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Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a tea party senator an earful during Wednesdays hearing on the attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya that left a U.S. ambassador dead.
In the heated exchange with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), during which he claimed that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice intentionally misled the American public on what happened in Benghazi, Clinton grew noticeably more frustrated with every passing moment.
As Johnson kept pressing on why the initial statements describing the incident were not completely accurate, Clinton kept insisting that her principle concern was the safety of the embassy staff.
We were mislead that there was a protest, that something sprang out of that, he said. And that was easily
That was not the fact. The American people could have known that within days and they didnt know that.
With all due respect, the fact is we have four dead Americans, Clinton replied. Was it because of a protest or because of guys out for a walk one night who decided theyd go kill some Americans. What difference at this point does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from happening again, Senator.
This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale Ive ever seen, she added, saying that her focus is on finding the culprits and bringing them to justice. Then maybe well figure out what was going on in the mean time.
This video is from C-SPAN, aired Wednesday, January 23, 2013, snipped by Talking Points Memo.
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Protalker
(418 posts)Hillary called the far right conspiracy out in the 1990's. Like a fine wine she improves with age.
topcat007
(43 posts)The only earful I want is "who did it?"
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)rhiannon55
(2,671 posts)Give it up. Really.
Bandit
(21,475 posts)I suspect you believe Obama himself led a bunch of Muslims against our American Conciliate
Hugabear
(10,340 posts)You're a pretty busy little troll, aren't you?
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)lack both the intelligence and the self-discipline to pull it off. Enjoy the rest of your stay.
spanone
(135,818 posts)get out of your mothers basement and sit by your cell phone
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)represent them over an American hero, Russ Feingold, just baffles me.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)We're sad, hurt, infuriated and baffled, too.
Believe me... every day.