Chris Stevens’s Family To Trump/GOP: 'Don’t Blame Hillary Clinton for Benghazi'

[kpete]

CHRIS STEVENS’S FAMILY: DON’T BLAME HILLARY CLINTON FOR BENGHAZI

What did you learn from the two new reports by House Republicans and Democrats?

It doesn’t look like anything new. They concluded that the U.S. compound in Benghazi was not secure. We knew that.

What did you think of Secretary Clinton’s conduct on Benghazi?

She has taken full responsibility, being head of the State Department, for what occurred. She took measures to respond to the review board’s recommendations. She established programs for a better security system. But it is never going to be perfect. Part of being a diplomat is being out in the community. We all recognize that there’s a risk in serving in a dangerous environment. Chris thought that was very important, and he probably would have done it again. I don’t see any usefulness in continuing to criticize her. It is very unjust.

After years of congressional investigations, do you feel that your brother’s death has been politicized in Washington?

Yes! Definitely politicized. Every report I read that mentions him specifically has a political bent, an accusatory bent. One point that seems to be brought up again and again is the accusation that the attack was a response to the video. I could understand why that conclusion would be made, because it was right after the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Egypt. But, frankly, it doesn’t matter that that was the thinking, that night, about why the attack occurred. It’s irrelevant to bring that up again and again. It is done purely for political reasons.

It would be much more useful for Congress to focus on providing resources for security for all State Department facilities around the world—for increasing personnel, language capabilities, for increasing staff to build relationships, particularly in North Africa and the Middle East. I would love to hear they are drastically increasing the budget.


Do you think it’s fair to make Benghazi an election issue?

With the many issues in the current election, to use that incident—and to use Chris’s death as a political point—is not appropriate.

How would Chris have felt about this election?

I know he had a lot of respect for Secretary Clinton. He admired her ability to intensely read the issues and understand the whole picture.

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http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/chris-stevenss-family-dont-blame-hillary-clinton-for-benghazi?intcid=mod-latest

[spanone]

1. sadly, trump doesn't give a shit about the ambassador's family.

[PJMcK]

3. Neither do the Republicans (n/t)

[NewJeffCT]

10. Nope

if they cared about our ambassadors, they would not have slashed embassy security funding.

[Mc Mike]

12. dRumpf and the repugs care about them as much as they care about '4 dead Americans'.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Kick and Rec

[world wide wally]

4. I don't imagine "60 Minutes" will be interviewing him anytime soon.

It's far too much in Hillary's defense and Trump might not like it.

[RockaFowler]

5. Shouldn't Lara Whatshername change her report??

This whole Benghazi issue has always been political.

[Scientific]

7. CBS's Lara Logan is a right-wing stooge

She jumped the cred shark a long time ago. Shameful.

[Ohioblue22]

6. kr

[Roland99]

8. But...but...but... Michael Bay... 13 Hours and all that

[Feeling the Bern]

13. Michael Bay is a terrible director, an awful human being and a piece of shit with an arrogant

personality. In his mind, he's Orson Welles, but the critics and public just don't understand his movies that he openly says are "geared for teenaged boys."

[Ligyron]

9. RW shills and useful fools on Yahoo are all over this.

In spite of what the GOP witch hunt reported they still think a "stand down" order was issued by Hillary directly among other conspiracy theories debunked in their report.

I am going back there armed with the info in this OP and wage war against ignorance, one of my favorite pastimes.

[tavernier]

11. Good for you!!

Smack them once for me, please!