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Quotes of the day
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2014/07/30/quotes-of-the-day-1806-n191635
– *** Republican calls to impeach President Obama look like a wedge issue — in favor of Democrats. … Still, I’m not convinced that Democrats, including Obama, are eager to Jedi mind trick Boehner into actually impeaching Obama so much … I suspect they’ll be able to strike that balance up until Obama announces his deportation relief plan.…
New Plan: Let's let Libyans attend flight school, study nuclear science in US
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2014/08/16/new-plan-lets-let-li…ans-attend-flight-school-study-nuclear-science-in-us-n192027
– Now, believe it or not, President Obama is lifting that ban because, aides say, post-Gaddafi Libya and its relations with the United … The Obama administration has lifted longtime restrictions on Libyans attending flight schools in the United States and training here … Less than two years after the deadly terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya that killed four Americans, the Department of Homeland Security…
Poll: Rand Paul's support slipping among tea partiers?
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2014/08/15/poll-rand-pauls-support-slipping-among-tea-partiers-n192012
– When asked what word came to mind when Obama is mentioned, he didn’t say “IRS” or “executive overreach” or “ObamaCare” or “Benghazi … He would have laid Obama out because he knows that’s what his base wants and he’s superb at delivering it. … Nor is it just Obama whom Rand’s gone a bit soft on.…
Quotes of the day
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2014/08/09/quotes-of-the-day-1816-n191855
Obama to set aside a policy that is both minimalist and unrealistic. … administration has done precisely nothing… Now, Obama has done the same in Iraq. … *** “I do think the Kurds used that time that was given by our troop sacrifices in Iraq,” Obama added.…
The long march: Libya's capital falls to Islamists
https://hotair.com/noah-rothman/2014/08/25/the-long-march-libyas-capital-falls-to-islamists-n192234
– It was the conflict which gave birth to the infamous and orphaned Obama doctrine of “leading from behind.” … and eight months of deadly conflict, the Libyan people can now celebrate their freedom and the beginning of a new era of promise,” Obama … “From Tripoli to Misurata to Benghazi — today, Libya is free,” Obama said in speech delivered before the United Nations.…
Hagel: ISIS beyond "just a terrorist group ... imminent threat"
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2014/08/22/hagel-isis-beyond-just-a-terrorist-group-imminent-threat-n192177
Obama, wrote on Twitter on Wednesday that “golfing today is in bad taste.” … The most notable rhetorical tell came from Obama himself. … In the aftermath of the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Obama vowed to bring the attackers to justice.…
Quotes of the day
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2014/08/20/quotes-of-the-day-1827-n192139
– PRESIDENT OBAMA: Today, the entire world is appalled by the brutal murder of Jim Foley by the terrorist group, ISIL… Jim Foley’s … Obama spoke, the United States Central Command announced that American warplanes had conducted 14 airstrikes on ISIS targets in the … President Obama authorized the “substantial and complex” rescue operation after the officials said a “broad collection of intelligence…
Glenn Beck: Let's face it, Hillary's going to be the next president
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2014/09/03/glenn-beck-lets-face-it-hillarys-going-to-be-the-next-president-n192444
– That’s the wrong word, as it diminishes the gravity of the Benghazi and IRS scandals — they’re both legitimate grievances, as Beck … Beck sees something like that happening again in 2016, this time with a patchwork of different complaints about the Clinton and Obama … It’s the fact that, uniquely among Democrats, she can run on the record of a more successful Democratic president than Obama.…
Fox News: Obama briefed for more than a year on ISIS as serious threat
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2014/09/02/fox-news-obama-briefed-for-more-than-a-year-on-isis-as-serious-threat-n192395
– Did Barack Obama really get surprised by the rise of ISIS and its capabilities to fight militarily — or did he just ignore the threat … Somebody needs to tell Obama there was media before social media. … As if the enemy is CNN, and not ISIS, which has proven to be more nimble and quick than Obama.…
Rand Paul: If it was wrong not to protect the Benghazi consulate, it's wrong not to protect the one in Kurdistan
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2014/09/17/rand-paul-if-it-wa…sulate-its-wrong-not-to-protect-the-one-in-kurdistan-n192782
– A good line aimed at libertarians who used to hammer Obama for his negligence in Benghazi and who are hammering Rand now for wanting … “If it was wrong not to protect the consulate in Benghazi, then it’s wrong not to protect the consulate in Erbil,” he says… “People … Americans never demanded U.S. airstrikes against jihadis in Benghazi to preemptively protect American diplomatic outposts; they wanted…
Tuesday TEMS: Andrew Malcolm, Ron Fournier, Aaron Klein, Fr. Bill Miscamble
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2014/09/16/tuesday-tems-andr…w-malcolm-ron-fournier-aaron-klein-fr-bill-miscamble-n192762
– National Journal’s Ron Fournier talks about his connection to Prince, the credibility problem of Obama on the war on ISIS, and why … With new revelations this week about Benghazi, Aaron Klein’s new book The Real Benghazi Story just became more trenchant than ever.…
Video: White House really sticking with this denial that Obama's "JV" reference was about ISIS
https://hotair.com/marykatharine/2014/09/08/video-white-hous…this-denial-that-obamas-jv-reference-was-about-isis-n192570
– Press Secretary Josh Earnest first made his ridiculous claim in an August 25 press briefing, pushing back on the Obama quote from David … “Keep in mind I wasn’t specifically referring to (Islamic State),” Obama replied. … For the rest of this play we’ve all seen before, I refer you to the 7 Steps to Scandal Comms with the Obama White House.…
Obama’s favorite scapegoat is also his ‘first choice’ for new attorney general?
https://hotair.com/noah-rothman/2014/09/26/obamas-favorite-s…at-is-also-his-first-choice-for-new-attorney-general-n193002
– President Barack Obama is reportedly interested in nominating a candidate to replace retiring Attorney General Eric Holder quickly … Okay, maybe Obama was merely playing a word association game. … “The White House Counsel’s office advised senior Obama officials to keep quiet about the attack in Benghazi during the weeks preceding…
Exonerated, Chris Christie taunts the press by embracing Roger Goodell
https://hotair.com/noah-rothman/2014/09/19/exonerated-chris-christie-taunts-the-press-by-embracing-roger-goodell-n192824
– “Bridgegate has become your Benghazi.” For the left, those are words that cut like a knife. … The New Jersey governor who had just cruised to reelection in a state Obama won in 2012 by nearly 18 points consistently demonstrated…
Navy SEAL raid nets Benghazi attack leader
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2017/10/31/navy-seal-raid-nets-benghazi-attack-leader-n250895
– It’s doubtful it will be fast enough to satisfy former Marine Mark Geist, one of the survivors of the Benghazi attack. … Earlier this month, another man accused in Benghazi, Ahmed Abu Khattala, went on trial in federal court. … The Obama-era Department of Justice sought and won an indictment against Al-Imam more than two years ago.…
Gates: Hillary really blew it on Libya, huh?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/05/20/gates-hillary-really-blew-it-on-libya-huh-n224608
–  to ask about “more recent” decisions — the decapitation of the Qaddafi regime in Libya, conducted by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama … Knowing then what we know now about ISIS in Iraq, was it a mistake for President Obama not to have pushed harder to keep U.S. troops … I mean, the genocide in Benghazi was prevented, and yet you look at what’s going on in Libya, it’s hard to argue that the Obama administration…
NYT: Gowdy to subpoena Sid Blumenthal for Benghazi committee
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/05/19/nyt-gowdy-to-subpoena-sid-blumenthal-for-benghazi-committee-n224573
– Still, the move to collar longtime Clintonista Sid Blumenthal qualifies as a major development for the Benghazi Select Committee investigation … Representative Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, a Republican who is leading the congressional committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi … She and Obama turned it from a dictatorship with some vested interest in fighting al-Qaeda and its affiliates into a failed state where…
State Department to release Hillary emails in January 2016
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2015/05/19/state-department-to-release-hillary-emails-in-january-2016-n224566
– (And while Kerry may be in charge today, it’s all part of the larger Team Obama, so they’re not exactly hostile to Clinton.) … We’re not going to find anything along the lines of, “let them know I won’t make the Benghazi funerals because it would look pretty…
NYT: Banned from State Dep't, Clinton Foundation crony advised Hillary on Libya anyway -- while pursuing business there; Update: Another e-mail lie
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2015/05/18/nyt-banned-from-st…lary-on-libya-while-trying-to-drum-up-business-there-n224563
– Blumenthal, who had been barred from a State Department job by aides to President Obama, was also employed by her family’s philanthropy … Did Gowdy’s Benghazi committee get it first and leak it to them?…
Fox: Newly released Benghazi documents show Obama admin lied about attack
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/05/18/fox-newly-release…enghazi-documents-show-obama-admin-lied-about-attack-n224549
– First, September 16 is an infamous date in the Benghazi timeline, as the date on which Susan Rice did a full Ginsburg to insist that … Obama was in the middle of an election, and didn’t want to acknowledge that he’d been caught with his pants down. … The DIA tried to warn Congress about the threat in January 2014, which is when Obama compared them to the “jayvees.”…
Politico: Trey Gowdy ‘likely’ to reject Clinton’s one-time Benghazi Committee appearance; Update: Clinton testimony delayed
https://hotair.com/matt-vespa/2015/05/14/politico-trey-gowdy…ommittee-appearance-update-clinton-testimony-delayed-n224493
– State Department turns over the rest of the documents on Libya (via National Journal): The GOP-led House panel probing the 2012 Benghazi … Trey Gowdy, chairman of the Select Committee on Benghazi. … Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the Benghazi panel.…
Did Clinton ask Blumenthal to look for information about Libya?
https://hotair.com/matt-vespa/2015/05/28/did-clinton-ask-blumenthal-to-look-for-information-about-libya-n224787
– The network included former Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal who was prevented from taking a job at State in 2009 by the Obama White … Blumenthal has been subpoenaed by the House Select Committee on Benghazi regarding these communications.  …
Surprise: State Department labeled Benghazi 'terrorism event' within hours
https://hotair.com/guy-benson/2015/05/27/surprise-state-department-labeled-benghazi-terrorism-event-within-hours-n224748
– email (which also contradicted the administration’s story) wasn’t about Benghazi.   … Team Obama carefully calibrated and coordinated their public statements about Benghazi because, as off-the-books consigliere Sid Blumenthal … The Obama administration, while busy dismissing Benghazi as a “phony scandal” and old news, claimed to have surrendered all pertinent…
Quotes of the day
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2015/05/22/quotes-of-the-day-2090-n224684
– “That’s simply insufficient to create a security force, which is why they crumbled.” *** While President Obama still opposes the … If our aim is really to “destroy” the group, as Obama says, then we would have to wade into the Syrian civil war. … Bush bequeathed to Obama a success. By whose measure? By Obama’s.…
Blumenthal: I'd be happy to talk with the Benghazi select committee
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/05/22/blumenthal-id-be-happy-to-talk-with-the-benghazi-select-committee-n224658
– Blumenthal actually didn’t say much at all, other than his e-mails to Hillary Clinton on Benghazi were just unsolicited information … How much those conflicts of interest drove US policy in Libya will be of considerable interest to the Benghazi Select Committee. … from Obama that snuggled up close to an endorsement for blasphemy laws?…
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