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Topic: State Dept. Meltdown
at Benghazi Hearing |
State Dept. Meltdown
at Benghazi Hearing
Commentary Magazine, by Alana Goodman
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Posted By:StormCnter, 10/10/2012 5:48:35 PM
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| The Obama administration’s Benghazi response continued to unravel at the House Oversight Committee hearing today, as State Department officials struggled unsuccessfully to get their stories straight. Ambassador Patrick Kennedy defended UN Ambassador Susan Rice’s claim on September 16 that the attack was part of a spontaneous protest that erupted over an anti-Islam video, saying that anyone at the State Department would have said the same thing as Rice based on the intelligence available at the time. “If any administration official, including any career official, were on television on Sunday, September 16, they would have said what Ambassador Rice said.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Coy860, 10/10/2012 5:51:43 PM (No. 8923962)
“If any administration official, including any career official, were on television on Sunday, September 16, they would have said what Ambassador Rice said".
Yep, because they are all equal opportunity liars.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
earlybird, 10/10/2012 5:52:04 PM (No. 8923963)
Four+ hours. I am buoyed by a feeling of new confidence in our Republican leaders - starting with Darrell Issa, and including Gowdy, Rohrabacher, Burton, Chafetz (excuse any misspellings), and others on this committee who did an excellent job of digging deep re the Benghazi State Department debacle.
The other heroes were SST Lt. Colonel Woods (Utah National Guard) and Eric Nordstrom, the State Dept's security guy on the ground who was let down big time and talked about it.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
John c, 10/10/2012 5:57:18 PM (No. 8923968)
With 3 months left of this thugs, I think the impeachment options should be discuss and advanced, so that if he gets reelected the process will be well entrained
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
slipstik, 10/10/2012 5:58:34 PM (No. 8923970)
The herd of lies this administration has spawned has overrun the lie wranglers and is headed for the cliff.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
rocket-j-squirrel, 10/10/2012 6:06:00 PM (No. 8923983)
Totally agree, #2! I watched some of this debacle and couldn't believe my ears at the lying coming from State. The 'Rats on the dais were trying to obfuscate by saying the budget was cut by the evil Republicans, so the deaths were on the hands of the majority in the House. Only after Chaffetz (sp) pointed out that there were 6,000 SSTs sitting in Iraq (which was, according to State, a secured and non-threatening country)why didn't State take the Libya threat seriously after 210 previous terrorist attempts on our embassy there? Romney should fire everyone at the State Dept. and replace them with our men and women retiring from the military. They at least have a clue as to what the dangers are.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
mathman, 10/10/2012 6:25:20 PM (No. 8924024)
Obama lied.
Diplomats died.
End of story.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Nimby, 10/10/2012 6:25:32 PM (No. 8924026)
It was a pathetic show of solidarity to save their jobs. They have no respect for the dead.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
happywarrior, 10/10/2012 6:35:37 PM (No. 8924059)
Charlene Lamb specifically stated that it wasn't an issue with the budget. Oh and the look on her face when she was forced to admit that Al Queda was our number one enemy! It told volumes about how these leftist appeasers think. I urge all to watch the hearings replayed on C-Span tonight.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
happywarrior, 10/10/2012 6:36:52 PM (No. 8924063)
Correction: Al Queda is our number one enemy.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
lostinmassachusetts, 10/10/2012 6:40:35 PM (No. 8924068)
Actually, #7, Al Qaeda is tied for first place with the One in the White House.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
janylou, 10/10/2012 7:51:36 PM (No. 8924214)
Lamb and Kennedy are two perfect examples of why when Romney is elected, he needs to clean house starting at State.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 10/10/2012 9:00:50 PM (No. 8924329)
Keep an eye on Trey Gowdy.
I'm seeing great leadership potential here.
We are experiencing the modern Watergate Hearings here.
Oh...and I have decided to go with the Mozzarella-Jalapeno-Garlic with Ginger Popcorn for tomorrow night's debate.
Half salt only on the Margies.
It's a health thing.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
ann, 10/10/2012 9:58:14 PM (No. 8924415)
Spot on #2....the 4 hours were well worth watching thanks to Issa & the others mentioned in his post.-----Hope springs eternal knowing this caliber of character still exists.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Not gonna take it anymore, 10/10/2012 10:00:55 PM (No. 8924420)
#12, use sea salt. You don't need to use half because you are getting all those lovely minerals.
lol
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Bad Dog, 10/10/2012 10:21:05 PM (No. 8924461)
I was actually -seriously - sad when it ended. I could have watched several more hours of it...and this admin seriously deserves that.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Crosscut, 10/10/2012 11:27:29 PM (No. 8924559)
Same reason Bush invaded Iraq. He went with the intelligence at hand.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 10/11/2012 1:42:01 AM (No. 8924720)
Mr. Kennedy bring forward any State Dept official that will testify as you said. They have stated they would not. How did you get that job, Mr. Kennedy? Why don't democrats and the msm believe in affirmative action for their jobs?
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