The Left vs. Susan Rice
Though the discussion appears to be moot now that Susan Rice has apparently withdrawn her name from consideration to be secretary of state, I agree with Max that the criticism of Rice’s undiplomatic...
View ArticleRice: Confirmation Process Would Have Been “Disruptive”
NBC News has the exclusive: Embattled U.N. envoy Susan Rice is dropping out of the running to be the next secretary of state after months of criticism over her Benghazi comments, she told NBC News on...
View ArticleMcCain Could Be Key for Old Friend Hagel
It looks like Senator John McCain’s strong opposition to Susan Rice’s potential secretary of state nomination set off a chain of events that could end up leading to Chuck Hagel’s nomination for the top...
View ArticleHow Washington Rejected Susan Rice
I wrote yesterday that Susan Rice’s decision to withdraw her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state was as much the result of a steady campaign against her from the left as it was a...
View ArticleClinton Won’t Testify on Benghazi, Citing Concussion
State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland reiterated today that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will not be testifying on a Benghazi report before congressional committees later this week...
View ArticleCan Immigration Be a Winning Issue for Lindsey Graham?
Every so often a political event that seems inevitable fails to materialize. One such event that looks to be headed in that direction is a serious primary challenge to South Carolina Senator Lindsey...
View ArticleBenghazi Report Leaves Some Questions Unanswered
The Accountability Review Board appointed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to look into the deadly assault on the Benghazi consulate has come back with a damning series of findings. The panel,...
View ArticleBenghazi Report Makes Clear Clinton’s Failure–and Obama’s
Since the terrorist attack in Benghazi killed our ambassador there and three others, I’ve been asking just how Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has managed to avoid accountability for what was...
View ArticleWill Benghazi Haunt Hillary in 2016?
The three State Department officials who resigned today in the wake of the release of a scathing report on the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya will probably be the only ones held...
View ArticleBenghazi Warnings May Have Reached Clinton’s Office
The Senate hearing on the Benghazi report went on without Hillary Clinton today, and one State Department official acknowledged that upper levels of the department were aware of security concerns at...
View ArticleSenate GOP to Hold Kerry Confirmation Until Clinton Testifies?
Hillary Clinton is returning to work next week, and apparently some Senate Republicans are considering holding John Kerry’s confirmation vote hostage unless she testifies on Benghazi. Sounds to me like...
View ArticleSenate Report Raises Benghazi Questions
One of the many unanswered questions of the Benghazi attack is why it took so long for CIA backup forces to get from Tripoli to Benghazi. According to a new Senate report, this may have been an...
View ArticleJustice for Benghazi? Still on Hold
In the wake of the murder of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya on 9/11/12, the administration made up for its deceptive accounts of the incident with bloodthirsty avowals that the persons responsible...
View ArticleWill Senate GOP Help Clinton Escape Accountability Once Again?
As Alana mentioned, Chuck Hagel’s confirmation as secretary of defense may hinge not on policy or his qualifications, but something more important to the Senate club: how much the others senators like...
View ArticleThe Non-Response to Benghazi, Four Months Later
Today marks four months since the attack on our consulate in Benghazi, which killed our ambassador and three other Americans. Justice still has not been done—and it looks increasingly unlikely that it...
View ArticleClinton Opens Benghazi Hearing with Excuses, Misdirections
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is testifying today on the attack on the American mission in Benghazi in September and the administration’s response. In her opening statement, Clinton said she takes...
View Article“What Difference Does it Make?” Plenty
As Seth noted earlier, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton began her long-awaited congressional testimony about Benghazi with excuses and an attempt to misdirect the public about what the administration...
View ArticleHillary Clinton’s Postmodernism
I wanted to weigh in on the Congressional testimony yesterday by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. As most people know by now, when Secretary of State Clinton was asked by Senator Ron Johnson about...
View ArticleIn Mali, Stand with the French
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent much of Wednesday being grilled on Capitol Hill about the conditions which led to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. As John McCain, among others,...
View ArticleThe Benghazi Scandal and Media Bias
I served in the Bush White House during the intense press coverage about who leaked the name of Valerie Plame, an undercover CIA agent, to Robert Novak. It was a story that obsessed the media and led...
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