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.…
(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.…
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…
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. …
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…
Darrell Issa’s probe into the sacking of the consulate in Benghazi as his “crusade,” a term which Issa might not entirely dislike. … CIA about the circumstances that led to the deaths of four Americans:
Darrell Issa will resume hammering the White House on Benghazi … Will they conduct their own investigation into Benghazi, where Democrats can control the probe? …
Looks like the Obama administration learned from its past handling of terrorists — or perhaps the circumstances of a rare capture … But that raises another question: why haven’t we done the same with those who sacked the Benghazi consulate last year?…
Obama claimed that Republican demands for negotiations on the debt ceiling amounted to “extortion” – despite the fact that Obama voted … administration committed to security for the consulate in Benghazi a year ago. … And not just because Obama and Democrats are intransigent, which they are.…
After sitting on the sidelines for weeks, Barack Obama has finally called a meeting to resolve the budget standoff:
A White House … The official says Obama will urge the House to pass a spending bill to allow the government to reopen. … If nothing else, Obama may wrangle a one-week clean CR from Reid in order to dial down the bad press.…
In the case of the assault on our consulate in Benghazi, though, the security warnings were much clearer, with almost no resources … Twice as many Americans died in Benghazi, and top brass in that incident lied to the nation for two weeks about it. … Where is the accountability for Benghazi?…
Later, there’d be a scene after a Democratic presidential debate where an arrogant Barack Obama tells her to face reality and accept … between her and one of her deputies at State who’s been charged with telling her that the jihadis have overrun the consulate at Benghazi…
government gave the US a green light for its raid — and for another one to capture the leaders of the attack on our consulate in Benghazi … another to seize a militia leader suspected of carrying out the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on the United States diplomatic mission in Benghazi … Zeidan has barely kept his grip on Tripoli, and the rest of Libya is a terrorist playground, thanks to the Obama-led NATO intervention…
Normally this kind of work would be done at a “black site” abroad or at Guantanamo Bay, but Barack Obama refuses to use either one. … Obama came to office without a ready replacement for those secret prisons. … The Obama administration succeeded in 2011 using this model, but Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame made it easier by pleading guilty. …
The “unacceptable” speech is a staple of the Obama presidency. … He might show a flash of barely contained Spock-Obama anger to send a thrill up the legs of newscasters. … Two, I think Obama thinks when he says things, they just happen.…
But because we are stuck with Obama, we are stuck with ObamaCare. … Well, no one ever got rich betting on accountability in this administration, with Taranto’s allusion to Benghazi being a most adept … Throwing Sebelius under the bus would at least give Obama an opportunity to declare that a new executive at HHS will clear out the…
at a Republican Senator for interrogating her over the State Department’s lies about the al-Qaeda attack on Benghazi. … Can Hillary distance herself from Obama? It’s possible, but it would be a difficult task. … Her tenure was bookended by an embarrassing “reset button” with Russia and a humiliating defeat in Benghazi. …
Congress has tried for more than a year to gain access to those who survived the terrorist attack on two American outposts in Benghazi … subcommittee will hear from CIA security officers who are expected to tell a much more detailed story about the terror attack in Benghazi … The CBS report moved the needle enough to get Chris Matthews, who describes these same Republicans as “Benghazi obsessives,” to finally…
official line from the White House, the State Department, and the Pentagon about the US response to the attack on our consulate in Benghazi … Two American commandos have received medals for fighting in Benghazi after volunteering to accompany five security contractors from … It’s yet another data point of the stream of dishonesty from the Obama administration about the terrorist attack on the Benghazi consulate…
to the 60 Minutes story on Sunday, the Hardball host also wonders aloud why Americans don’t have an answer to the questions of Benghazi … Perhaps that has something to do with people like Matthews, who leads off this segment by calling Benghazi a “Republican obsession, … It’s good to see that Matthews has finally found some indignation over the mendacity and opacity of the Obama administration about…
One lesson from the failed spin on Benghazi hasn’t quite sunk in at the White House. … The Los Angeles Times reported last night that angry officials at the NSA and other intel agencies have confirmed that the Obama White … That has actually been a concern about Obama, who used to skip formal briefings until the attack in Benghazi embarrassed the White…
Senator McCain offered high praise to the Secretary of State whose philosophy on accountability for the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi … , I’m not sure what I have to say would be very impactful,” McCain told reporters, alluding to his 2008 loss to President Barack Obama … Her work as secretary of state, with the exception of this issue of Benghazi — which isn’t going away — I think has been outstanding…
“I’m tired of hearing from people on TV, and reading about [Benghazi] in books,” Sen. … the big 60 Minutes scoop last night on CBS, Graham announced that he would block all appointments from the White House until the Obama … Boehner has treaded carefully on Benghazi until now, content to let Issa run the show. …
The last time he went to Benghazi was in June, just three months before the attack. … The segment, helmed by Lara Logan, focuses on what happened in Benghazi before and during the attack. … , still cannot understand why the US was not prepared to protect its assets in Benghazi.…
But until the exchanges start working, this is all the Obama administration has in the political arsenal. … It is highly unlikely that Barack Obama will ever be impeached. It is certain that he will never again be trusted. … Obama is a lame duck with an approval rating now around 40, and he can no longer save them.…
Despite assurances all year long that the development of the central web portal of ObamaCare was proceeding as planned, the Obama … well, and they specifically warned the White House in March of the eventual disasters that the October 1 rollout produced:
The Obama … Obama health policy adviser Jeanne Lambrew and then-White House Deputy Chief of Staff Mark Childress received a briefing April 8 at…