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Leno: Hey, Obama might be in trouble if journalists start asking questions
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Fox to wonder who changed the administration’s initial talking points for Susan Rice to avoid admitting that the attack on our Benghazi … point where hardly anyone got the joke:
“This week, CBS News became the first news organization besides Fox to ask President Obama … ‘Who changed the Benghazi talking points?’”…
New Rice controversy: business ties to Iran?
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First, her bosses send her out to sell what turned out to be a false narrative about the Benghazi attack on five news shows, despite … the fact that — as Barack Obama himself said — Rice had nothing to do with what happened in Benghazi. … — and perhaps Obama should rethink his plans to replace Hillary Clinton instead.…
Rubio: We still need answers on Benghazi
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s political future have been the real failures of the State Department and the White House to properly secure our consulate in Benghazi … Well before the Benghazi attack, our intelligence agencies, Department of Defense and State Department cables from the U.S. … real issues are why the Obama administration didn’t recognize the danger and respond to it properly.…
Conflict-of-interest issue for Rice on Keystone XL project?
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nomination, nor to those who oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, two very different constituencies that might have a common cause if Obama … White House official and Democratic aides said they think that Rice could win Senate confirmation for the top diplomatic job if Obama … The NRDC is opposed to the construction of the $7 billion pipeline. …
At a time when Obama is fighting Republicans opposed to Rice…
Quotes of the day
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wealthy began to show cracks on Wednesday after a conservative congressman said he would back an agreement with President Barack Obama … Which is to say that Obama didn’t have a very good answer, because this time isn’t all that different. … While a recession would be terrible for the country, it may not be terrible for the Obama presidency.…
Scarborough: If the GOP wants to go after Susan Rice, why not go after her over her temperament?
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Barack Obama, D-Illinois. … Hoping to bridge that chasm, the Obama campaign and Democrats harped on comments McCain made on the Today show this morning, repeatedly … So evergreen is the “temperament” attack that Obama threw it at Romney after his initial statement on the Benghazi attacks, even though…
WH: Obama's "not particularly concerned" about whether Rice misled the public
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In response to a question from Major Garrett on whether or not the Obama administration’s decidedly botched handling of the 9/11/12 … What the president is worried about, Major, is what happened and why in Benghazi. … administration for the Benghazi attack?…
Video: Ayotte pledges a hold on a Rice nomination
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Senator Kelly Ayotte appears to have taken the lead on Republican efforts to stop President Obama from nominating Susan Rice to replace … have been answered:
The accusation of being misleading isn’t limited to Benghazi, either. … That assumes that Obama still intends to nominate Rice for anything at all. …
Susan Rice to meet with GOP critics on Capitol Hill tomorrow
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On those shows, Rice said U.S. intelligence believed the Benghazi attack was not a planned act of terror, but instead a demonstration … If McCain really did mean to block her nomination as Secretary of State rather than simply to hassle Obama, he sure picked a goofy … Exit quotation from Eli Lake’s piece linked above:
McCain isn’t the only Republican pursuing the Benghazi line.…
Will Hillary Clinton testify to House, Senate committees on Benghazi?
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Almost three months have passed since terrorists sacked the oddly-undefended American consulate in Benghazi, and the head of the State … The House and Senate foreign relations committees have already announced that Secretary of StateHillary Clinton will testify on Benghazi … In other words, the internal investigation that the Obama administration has used to keep Hillary and other State personnel at arms…
Quotes of the day
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On Thursday I asked that President Obama no longer consider me for the job of secretary of state. … President Obama didn’t want to be seen as backing down. … critics and distract from a pending report on what happened in Benghazi.…
Breaking: Susan Rice withdraws from consideration as Secretary of State
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If her confirmation had been a pure referendum on Benghazi, Senate Democrats probably would have gone to bat for her. … Per James Antle, Obama might like that just fine. … Update: BuzzFeed accuses Obama of “weakness”:
“Susan Rice is essentially a repeat of Gitmo in 2009,” a former Obama Administration…
Obama: America now recognizes Syria's opposition as the legitimate representative of the Syria people
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the Syrian population that we consider them the legitimate representative of the Syrian people in opposition to the Assad regime,” Obama … said…
“Obviously, with that recognition comes responsibilities,” Obama said of the young coalition. … minority rights.”…
“Not everybody who’s participating on the ground in fighting Assad are people who we are comfortable with,” Obama…
Benghazi security unarmed when attack started?
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How well prepared was the security team at the Benghazi consulate on the night of September 11th, in an area known to be rife with … August didn’t prompt State to ramp up their own security at all:
A source with personal knowledge of the security situation in Benghazi … Riots had erupted at the US Embassy in Cairo, a fact that the Obama administration used to insist that the Benghazi attack was a spontaneous…
NYT: Obama admin approved secret weapons deals that ended up arming Islamists in Libya
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The Obama administration secretly gave its blessing to arms shipments to Libyan rebels from Qatar last year, but American officials … The US knew that Islamist terrorists operated in eastern Libya for years before Obama came into office. … If that’s the case, how could they possibly have left the consulate in Benghazi as unprotected as it was?…
Poll: OOTY Prelims, Flight 8
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Goes to Las Vegas fundraiser after attack on Benghazi consulate
No time to meet with Netanyahu, makes time for the Pimp with a Limp … radio show
Previous Obamateurisms of the Year:
Giving 2 minutes of “shout-outs” before getting to the Fort Hood shooting (2009)
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Clinton's State deputies testify: "We have to do better"
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Board’s report on the “systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies” that led to the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi … that the State Department has “already begun to fix” the security lapses that allowed the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi … Administration on what went so tragically wrong in Benghazi that resulted in the deaths of four patriotic Americans.…
WaPo/ABC poll shows Americans opposed to intervention in Syria, unless ...
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chemical weapons, as do 63 percent if the Assad regime used these banned weapons against its own people – an action that Barack Obama … Gee, I wonder where (benghazi) Americans might have gotten (Benghazi) the idea that Arab revolutions would make it more difficult to … fight terrorism (BENGHAZI)?…
Three State Dept officials resign in the wake of damning Benghazi report
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The Accountability Review Board report on Benghazi now making the rounds did not come up favorably for the State Department — “systemic … Consulate in Benghazi in the run-up to the terror attack that killed four Americans. … This has been a chief Republican talking point against Obama since the Benghazi attacks occurred on Sept. 11.…
Independent report: "systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies" at State led to Benghazi deaths
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Congress now has the Accountability Review Board report on the Benghazi terrorist attack that killed four Americans, including the … to the late Ambassador Chris Stevens — and unequivocally states that there never was a protest in front of the consulate, as the Obama … Hillary Clinton herself said that the buck stopped with her on Benghazi. …
State Dept: Clinton may be up for testifying on Benghazi, in the future
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withdrew her name from the running for Hillary Clinton’s successor as secretary of State; but there are still questions about Benghazi … that need answering for which Secretary Clinton and Barack Obama are liable. … AQIM is also at work in Libya, especially around Benghazi.…
Hot Air's Top 40 for 2012: 11-20
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#20 – Video: Romney roasts Obama at the Al Smith Dinner – Mitt Romney may have had trouble connecting with voters through most of … the campaign, but this was one of his best moments.
#19 – Breitbart tells CPAC: I have videos of Obama in college and they’ll come … In this case, it apparently wasn’t desperation — just childishness.
#11 – Obama admin recalibrating Benghazi narrative — again — before…
Obama: Say, there was a little "sloppiness" in State Department security, huh?
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After the attack in Benghazi, is there a need for more accountability so that this doesn’t happen again? … PRESIDENT OBAMA: Two points. … Thank goodness Obama had to face a real journalist when giving that answer. …
Did the Obama admin sit on an FDA report for political reasons?
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plagued with scandals of one sort or another, and you probably won’t be terribly surprised if the same thing comes to pass for Barack Obama … Benghazi? Fast and Furious? Something to do with the UN? … But even more to the point, Obama originally swept into office claiming that the Republicans were the “anti-science party” and he was…
Poll: OOTY Semifinals #2
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Goes to Las Vegas fundraiser after attack on Benghazi consulate
“If four Americans get killed, it’s not optimal.” … Skipped daily security briefing before and after Benghazi attack
Previous Obamateurisms of the Year:
Giving 2 minutes of “shout-outs … ” before getting to the Fort Hood shooting (2009)
Obama leaves Clinton at press conference podium on tax deal to attend Christmas party…