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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.
Diversion is a tactic used by both Parties to divert the conversation from the actual topic. Funding is not what this Hearing is about.
Good point, Glass.Funding is important to the larger picture but it does not explain why, when they were appealing for backup, nothing happened.
Here is the problem, this went on for 7 hours. No one got help to those people. Obama takes off the next morning for Vegas and for 2 weeks tried to link it to a Youtube video which he knew was not true.
And Obama must have known what was going on, if not then people in his admin have no confidence in him making a decision.
And Obama must have known what was going on, if not then people in his admin have no confidence in him making a decision.
Whether it was intentional, or a mistake, SOMETHING is being lied about.
The pieces to the puzzle just don't fit. The timing. Hilary. Patraeus. No it wasn't a terrorist attack. Yes it was a terrorist attack. It was because of a video. No it wasn't because of a video.
SOMETHING doesn't add up.
I'm just curious WHAT.
The pieces to the puzzle just don't fit. The timing. Hilary. Patraeus. No it wasn't a terrorist attack. Yes it was a terrorist attack. It was because of a video. No it wasn't because of a video.
SOMETHING doesn't add up.
I'm just curious WHAT.
I will say that I remember all the hoopla at the time in the media about the video and Hillary Clinton making statements regarding that video. Could they have been mistaken and that is why that was what was reported or was that intentional?
Does no one care that 4 men are dead?
The State Dept. watched this unfold – and nothing was done to stop the attack, which lasted several hours.
Help could have been sent but was not.
WHY???
That is the simple question to answer.
Then, the Administration put out the lie that a video caused it all.
They lied for two weeks before acknowledging what everyone knew by then – it was a terrorist attack.
Why the cover-up?
Why are they dead???????
The State Dept. watched this unfold – and nothing was done to stop the attack, which lasted several hours.
Help could have been sent but was not.
WHY???
That is the simple question to answer.
Then, the Administration put out the lie that a video caused it all.
They lied for two weeks before acknowledging what everyone knew by then – it was a terrorist attack.
Why the cover-up?
Why are they dead???????
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