether Kremlin confidence in assessing — correctly — that the Obama administration…
  2. Judicial Watch: Contrary to her comments, Hillary’s emails probably contained classified material https://hotair.com/noah-rothman/2015/03/13/judicial-watch-co…ents-hillarys-emails-did-contain-classified-material-n196851
    internal State Department email showing top White House officials attempting to orchestrate a campaign to “reinforce” President Obama … and portray the Benghazi terrorist attack as being “rooted in an Internet video, and not a failure of policy.” … “Hillary Clinton’s suggestion that she didn’t send classified information is belied by productions in our Benghazi lawsuits,” said…
  3. "Too big to fail": NYT, WaPo note Dems stuck with Hillary for 2016 https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/03/12/too-big-to-fail-nyt-wapo-note-dems-stuck-with-hillary-for-2016-n196809
    openly operate (and nearly succeeded in conducting a coup in nearby Mali), approved the substandard security in our facility in Benghazi … days instead of in eight days, it would not be as big,” said Robert Gibbs, a former White House press secretary under President Obama … Democratic voters that would benefit from a good debate between Clinton and one or more challengers: The massive trade deals that Obama…
  4. Was Hillary running a secret intel network? https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/03/28/was-hillary-running-a-secret-intel-network-n197205
    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.…
  5. 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
    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.…
  6. 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
    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…
  7. 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
    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.…
  8. 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
    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…
  9. 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
    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…
  10. 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
    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…
  11. 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
    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…
  12. 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
    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.…
  13. Trump: We're not going further on Syria https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2017/04/12/trump-were-not-going-further-on-syria-n244201
    “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.…
  14. 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
    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. 2.…
  15. Kamala heads to conference on border security and migration... in Europe https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2021/11/07/kamala-heads-to…onference-on-border-security-and-migration-in-europe-n427538
    Special Mission in Benghazi, in 2012. … Team Obama, especially Hillary, left the ambassador and other Americans there on their own for over 13 hours. … Biden would be justified to be ashamed of that time and how the Obama administration handled Libya.…
  16. Oh my: Biden job approval falls below 40% in RCP aggregate https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2022/02/09/oh-my-biden-job-approval-falls-below-40-in-rcp-aggregate-n447424
    The word “Benghazi” immediately leaps to mind. … On the anniversary of 9/11 in 2012, in the fourth year of the Obama-Biden administration, violent demonstrations broke out across the … That night, a mob assaulted and burned the consulate in Benghazi, where security had been cut by Hillary Clinton’s State Dept.…
  17. Can we finally say Hillary Clinton is a war-mongering, rapacious, mendacious, no-talent, conniving hack? https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2023/05/16/can-we-fin…gering-rapacious-mendacious-no-talent-conniving-hack-n551086
    Like I said, she’s in it up to her chipmunk cheeks… …along with the entire cast of scummy characters from Obama to CIA headquarters … Sean Smith's mom: "I see those bloody fingerprints on the wall in #Benghazi and nobody will tell me if those are his fingerprints.…
  18. The Obama administration's curiously meh Christmas Eve data dump on Benghazi https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/12/26/the-obama-adminis…ns-curiously-meh-christmas-eve-data-dump-on-benghazi-n229749
    The Obama administration used that option on Christmas Eve, but as reported by Politico’s Hanna Trudo, so much is redacted that it … What doesn’t appear is anything new of significance about either the Benghazi attack, although there is a tantalizing reference to…
  19. Video: Phoenix VA still understaffed, vets facing long wait times https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/12/26/video-phoenix-va-still-understaffed-vets-facing-long-wait-times-n229745
    Barack Obama ran in 2007-8 on failures at the VA, promising more resources and better management. … In comparison to that final Bush budget — don’t forget that Obama signed the FY2009 budget in March 2009 with the omnibus spending … The amount of increase in the VA’s budget in the Obama era, $65.9 billion, exceeds the entire VA budget in the FY2004 budget.…
  20. Trump: Hillary owes me an apology for lie about ISIS recruitment https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/12/21/trump-hillary-owes-me-an-apology-for-lie-about-isis-recruitment-n229671
    The Obama administration pulled out of Iraq and then blew up Libya during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State, with Hillary … Obama and Hillary took their eyes off of the metastasizing threat in Iraq and Syria from al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), which changed its … It reminds one of Hillary’s claim that Benghazi was caused by a little-known YouTube video.…
  21. Hot Air’s top 50 posts in 2015: 11-20 https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/12/31/hot-airs-top-50-posts-in-2015-11-20-n229822
    We’ve got sex videos (kind of), racial profiling, another lesson on the evils of Christianity from Professor Obama, and the man who … The families of the Benghazi dead have repeatedly insisted that Hillary lied about the YouTube video to them, but perhaps that news … controversy with a belated and half-hearted apology, but managed to look both undignified and ignorant all the way through. #12: Obama…
  22. Quotes of the day https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2015/12/29/quotes-of-the-day-2287-n229800
    Summing up the Benghazi scandal, Trump charged that Clinton was “too lazy to answer phone calls.” … Whether its eagerness to end the Obama Era, block Hillary from returning to the White House or genuine enthusiasm for Trump or other … “Hillary Clinton said she’d consider naming Barack Obama as her vice-president when she gets the nomination, but she’s nowhere near…
  23. Quotes of the day https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2015/12/28/quotes-of-the-day-2286-n229783
    “I think that Bill Clinton turned out to be a liability against Obama when [Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama] ran against each other … Creepy, extremist, dishonest issues that should have disqualified Barack Obama from running for dog catcher, much less president (Reverend … Wright, Bill Ayers, Tony Rezko, hidden records, and Benghazi), were declared OFF LIMITS.…
  24. Quotes of the day https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2015/12/27/quotes-of-the-day-2285-n229764
    Past and present aides to President Barack Obama are gloating that a Republican leadership they say defined themselves by blustery … Wright, Bill Ayers, Tony Rezko, hidden records, and Benghazi), were declared OFF LIMITS. … In return, as we saw with Wright, Ayers, Rezko, and Benghazi, the DC Media will attempt to make it blowback on him.…
  25. Question for Palestinian president: Why embarrass Obama by forcing this statehood bid at the UN? https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2011/09/19/question-for-pales…arrass-obama-by-forcing-this-statehood-bid-at-the-un-n180809
    “America helps free Libya” to “America crushes Palestinian dream”; I wonder if even our new Islamist “friends” in Tripoli and Benghazi … Either that or he really, honestly, truly believes that Obama won’t have the stones to veto the bid if it comes to that.…