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Breaking: Petraeus submits resignation as CIA director
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Catherine Herridge says the only explanation given so far is “personal reasons,” but notes that he met personally with Obama yesterday … and wonders if it may have had to do with the CIA releasing that timeline on Benghazi last week. … That was my gut instinct too — either this is fallout from Benghazi or there really is something personal going on.…
Open thread: Obama presser on "fiscal cliff"
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Barack Obama is scheduled to speak on the “fiscal cliff” at 1:15 pm ET today, which means of course that it will probably start closer … Democrats sense an Obama desire to shape-shift, but no one is quite sure. … And will the press get a chance to ask a few questions of their own — especially about Benghazi?…
Rice: GOP has to address changing demographics of US
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insight into Syria, China, and spent quite a bit of time talking about what we need to find out about the terrorist attack on Benghazi … Rice also talked about Benghazi, and had some interesting insight into what specifically we should probe. … Rice says we need answers on why the Obama administration apparently ignored months of warnings about security in Benghazi, and especially…
Pentagon: Oh, by the way, Iran fired at a U.S. drone in the Persian Gulf seven days ago
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It says President Obama “hopes to solve this issue peacefully and through diplomacy.” … Problem is, that argument didn’t do much for him as applied to Benghazi. … “Obama only won because of that dirty trick involving the drone.”…
Haley Barbour: The hurricane saved Obama's presidency
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election, no matter how grim, but I can’t bear the mental load of thinking that the fate of entitlement reform might have turned on Obama … It could just mean that the storm distracted them long enough from their “Obama or Romney?” … calculus that it turned into more of a “do I trust Obama as president?” referendum on O.…
Just a reminder: Congress not done investigating Benghazi
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which might have been rescued had prompt action taken place when the attack occurred — and none of them would have been dead had the Obama … Saxby Chambliss, said his panel would proceed with its review of the Benghazi attacks. … Speaking of the YouTube video that the Obama administration insisted was the cause of the attack, even to the extent of Obama speaking…
Looking at the national exit poll
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Romney got 1.8 million more votes than Obama among voters 30+. He lost under-30s by 5.1 million. Game over. … In 2008, Obama won them by 21. Yesterday, he won them by 25. … Maybe Romney won September because of Benghazi.…
Morsi grabs dictatorial powers in Egypt; Update: Protests, clashes erupt in Egypt
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terrorist networks openly operate and control the eastern part of the country, which resulted in the sacking of our consulate in Benghazi … They come as Morsi is riding high on lavish praise from President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for mediating…
Susan Rice: All of this Benghazi criticism is "unfounded"
https://hotair.com/erika-johnsen/2012/11/22/susan-rice-all-of-this-benghazi-criticism-is-unfounded-n203022
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Following her now-infamous round of Sunday talk shows after the attacks in Benghazi that resulted in the deaths of four Americans … The rumor that President Obama is considering her as a replacement for Hillary Clinton as head of the State Department hasn’t done … Rice’s personal involvement, i.e. who it was that made the call to have her talk up that stupid “video” thing, why security in Benghazi…
Hey, who's up for the 2016 campaign?
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terrorist attack:
In the Benghazi story, we have four dead Americans. … The Obama administration, including the president, gave false and misleading accounts of what happened despite mounting evidence to … Obama winning and they carried a deep dislike, even contempt, for Governor Romney.…
House Repubs to Obama: We're "deeply troubled" that you're considering Rice for State
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Ambassador Rice is widely viewed as having either willfully or incompetently misled the American public in the Benghazi matter … I would agree with President Obama that the ultimate responsibility for this debacle lies with him; security concerns in Benghazi aren … With all of the very vocal opposition to Susan Rice as head of State though, now I’m wondering — will President Obama even want to…
CBS: "Office of the DNI" cut al-Qaeda and terrorism references from Benghazi talking points
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Meet James Clapper — the latest fall guy for the White House on Benghazi. … “The intelligence community assessed from the very beginning that what happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack.” … Are we to believe that a Clapper aide overruled David Petraeus’ assessment of Benghazi? If so, on what basis?…
Holder to stay on as AG "for about a year"
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As the New York Post predicted last week, Attorney General Eric Holder will not leave the Obama administration at the start of Barack … Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday and Fox News confirmed last night that Holder will stay “about a year” in order to provide Obama … A senior administration official told Fox News that Obama does not want a mass exodus at the start of his second term, especially with…
Quotes of the day
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Some 28 percent say they are closely following the investigation into the terrorist attack on American outposts in Benghazi, while … During the campaign, President Obama repeatedly told us how he wants to “go back to the income tax rates we were paying under Bill…
Pew media study: Obama's coverage improved dramatically in the final week of the race
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From October 1 to 28, Romney and Obama were both covered at roughly the same amount. … And this was while Benghazi news was still trickling out. … If Obama was not present in 25% of a story about the storm, it would not appear in the data as an Obama related story.…
WH: Benghazi talking-point changes? Don't look at us...
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Friday’s reports of David Petraeus’ closed-door testimony concerning the 9/11/12 attack in Benghazi suggested that the intelligence … involvement, but that for some as-yet unknown reason, that likelihood was expunged from the final talking points circulated through the Obama … John McCain continued his criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of a deadly attack on the American Embassy in Benghazi,…
Quotes of the day
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We know that version isn’t true because there never was any protest in Benghazi. … That’s why you send out a spokesman who “had nothing to do with Benghazi.” … Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, strikes me as unfair.…
WSJ: Hillary's on the hot seat, not Rice
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The father of Tyrone Woods, a CIA contractor who was killed in Benghazi, told media outlets last month that Mrs. … Not only did Obama initiate the decapitation strategy against the Qaddafi regime, Obama bailed out of it early, was late to recognize … Obama can do better at State than Susan Rice.…
Was Obama briefed that Benghazi was a terror attack before Rice went on TV?
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and senior administration officials within 72 hours of the Benghazi tragedy that the attack was likely carried out by local militia … This report indicates that the president certainly knew that Benghazi wasn’t a rogue movie review gone bad. … Obama sent Rice out to disseminate a false narrative. …
Bad news: Turns out it's sexist and racist to criticize Susan Rice for giving bad information to the public
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the target for daring to suggest that she’s unqualified and maybe “not … very bright” for buying the White House’s early line on Benghazi … required her to feed the public ridiculous disinformation about how “substantial” our nearly nonexistent security presence in Benghazi … She makes a good point in her op-ed today too: Why are liberals ignoring how badly Obama has treated Rice here?…
Petraeus: The CIA's initial talking points about Benghazi mentioned Al Qaeda -- but the reference was removed
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His reputation had already taken a hit because of the bad early intel from the CIA on Benghazi before anyone knew who Paula Broadwell … That’s like Obama needing an investigation to find out what he did or didn’t order the military to do to rescue Americans pinned down…
Does Rice have a problem from the Left?
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Rice, long a favorite of Obama. … And President Obama claims he had already characterized the attack as terrorism. … Either Obama is lying or Susan Rice ignored the president’s characterization of the Benghazi attack.…
Bombshell: Petraeus to tell Congress that he knew "almost immediately" Benghazi was work of terrorists; Update: Petraeus, King dispute earlier testimony
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answers with a scoop of its own before former CIA Director David Petraeus briefs a Senate committee on what he knows about the Benghazi … Expect immediate demands for Obama administration officials to testify on how Susan Rice got those talking points, who crafted them … Petraeus maintained that he said early on that the ambush was a result of terrorism, but King added that he remembered Petraeus and the Obama…
Obama "genuinely conflicted" over Hillary successor
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Barack Obama’s first choice to succeed Hillary Clinton at State has run into a trap Obama and his team set for her after the Benghazi … Decisions, decisions:
President Obama is said to be “genuinely conflicted” about whether to nominate his favored candidate, U.N. … If Hagel goes to Defense — or if it goes to anyone else besides Kerry — then Obama probably has to send Kerry to State. …
Open thread: Sunday morning talking heads
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The last time Obama sent a senior administration official onto all five shows, Susan Rice told a fairy tale about a YouTube video and … a spontaneous demonstration outside our consulate in Benghazi. … Looks like a lot of cliff-diving talk today on all five shows, but if you want some Benghazi talk, CBS’ Face the Nation is your best…