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Obama on Benghazi the hurricane: "We leave nobody behind"
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Obama managed the Libya crisis after the killing of the American ambassador and three others in Benghazi. … The Obama administration needs to level with the country about why it made its decisions. … Exit quotation: “I think Charles is a little too hard on Obama.…
Media cooperating with Benghazi cover-up?
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A drone was deployed over Benghazi during an attack that lasted about seven hours. … The Chronicle’s most recent story on Benghazi ran on Oct. 25. … What did Obama know that night, when did he know it and what did he do about it? Ditto Langley and the Pentagon.…
Former Pacific Fleet chief: We need full disclosure on Benghazi -- now
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It has been reported that President Obama met with Vice President Joseph R. … Our fighter jets could have been at our Benghazi mission within an hour. … Obviously, that courage was lacking for Benghazi. The safety of your personnel always remains paramount.…
Obama: I'm offended that people would accuse me of not being forthcoming about Benghazi
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If, as he claimed on Friday, he really did issue an order to secure American personnel in Benghazi, show us the order. … Obama ordered the Secretary of Defense to “do whatever we need to do,” or he didn’t.…
Video: "Mr. President ... I totally forgive you"
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interview of the father of Tyrone Woods, the slain Special Forces security agent who gave his life in defending our consulate in Benghazi … Charles Woods claims he is not speaking out from anger; he looks into the camera and tells President Obama, “I totally forgive you” … even if Obama is responsible for his son’s death. …
McCain: Benghazi worse than Watergate
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guests on the Sunday talk shows yesterday morning, there seemed to be an effort to keep the focus on the election, rather than Benghazi … While the other talk shows tried to shift focus away from Benghazi, their guests had other ideas. … It’s a trust issue, all right — and not just for Obama, but for the media that seems to be running interference for him. …
Fox: FBI, NCTC showed al-Qaeda connection to Benghazi attack 2 days afterward
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the FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center briefed lawmakers two days after the attack on al-Qaeda’s connections to the Benghazi … as tied to a demonstration. …
FBI and NCTC also briefed that there were a series of Al Qaeda training camps just outside of Benghazi … to sell the same story to the media five days after the attack on five different Sunday talk shows, they have insisted that the Obama…
Quotes of the day
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from responsibility for the Administration’s Benghazi response. … ***
We know this much: What Barack Obama said is unambiguously false. … The Obama administration has used every means at its disposal to avoid sharing information about the Benghazi attacks—not only with…
Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?
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Previous weekly “winners” in 2012:
Refuses to talk to reporters about Benghazi, but grants interview to Us Magazine
“Jim, you may … Goes to Las Vegas fundraiser after attack on Benghazi consulate
No time to meet with Netanyahu, makes time for the Pimp with a Limp … And unlike Slate, I promise to end the feature when Barack Obama leaves office.…
Quotes of the day
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The White House on Saturday flatly denied that President Barack Obama withheld requests for help from the besieged American compound … in Benghazi, Libya, as it came under on attack by suspected terrorists on September 11th. … Had Obama answered Clark’s question yesterday, he would’ve violated this unspoken blackout agreement by making news.…
CBS: CIA talking points for Rice never mentioned terrorism
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Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, four days earlier. … Protests of that nature had been seen in other Muslim nations in the days and weeks before the Benghazi attack. … “Available information suggests that the demonstrations in Benghazi were spontaneously inspired by the U.S.…
WSJ: Petraeus pushed out after defending CIA over Benghazi?
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, and suggests that the Obama administration wanted Petraeus out because of it (via Instapundit):
In David Petraeus’s final days … At issue was whether the CIA should break its silence about its role in Benghazi, Libya, to counter criticism that increasingly was … Petraeus’s last days at the CIA show the extent to which the Benghazi attacks created a climate of interagency finger-pointing.…
Obama on GOP opposition to Susan Rice: You want to come after someone over Benghazi, come after me
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RICE: … with our personnel and the consulate in Benghazi. … Our presence in Tripoli, as in Benghazi, is relatively new, as you will recall. … But I’ve visited there myself, both to Tripoli and Benghazi.…
Graham: I'm "dead set" against promoting anyone involved in Benghazi debacle
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Hampshire), and John McCain (Arizona) are making the case for calling together a special joint select committee on the attack on Benghazi … Seeing as how it’s now starting to look “likely” that President Obama will be putting U.N. … “I am dead set on making sure we don’t promote anybody who was a player in the Benghazi debacle,” Graham said in reference to Rice’…
The Ed Morrissey Show: Jennifer Rubin, Mary Katharine Ham
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We’ll talk about the latest in the Benghazi and Petraeus stories, as well as Bobby Jindal’s calls for a conservative populism. … Mary Katharine Ham joins me afterward to discuss today’s press conference from Barack Obama, and much much more. Don’t miss it!…
Open thread: Obama's first press conference in five months
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Obama ducked into a press briefing in August unannounced in order to take a couple of shots at Todd Akin and actually deigned to take … Today, the stranger returns at 1:30 ET (or so), and Politico thinks that Obama will face “tough questions”:
This is not what the … A tough question would focus on what happened in Benghazi before, during, and after the terrorist attack that sacked our consulate.…
Carney: Obama "wasn't pleased" with Petraeus scandal when he found out, just after the election
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fiscal cliff (which, I’m sure, is perfectly true — no good lingering on security concerns that bring any more attention to that Benghazi … Peter King has wondered, this all looks kinda’ odd:
“If [Obama] was told and did nothing about it, that reflects on him,” King continued … Anyhow, Congressional hearings on the events in the Benghazi attack are going down later this week.…
Yep: Eric Holder to stay on as Obama's attorney general
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For a moment there, I was tempted to write that I am flabbergasted by the level of brazen contemptuousness that Obama & Friends somehow … So not only is President Obama considering pretty much promoting Ambassador Susan Rice to Secretary of State after they sent her out … to spin tall tales about “videos” and “spontaneous protests” after four Americans died in the 9/11/12 attacks in Benghazi (although…
Good news: Obama might pick John Kerry for Defense, Susan Rice for State
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The temptation for Republicans to nuke her out of hand over her Benghazi disinformation would have been enormous. … President Obama is considering asking Sen. John F. … But several White House officials said Obama is prepared to dig in his heels over her nomination to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton……
Politico: The GOP's suffering from "Pauline Kaelism"
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According to a recent Pew study, MSNBC’s coverage of Romney this fall was significantly more negative than Fox’s coverage of Obama … reinforced and an alternate reality is reflected…
In this reassuring conservative pocket universe, Rasmussen polls are gospel, the Benghazi … The argument was that enthusiasm for Obama had faded too far from 2008 levels to replicate D+7 turnout, and that appeared to be supported…
Fox News source: Yes, the CIA was holding prisoners at the Benghazi annex
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A well-placed Washington source confirms to Fox News that there were Libyan militiamen being held at the CIA annex in Benghazi and … In which case, why would he still be sharing secrets with her two months later, after the Benghazi attack? … That being so, how were Obama and James Clapper supposedly kept in the dark until last week?…
Diehl: Obama's "light footprint" doctrine the author of Benghazi debacle
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When the West pushed Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak from office via diplomatic abandonment, Barack Obama declared that a victory for American … After decapitating the Moammar Qaddafi regime a few months later through NATO in an undeclared war against Libya, Obama argued that … For the last couple of years, the light footprint worked well enough to allow Obama to turn foreign policy into a talking point for…
Benghazi on front burner in Congress this week
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Get ready for some high-profile questions into the debacle of the Benghazi terrorist attack this week, as Congress returns from its … With Barack Obama safely re-elected, maybe the media will finally put it on theirs, too. … Consulate in Benghazi called the CIA annex and requested assistance.”)…
Quotes of the day
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On Thursday morning, just before a staff meeting at the White House, President Obama was told.
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The White House says no one … year-old was “in love with him.”
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Though Petraeus is not expected to testify at the committee’s closed-door hearing [at Benghazi … Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who has been among Republican senators loudly urging hearings on Benghazi, called it “absolutely essential.…
Pentagon releases Benghazi timeline: took 19 hours to respond
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That would be news to anyone following the Benghazi story in some depth. … the oppression of the Qaddafi regime by Barack Obama and NATO a year earlier. … consulate was in the meeting with Obama 50 minutes after the attack started.…