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Topic: Carney denounces GOP ´obsession´
with Benghazi response |
Carney denounces GOP ´obsession´
with Benghazi response
The Hill [Washington DC], by Justin Sink
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Posted By:JoniTx, 1/23/2013 2:19:00 PM
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| White House press secretary Jay Carney on Wednesday defended Secretary of State Hillary Clinton´s assertion that the administration´s initial claims the Benghazi attack was the result of a violent protest — rather than terrorism — made no "difference" in the big picture of the tragedy. Carney, speaking to reporters at the White House daily briefing, said Clinton was referring to "an obvious political obsession over a series of talking points that again bears no relevance on the central issues" around the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.Clinton spent the morning detailing
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
beca, 1/23/2013 2:21:55 PM (No. 9134675)
who cares what carney says...he has rocks for brains
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
antiquegolf, 1/23/2013 2:23:03 PM (No. 9134679)
Does anyone on the GOP side have the nerve to make a forceful comeback to this pathetic spin by WH? Don´t hold your breath.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
LittleHoodedMonk, 1/23/2013 2:26:05 PM (No. 9134688)
"Carney." Is that a traveling amusement show? Well, I quit laughing over four years ago.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
kiltedone, 1/23/2013 2:29:01 PM (No. 9134692)
Just a reminder...no one elected him.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Coy860, 1/23/2013 2:29:24 PM (No. 9134695)
If I were a loved one of those 4 victims, I would be screaming from the rooftops for this administration to ´fess up !
Where ARE the family members?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
navybrat, 1/23/2013 2:34:31 PM (No. 9134705)
The death of these four people was just a bump in the road according to Obama. Tell that to the families.
Just move on. Right, Hillary?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Jebediah, 1/23/2013 2:50:52 PM (No. 9134745)
Four dead Americans mean nothing, eh? And I DO wonder to whence those other embassy members, who viewed what happened, have been spirited. Or where the Ambassador´s body was for 11 hours---not to mention what he must have gone through before he died. Obsession,. my a--!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Jebediah, 1/23/2013 2:52:03 PM (No. 9134749)
And poster # 2 is right on the money. WHERE are the Republicans? Are they, per usual, too timid to answer back lest they be accused of bad manners?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Gale, 1/23/2013 2:52:09 PM (No. 9134750)
Who cares? That was so last year.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Emmajustin, 1/23/2013 2:58:26 PM (No. 9134766)
A better question: WHERE ARE THE 20 or so survivors? I´d love to hear their story on what really happened. Can they still be "locked up" at the Germany air base?
Where are their family members.
Why aren´t the family members of those killed and wounded screaming for answers?
How do the libs keep getting away with lies and murder?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Teleologicus, 1/23/2013 3:03:01 PM (No. 9134780)
The truth makes no difference.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Illinois Mom, 1/23/2013 3:32:07 PM (No. 9134827)
Posters´s 5&10 beat me to it.
Where are the relatives...or the survivors of what must have been a terrifying experience???
Have they been threatened? Paid off? Why are they not involved??
Why and how it happened is very important. Why it was covered up is important. If we don´t know...it can be repeated.
ALSO...why shouldn´t Clinton be held responsible?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Rafter, 1/23/2013 3:38:49 PM (No. 9134835)
Ben Gauzie?
Ben Gauzie?
Oh, that´s just uh... uh... a Band-Aid...
Like, ya know...
Something hurts... so then...
You apply some Ben-Gay...
then you cover it with gauze...
and that makes...
a Ben Gauzie... !!
Otay?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
lil dotty, 1/23/2013 5:22:38 PM (No. 9135027)
As a child, the smell of Ben ghazi always made me cry. And it burned too, but it did clear up the stopped up nose.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 1/23/2013 5:27:33 PM (No. 9135037)
Jay Carney is about the stupidest idiot someone get get for anything. The man could not get a burger order correct.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Packard Man, 1/23/2013 5:49:58 PM (No. 9135073)
Just when you think you´ve heard it all... Jay steps up to the podium again.
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