Results for: obama benghazi
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
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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…
"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
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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…
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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More AOC: Facts don't matter when you're "morally right"
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2019/01/07/aoc-facts-dont-matter-youre-morally-right-n266904
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In the previous administration, Barack Obama told his share of whoppers, including the “if you like your plan you can keep your plan … Remember the whopper about a YouTube video being the catalyst for the attack on our consular office in Benghazi? … was also told in service to a sense of moral rightness, the need to keep from blaming radical Islamists for terrorism … and the Obama…
Erik Wemple on Lara Logan's claims of media bias
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2019/02/19/erik-wemple-lara-logans-claims-media-bias-n268696
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Next, he attacks Logan based on her Benghazi piece for 60 Minutes:
The story, though, was bogus. … One of the worst instances of media bias in recent history involved CBS News and Benghazi. … CBS sat on a video of President Obama admitting he had not called the Benghazi attack terrorism the day after it happened.…
McConnell breaks his silence on Mar-a-Lago raid
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2022/08/10/mcconnell-breaks-his-silence-on-mar-a-lago-raid-n488625
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How many hearings were there on Benghazi when Republicans were in control of the House? … How about the abuse of Lois Lerner and the IRS toward conservatives during the Obama administration?…
National Journal: Obama facing crisis over incompetence
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/07/03/national-journal-obama-facing-crisis-over-incompetence-n208028
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Voters could take in all of the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House lately — IRS, NSA, Fast and Furious, Benghazi … (If there’s anything to learn from the Benghazi crisis, it was the administration’s attentiveness to detail in how to avoid blame in … (via the Washington Examiner):
Public views of Barack Obama today are very different from those of George W.…
The Ed Morrissey Show: Kevin McCullough
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/07/01/the-ed-morrissey-show-kevin-mccullough-132-n207973
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talk about his column today, which discusses Libyan documentation that shows Mohamed Morsi’s involvement in the attack on our Benghazi … Binge Thinker, Kevin and Stephen’s exploding success in independent talk radio, as well as Kevin’s new book, No He Can’t: How Barack Obama…
Benghazi scapegoat finally leaving federal custody
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/09/26/benghazi-scapegoat-finally-leaving-federal-custody-n209876
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More than a year after the terrorist attack in Benghazi claimed the lives of four Americans, including the first American ambassador … killed in the line of duty in 33 years, critics of the Obama administration like to point out that none of the terrorists have been … Links between the Benghazi assault and Youssef’s film have since been debunked.…
CBS/NYT poll: Obama tanking on foreign policy
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/09/25/cbsnyt-poll-obama-tanking-on-foreign-policy-n209860
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Obama was handling the situation in Syria. … after Benghazi. … As late as June, Obama was still above water at 45/39, with 16% unsure at that time just what Obama was doing. …
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
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/09/20/video-pickering-tells-attkisson-arb-was-no-whitewash-n209747
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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…