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Clinton: Nobody more committed to security
2013-01-23
Whose?
Not mine...
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton insisted on Wednesday that the department is moving swiftly and aggressively to strengthen security at U.S. missions worldwide after the deadly Sept. 11 raid on the consulate in Libya.

In probably her last appearance on Capitol Hill as America's top diplomat, Clinton once again took full responsibility for the department's missteps leading up to assault at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

Her voice cracking at times, Clinton said the experience was highly personal.

"I stood next to President Obama as the Marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane at Andrews. I put my arms around the mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters," she told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a jam-packed hearing.

Her voice rising at another point, she defended U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, who was vilified for widely debunked claims five days after the attack that protests precipitated the raid rather than terrorism. She challenged the GOP focus on Rice's comments, which were based on intelligence talking points.

"What difference does it make?" a clearly exasperated Clinton told Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., after he pressed her. She insisted that "people were trying in real time to get to the best information," and that her focus was on looking ahead on how to improve security rather than revisiting the talking points and Rice's television appearance.
Posted by:tipper

#7  Who issued the stand down orders, Mrs. Clinton?
Why don't you know, Mrs. Clinton, it's been 4 months.
Posted by: Mugsy Glink   2013-01-23 20:23  

#6  Over at Hot Air, his commenters have been liveblogging the questioning. link They're up to four pages thus far... sorry, five pages.

OF NOTHING BUT NOISE.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-01-23 18:36  

#5  "What difference does it make?"

Well, there's the problem.
She doesn't know the answer to that question...
Posted by: tu3031   2013-01-23 17:27  

#4  "I stood next to President Obama as the Marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane..."

*Bleep* that noise! What were you doing while the shooting was going on?
Posted by: SteveS   2013-01-23 17:02  

#3  Over at Hot Air, his commenters have been liveblogging the questioning. link They're up to four pages thus far... sorry, five pages.
Posted by: trailing wife   2013-01-23 16:59  

#2  The slow lie. Wait long enough before admitting stuff and even the most damning evidence can be said to be old news. In this case because of her health issues and all it seems unseemly for the GOP to attack her and Obama is clear because the risk of unfounded racism charges still terrifies the GOP.

Move along, nothing to see here. History will straighten it out but justice and honor lost this battle early on.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2013-01-23 14:58  

#1  So your arms are for hugging, not rescue missions; check.

Americans died, the USA was embarassed, a fall guy frog-marched into prison, a push for an international ban on free speech, and Rice was either lied to or lied herself, and here we are nearly six months later.

Its the difference between clowns and liars, Mrs Clinton.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2013-01-23 11:42  

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