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Benghazi hearing turns ugly: Republicans accuse Obama of lying, Dems fire back
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It began when Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) said this: "What is clear is that this administration, including the president himself, has intentionally misinformed, read that LIED, to the American people in the aftermath of this tragedy. Now President Obama has the gall to float the name as possibly secretary of State, the name of the person who is the actual vehicle used to misinform the American people during this crisis."
National Intelligence Director James Clapper arrives for a closed door hearing conducted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence November 15, 2012 on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat also from California, called the attacks on Rice "unfair" and leveled that Colin Powell testified that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, because that's the information that was given to him. Rohrabacher shot back, going further, intimating that what the White House has done is worse than Watergate. "This is not simply a cover up of a third-rate burglary," he alleged. "We have four of our personnel dead, and it is not a McCarthy-era tactic to demand accountability and to demand that American people are not misinformed about it to the point that they don't know what the threat is."
The back and forth continued when Rep. Jean Schmidt, a Republican from Ohio, also accused the administration of lying. Key Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee are calling for a broader investigation into the attack on Benghazi and vowing to block UN Ambassador Susan Rice from becoming Secretary of State, if she should be nominated, because of her initial comments about the fatal incident. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., discusses.
It began when Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) said this: "What is clear is that this administration, including the president himself, has intentionally misinformed, read that LIED, to the American people in the aftermath of this tragedy. Now President Obama has the gall to float the name as possibly secretary of State, the name of the person who is the actual vehicle used to misinform the American people during this crisis."
National Intelligence Director James Clapper arrives for a closed door hearing conducted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence November 15, 2012 on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat also from California, called the attacks on Rice "unfair" and leveled that Colin Powell testified that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, because that's the information that was given to him. Rohrabacher shot back, going further, intimating that what the White House has done is worse than Watergate. "This is not simply a cover up of a third-rate burglary," he alleged. "We have four of our personnel dead, and it is not a McCarthy-era tactic to demand accountability and to demand that American people are not misinformed about it to the point that they don't know what the threat is."
The back and forth continued when Rep. Jean Schmidt, a Republican from Ohio, also accused the administration of lying. Key Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee are calling for a broader investigation into the attack on Benghazi and vowing to block UN Ambassador Susan Rice from becoming Secretary of State, if she should be nominated, because of her initial comments about the fatal incident. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., discusses.
Oh my goodness. I'm just kind of shocked at the extreme inability to think the white house could have wanted to downplay something that was negative right before the election.
I'm not saying that happened but it seems so odd to just blatently believe that it could not be the case.
President Obama isn't commander and chief? He wouldn't be in on any decision making regarding the handling of this?
I think the American people need to be open minded to our leaders being fallible. Something somewhere went wrong.
I'm not saying that happened but it seems so odd to just blatently believe that it could not be the case.
President Obama isn't commander and chief? He wouldn't be in on any decision making regarding the handling of this?
I think the American people need to be open minded to our leaders being fallible. Something somewhere went wrong.
“The CIA also gave the same wrong/misleading information to Condolezza Rice about weapons of Mass destruction. She was still elected to Secretary of State.”
This one went over my head. I don’t see the connection your trying to make.
Also (sorry to Nit Pick) Secretary of State is an appointed and confirmed position, not elected.
This one went over my head. I don’t see the connection your trying to make.
Also (sorry to Nit Pick) Secretary of State is an appointed and confirmed position, not elected.
* Al Qaeda..Sorry for the incorrect spelling...
"You're saying nothng is being lied about...I think that's an awfully strong statement to make. There's a lot we still don't know yet, and probably a lot we'll never know!"
It's pretty strong to assume An Administration would be Lying before all the facts come out....
It's pretty strong to assume An Administration would be Lying before all the facts come out....
Who knows! The possibilities are endless! You're saying nothng is being lied about...I think that's an awfully strong statement to make. There's a lot we still don't know yet, and probably a lot we'll never know!
"The CIA/FBI debacle and the timing of it, the sketchy details,"
What does that have to do with the White House? There is NO evidence that the White House did anything wrong...We know it was a terrorist attack involving Al queda. We know "talking points" were written with Al queda involvement. We know that the words Al queda was omitted from the "talking points". Who omitted the words before sending it for sign off at the intelligence committee? That's the main question now. Obviously whoever signed off read the "talking points" and ok'd them before giving them to the White House. So where's the cover up on the White House side?
What does that have to do with the White House? There is NO evidence that the White House did anything wrong...We know it was a terrorist attack involving Al queda. We know "talking points" were written with Al queda involvement. We know that the words Al queda was omitted from the "talking points". Who omitted the words before sending it for sign off at the intelligence committee? That's the main question now. Obviously whoever signed off read the "talking points" and ok'd them before giving them to the White House. So where's the cover up on the White House side?
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