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Susan Rice bolts from podium at White House press briefing
The National Security Advisor of the United States did something astonishing Friday. In the middle of a reporter's questioning, she bolted from the podium of the White House pressroom, saying, "Nice to see you," fleeing a situation she evidently was unable to cope with.The question that caused Ms. Rice to flee was a fairly simple one: whether or not the president has authorized the bombing of targets in Syria. Rice responded multiple times that the timing of strikes would not be released, but that was not the question at hand, and reporters pressed her on whether her boss had authorized strikes. This she could not answer. Did she not know? Or had he not bothered to sign the authorization? Or did she get her information from Valerie Jarrett and not know the details? We don't know because she ran away. The National Security Advisor is the one person in a White House who is required to have nerves of steel, the person who places the 3 AM phone call waking up the president in a time of crisis, the person who is expected to have options and plans available for the the POTUS. The person who takes the measure of the enemy and explains to the nation's chief executive the risks and the possibilities in a situation of extreme peril. And the current incumbent, when she has a difficult question being pressed by a reporter, flees, as in turns tail and runs away. It's likely there's less here than meets the eye. The question was 'yes/no.' She didn't want to answer it and they kept pressing her. She didn't want to say 'that information is classified,' for both OPSEC and political reasons. Best thing to do was to just leave when the news hounds wouldn't take the hint. Posted by: Pappy 2014-09-21 |
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