Results for: obama benghazi
Transparency: Hillary, State withheld two Benghazi-related e-mails from select committee
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/07/14/transparency-hill…d-two-benghazi-related-e-mails-from-select-committee-n225862
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/07/14/transparency-hill…d-two-benghazi-related-e-mails-from-select-committee-n225862
–
The “transparent” Obama administration tells the court that the release of Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi email chain “could reasonably … As I just told one media interviewer, I interpret this to mean “we can’t give out info about the Obama/Clinton Benghazi cover-up because … The Obama administration also sent false talking points about the attack to Congress.)…
Gowdy: State's been very transparent -- about Richard Gere
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/07/11/gowdy-states-been-very-transparent-about-richard-gere-n225805
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2015/07/11/gowdy-states-been-very-transparent-about-richard-gere-n225805
–
The State Department has insisted that it’s complying with the House Select Committee on Benghazi and brags about the number of pages … Will the media begin asking why the Obama administration wants to keep blocking this probe?…
Quotes of the day
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2014/10/05/quotes-of-the-day-1873-n193198
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2014/10/05/quotes-of-the-day-1873-n193198
–
.
***
If Mitt Romney had said in 2012 that a second Obama term would bring not just continued economic uncertainty, but also the … Ironically, that was the charge levied at the Bush administration by none other than Senator Obama, speaking on ABC’s This Week on … And yet, it wasn’t Obama who misled the public about Saddam Hussein or the Vietnam War or Watergate.…
Intel and military sources: We could have hit "Khorasan" in June
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2014/10/02/intel-and-military-sources-we-could-have-hit-khorasan-in-june-n193143
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2014/10/02/intel-and-military-sources-we-could-have-hit-khorasan-in-june-n193143
–
advisers in the Obama administration could still have their jobs. … have gone up under Obama; that Obama spends his weekly counterterrorism hour leafing through binders of aspiring targets to select … Let’s say, though, that Obama was justified in blaming the intelligence community for the failure.…
Christie: I am certainly unimpressed with Obama's leadership on ISIS
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2014/10/01/christie-i-am-certainly-unimpressed-with-obamas-leadership-on-isis-n193098
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2014/10/01/christie-i-am-certainly-unimpressed-with-obamas-leadership-on-isis-n193098
–
Interestingly, Christie takes Obama at his word on that point, at least in this exchange, when it has already been made very clear … Long wait times were hardly a secret, with Obama himselfcampaigning on VA reform as a candidate. … To his credit, Obama signed legislation reforming the VA and replaced embattled Secretary Eric Shinseki.…
Intelligence warned Obama of ISIS since 2012?
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2014/09/30/intelligence-warned-obama-of-isis-since-2012-n193074
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2014/09/30/intelligence-warned-obama-of-isis-since-2012-n193074
–
We saw this after the Benghazi attack in 2012, in an almost identical sequence. … Obama has taken the country to war again, and yet cannot articulate that one simple fact. … Obama wants to eat his Nobel Peace Prize cake and have his war, too. But he can’t have it both ways.…
Obama meets Ebola survivor Nina Pham in the Oval Office
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2014/10/24/obama-meets-ebola-survivor-nina-pham-in-the-oval-office-n193671
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2014/10/24/obama-meets-ebola-survivor-nina-pham-in-the-oval-office-n193671
–
And of course it’s good politics for Obama, who somehow seems to be on the golf course every time a crisis erupts. … This is basically the story of the Obama presidency, where nearly all of the staggering failures and crises–Ebola, ISIS, Obamacare, … Benghazi, et al.…
Quotes of the day
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2014/10/18/quotes-of-the-day-1886-n193506
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2014/10/18/quotes-of-the-day-1886-n193506
–
Obama convened his top aides in the Cabinet room after canceling his schedule on Wednesday. … Obama said of the response, according to people briefed on the meeting. … My advice to Team Obama – encourage the Big Guy to take a look around.…
Pentagon lashes out at ISIS war "micromanagement" at WH
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2014/10/31/pentagon-lashes-out-at-isis-war-micromanagement-at-wh-n193835
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2014/10/31/pentagon-lashes-out-at-isis-war-micromanagement-at-wh-n193835
–
Martin Dempsey has publicly chafed at the “no ground troops ever” policy from Barack Obama, and recently told PBS Frontline that he … Obama with his recommendations of military action against the Islamic State.
Defenders of Mr. … Obama tends to hand delicate assignments to his most trusted advisers. Mr. Kerry and Mr.…
Reporters in the Obama era basically living in an episode of "Scandal"
https://hotair.com/marykatharine/2014/10/28/reporters-in-the-obama-era-basically-living-in-an-episode-of-scandal-n193765
https://hotair.com/marykatharine/2014/10/28/reporters-in-the-obama-era-basically-living-in-an-episode-of-scandal-n193765
–
But the Obama administration is determined to make “Scandal” blush. … Read Erik Wemple’s entire write-up of Sharyl Attkisson’s account of the bugging of her computer at the height of her Benghazi reporting … At a White House Correspondents’ Association seminar on Saturday, Page described the Obama administration as “more restrictive” and…
Attkisson: CBS buried an Obama quote in 2012 on Benghazi
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2014/11/10/attkisson-cbs-buried-an-obama-quote-in-2012-on-benghazi-n194090
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2014/11/10/attkisson-cbs-buried-an-obama-quote-in-2012-on-benghazi-n194090
–
Did executives at CBS News sit on a clip from an exclusive interview with Barack Obama to protect his election chances in 2012? … It would have to me proven Romney’s point against Obama. But that clip was kept secret.” … Rather than speak truth to power, CBS went silent — to preserve it, perhaps, on behalf of Barack Obama?…
Obama hails Obama for his anti-terror work
https://hotair.com/latimestot/2016/12/08/obama-hails-obama-for-anti-terror-work-n240319
https://hotair.com/latimestot/2016/12/08/obama-hails-obama-for-anti-terror-work-n240319
–
Obama has struggled to seem relevant in these waning 43 days of his lame-duckness. … As usual, Obama’s report had a strong emphasis on Obama. … Obama did remind us that Osama bin Laden still sleeps with the fishes.…
Hot Air's Top 50 posts in 2016: The runners-up
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/12/26/hot-airs-top-50-posts-in-2016-the-runners-up-n240832
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/12/26/hot-airs-top-50-posts-in-2016-the-runners-up-n240832
–
Today, though, let’s step through the five that just missed the list:
#55: Film Review: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi … prevarications.
#52: The truth about gun deaths: numbers and actual solutions (10/4/15 — see update) – No matter how many times the Obama … This particular misuse was an implicit argument for why Obama seemed more interested in gun control than dealing with terrorism, but…
NBC's list of "most telling" Obama quotes missing a few
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2017/01/10/nbcs-list-of-most-telling-obama-quotes-missing-a-few-n241218
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2017/01/10/nbcs-list-of-most-telling-obama-quotes-missing-a-few-n241218
–
When Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize — despite having done nothing at all by that point in pursuit of peace except be elected … That’s hardly the only legacy quote on national security from Obama. … This isn’t even an attempt at a serious look back at the Obama years; it’s cheap propaganda.…
WaPo columnist: Say, this 13 Hours actually is political
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/01/18/wapo-columnist-say-this-13-hours-actually-is-political-n230208
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/01/18/wapo-columnist-say-this-13-hours-actually-is-political-n230208
–
acerbic look at 13 Hours that objects to the supposedly dishonest marketing of Michael Bay’s presentation of the sacking of the Benghazi … of their mouths when it comes to the political nature of the film, and the film itself of a dishonest approach to the story of Benghazi … Few people would presume that a recap of Benghazi would hurt Hillary Clinton or Democrats more broadly right before their primaries…
Film Review: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
https://hotair.com/crankytrex/2016/01/16/film-review-13-hours-the-secret-soldiers-of-benghazi-n230169
https://hotair.com/crankytrex/2016/01/16/film-review-13-hours-the-secret-soldiers-of-benghazi-n230169
–
Until this weekend, the story of the 2012 attack on our consulate in Benghazi has been almost exclusively in the hands of the Obama … caused a spontaneous protest that turned violent and could not have been prevented or mitigated. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi … Instead they are able to hammer home the horrible truths about Benghazi that have thus far been written off as Republican political…
Hillary e-mail exchange debated kick-starting Palestinian protests to pressure Israel
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/01/11/hillary-e-mail-ex…ick-starting-palestinian-protests-to-pressure-israel-n230041
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/01/11/hillary-e-mail-ex…ick-starting-palestinian-protests-to-pressure-israel-n230041
–
The State Department chose Pickering to review the events surrounding the sacking of our consulate in Benghazi as chair of the so-called … This exchange confirms the tendency of the Obama administration to treat Israel with arrogance, if not outright hostility. … t raise legal issues, but it raises serious political issues, especially for Hillary Clinton’s orientation toward Israel and the Obama…
Horror: Young Ted Cruz plots world domination strategy ... and "sweat on my butt"
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/01/25/horror-young-ted…plots-world-domination-strategy-and-sweat-on-my-butt-n230411
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/01/25/horror-young-ted…plots-world-domination-strategy-and-sweat-on-my-butt-n230411
–
While the media reminds us questions about the colossal failure in Benghazi on Hillary Clinton’s watch are old news, The Hill and other … Meanwhile, no one bothered to make much of an issue about the whereabouts and activities of Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton on the … night of September 11, 2012 when four Americans lost their lives in Benghazi waiting for an American response that never came.…
Obama: Golly, Sanders is kind of a one-note guy
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/01/25/obama-golly-sanders-is-kind-of-a-one-note-guy-n230403
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2016/01/25/obama-golly-sanders-is-kind-of-a-one-note-guy-n230403
–
Obama only mentioned Iran once, and then it was to brag about the success of his diplomatic efforts. … Benghazi in a series of attacks that lasted for hours. … Who else dropped the ball on Benghazi, at the very least? Hillary Clinton. …
Ben Carson: Cruz's attitude towards what he did to me in Iowa reminds me of Hillary's attitude towards Benghazi
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2016/02/05/ben-carson-cruzs-a…owa-reminds-me-of-hillarys-attitude-towards-benghazi-n230723
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2016/02/05/ben-carson-cruzs-a…owa-reminds-me-of-hillarys-attitude-towards-benghazi-n230723
–
Carson should be less passive on the campaign trail in New Hampshire and South Carolina just like Obama should be less passive towards … “I’m not saying that it rises to the level up Benghazi, I’m saying it’s the same kind of attitude,” he said, when pressed by Starnes … if the controversy rose to the level of Benghazi.…
Don't be surprised if NATO goes after ISIS in Libya
https://hotair.com/taylormillard/2016/02/05/dont-be-surprised-if-nato-goes-after-isis-in-libya-n230711
https://hotair.com/taylormillard/2016/02/05/dont-be-surprised-if-nato-goes-after-isis-in-libya-n230711
–
The updated tallies come as the administration of President Barack Obama faces growing calls for the US military to step up action … a sign Obama is hoping it won’t become a campaign issue for the Democrats. … That falls on both Obama and Clinton’s shoulders, and they have to take responsibility for it (which is laughable).…
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
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…
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
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.…
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
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.…
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
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…