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  1. Gingrich: Biden's Benghazi response will "haunt" Obama https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/12/gingrich-bidens-benghazi-response-will-haunt-obama-n202092
    However, he tells CBS that Biden’s deception on Benghazi will “haunt” Barack Obama in the final three weeks: Gingrich, who appeared … on “CBS This Morning” alongside Democratic former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, accused the Obama administration of knowingly … “Biden on Benghazi was so wrong last night it will haunt them,” Gingrich told CTM hosts Norah O’Donnell and Charlie Rose.…
  2. Video: Biden lied about voting against wars https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/12/video-biden-lied-about-voting-against-wars-n202086
    Considering the Obama administration’s constant prevarications on the Benghazi terror attack, though, this kind of lie might stick…
  3. Biden: Hey, none of us knew that the Benghazi consulate wanted more security! Update: CBS News: Biden's got some clean-up to do on Libya; Update: White House: No, really, we had no idea https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/10/12/biden-hey-none-of…new-that-the-benghazi-consulate-wanted-more-security-n202089
    When Martha Raddatz opened the event by talking about Libya, Paul Ryan hammered the Obama administration for not heeding the calls … The Obama administration has been under fire for initially linking the attack on the U.S. … So … it’s official that no one at the White House had a clue what was happening in a mess Obama helped create in eastern Libya?…
  4. Congressman: State, Defense forced Benghazi survivors to sign non-disclosure agreements https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/07/18/congressman-state…benghazi-survivors-to-sign-non-disclosure-agreements-n208338
    Frank Wolf (R-VA) accused the State and Defense Departments of forcing survivors of the Benghazi attack to sign non-disclosure agreements … to impose silence on the survivors continued until very recently, Wolf alleges, which he says “raises serious concerns” about the Obama … It also raises serious concerns about the priority of the administration’s efforts to silence those with knowledge of the Benghazi…
  5. Nat'l Journal wonders: Have we already hit Peak Hillary? https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/07/11/natl-journal-wonders-have-we-already-hit-peak-hillary-n208174
    As the rest of the Obama presidency unfolds, the nostalgia for the Clinton era may rise, but politicians don’t win nominations on nostalgia … After Benghazi, Hillary won’t be able to run any more “3 AM phone call” ads skewering a lack of experience, and the probe into the…
  6. Quotes of the day https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/07/27/quotes-of-the-day-1448-n208542
    Mind you, Obama isn’t helping, attacking his opponents via the IRS and calling it a “phony” scandal. … “President Obama has done nothing to change the policies of the Bush administration in the war on terrorism,” he said. … It’s not just the corruption (IRS, Fast & Furious) or the political cowardice (Benghazi), it’s also the incompetence.…
  7. Video: Victims slam Obama's "phony scandals" talking point https://hotair.com/guy-benson/2013/07/26/video-victims-slam-obamas-phony-scandals-talking-point-n208529
    The paper trail leads (so far) all the way up to the IRS chief counsel’s office, which is led by an Obama appointee.  … Benghazi – We still don’t know why the administration repeatedly denied urgent requests for enhanced security measures on the ground … in Libya during the months preceding the attack, especially with conditions in Benghazi severely deteriorating. …
  8. "Phony scandals"? Sean Smith's mother says her son's death wasn't phony https://hotair.com/mcq/2013/07/26/phony-scandals-dead-seal-sean-smiths-mother-says-her-sons-death-wasnt-phony-n208519
    The “phony” scandals include Benghazi, the IRS targeting of political groups on the right and others.   … But there’s one voice asking what was “phony” about her son’t death in Benghazi? … President Obama has never revealed what, if anything, he was doing while workers at the Benghazi embassy were urgently requesting support…
  9. Which scandals does Obama think are "phony"? https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/07/25/which-scandals-does-obama-think-are-phony-n208508
    Benghazi is, certainly. … collectively phony, and the real reason the White House is so dismissive about all this, is that none of them have been directly tied to Obama … That’s why Obama and Carney keep calling for a “national conversation” on the NSA (while doing everything they can to prevent it) rather…
  10. AFRICOM commander: We knew almost immediately Benghazi was a terrorist attack https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/07/23/africom-commander…w-almost-immediately-benghazi-was-a-terrorist-attack-n208421
    A public statement this weekend about the night of the Benghazi attack from former AFRICOM commander General Carter Ham is making … Barack Obama went to the UN two weeks after the attack and warned that the future would not belong to “those who slander the prophet … Although a decision was made to send a drone from eastern Libya toward Benghazi, by the time it arrived above the facility, the attack…
  11. How do you make a hagiographic miniseries about Hillary? https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/08/08/how-do-you-make-a-hagiographic-miniseries-about-hillary-n208788
    She botched her chance to become the first woman nominee in 2008 when she and her team were out-organized by Obama (especially in caucus … Beyond that it’s Benghazi and the Russian “reset” that she championed, which is going amazingly at the moment. … Bottom line: For all the mockery made of Obama in 2008 for running on the power of his celebrity, Hillary will be running as a sort…
  12. The Hill: The embassy closings cast doubt on Obama's national-security claims, huh? https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/08/06/the-hill-the-emba…gs-cast-doubt-on-obamas-national-security-claims-huh-n208717
    quickly and efficiently, Groups affiliated with al Qaeda have grown in strength over the last year, prompting new challenges for the Obama … President Obama declared al Qaeda on the run following the death of Osama bin Laden, but that assessment is being called into question … The threat from al-Qaeda hasn’t been diminished by the Obama administration. …
  13. Did anyone ask Carney about CNN's Benghazi bombshell at today's press briefing? https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/08/05/did-anyone-ask-car…out-cnns-benghazi-bombshell-at-todays-press-briefing-n208698
    reportedly fearful now that their access to the White House will be hampered following their probing into a story that members of the Obama … #Benghazi was mentioned as an aside, but not as a direct question and not re: @TheLeadCNN scoop.…
  14. Embassy closures extended until Saturday https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/08/05/embassy-closures-extended-until-saturday-n208677
    However, this news comes as quite a shock after hearing the Obama administration brag throughout 2012 that “al-Qaeda is on the run. … What message does this post-Benghazi, “don’t say we didn’t tell you” move send to the citizens of the Middle East, who, it is our hope … Goldberg also notes the sudden reversal of the Obama administration on the health of AQ: As a public service, let me translate this…
  15. Lawmakers: Why hasn't FBI talked to Benghazi player CNN found? Carney: Um... https://hotair.com/marykatharine/2013/07/31/lawmakers-why-ha…nt-fbi-talked-to-benghazi-player-cnn-found-carney-um-n208617
    A good question, implicitly posed by the existence of a two-hour interview CNN got with a “person of interest” in the Benghazi attack … Wednesday to know why investigators have not captured or killed any of the suspects in the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi … Henry of Fox News picked up the thread at the press briefing today, and was told, well, pretty much the exact same thing President Obama…
  16. CNN: We interviewed a lead Benghazi suspect, whom the feds apparently can't find, for two hours https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/07/31/cnn-we-interviewed…ect-whom-the-feds-apparently-cant-find-for-two-hours-n208605
    Actually, John King never says that the FBI can’t find the Benghazi suspects, only that they’ve never contacted the guy whom CNN interviewed … (The Libyan government already released one Benghazi suspect whom they had in custody, in fact.) … Or maybe Obama would prefer not to dredge up a political liability like Benghazi by grabbing these guys and bringing them back to America…
  17. GOP rep: Hillary yelled at a congressman in a briefing just after Benghazi for calling it a terror attack https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/08/16/gop-rep-hillary-ye…g-just-after-benghazi-for-calling-it-a-terror-attack-n208964
    Or maybe not: Kinzinger actually addressed this point with Secretary Clinton when she testified about Benghazi before the House, … She claimed that her earlier remarks about the YouTube video weren’t about Benghazi but rather about the other protests around the … In other news, Michelle Obama thinks America might be ready for its first woman president.…
  18. Will Democrats not named Clinton bother to run in 2016? https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/08/15/will-democrats-not-named-clinton-bother-to-run-in-2016-n208918
    that got attacked by terrorist forces unleashed by the Obama administration’s ill-advised intervention in Libya.  … Other than O’Malley, the only really legit contender mentioned is Joe Biden, who also lost to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in 2007 … The Clintons are populists in the same way that Barack Obama is a Nobel prize winner.…
  19. Attorney for U.S. whistleblower: 400 surface-to-air missiles were stolen from Benghazi https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/08/13/attorney-for-u-s-w…00-surface-to-air-missiles-were-stolen-from-benghazi-n208867
    after he points out that Obama’s arguably guilty of contempt of court for publicly acknowledging a sealed indictment against the Benghazi … This isn’t the first time that someone with inside info has floated the theory that SAMs were key to what the CIA was doing in Benghazi … You can understand, then, why both Obama and the agency would be so tight-lipped about the truth.…
  20. Quotes of the day https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/08/10/quotes-of-the-day-1462-n208824
    President Obama on Friday insisted he doesn’t have a bad personal relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin… “I know the … Here’s Obama attending the G-20 meeting, and here’s its host, Putin, smiling — and getting smiled at in return. … In that sense, he is the perfect antithesis to Obama.…
  21. Quotes of the day https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/08/09/quotes-of-the-day-1461-n208815
    White House press secretary Jay Carney dismissed questions Monday about whether the Obama administration had taken its eye off the … Ansar al Sharia in Libya helped carry out the deadly attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi. … So why is Obama so determined to make this false distinction between “core al-Qaeda” and AQAP?…
  22. Fox poll shows "phony scandal" line playing worse that you'd think https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/08/09/fox-poll-shows-phony-scandal-line-playing-worse-that-youd-think-n208797
    After an avalanche of scandals hit the White House this spring, the Obama administration adopted the public-relations strategy of … There isn’t a lot of good news in the poll for Obama elsewhere, either.  … Who does Obama think is listening, anyway?…
  23. Carney: Why no, our response to Syria has nothing to do with the regime change we've demanded since 2011 https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/08/27/carney-why-no-our…o-do-with-the-regime-change-weve-demanded-since-2011-n209170
    Over two years ago, the Obama administration repeatedly insisted that its intervention in Libya to keep Moammar Qaddafi’s army from … overrunning Benghazi was not about regime change, either, and insisted that Libyans had to decide their future for themselves.  … Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, but demand it Obama did in October 2011.…
  24. Report: Team involved in tracking Benghazi suspects leaving Libya permanently https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2013/08/23/report-team-involv…tracking-benghazi-suspects-leaving-libya-permanently-n209100
    let it all sink in — but I don’t see how it squares with the DOJ’s decision to finally finally finally bring charges against the Benghazi … If the White House was prepared to give up its hunt for the Benghazi jihadis, I would think they’d want to do it as quietly as possible … Imagine how much more time he’ll spend reminding them if he gets the Benghazi culprits too.…
  25. Issa: The State Department's Benghazi investigation has been "a charade" from day one https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2013/08/21/issa-the-state-d…nghazi-investigation-has-been-a-charade-from-day-one-n209057
    Department employees who had been superficially and symbolically ‘held accountable’ following last September’s terrorist attack in Benghazi … are now back at work at the State Department, House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa issued the appropriately scathing statement: “Obama … It is now clear that the personnel actions taken by the Department in response to the Benghazi terrorist attacks was more of a public…