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Subscribe to RSSA group of 97 House Republicans have signed a letter discouraging President Obama from nominating UN Ambassador Susan Rice to be Secretary of State, saying that Rice "either willfully or incompetently misled the American public in the Benghazi matter."
The letter, penned by Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., states the group is "deeply troubled" that President Obama is considering Rice for the position.
"Though Ambassador Rice has been our Representative to the U.N., we believe her misleading statements over the days and weeks following the attack on our embassy in Libya that led to the deaths of Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans caused irreparable damage to her credibility both at home and around the world," the letter reads.
Citing her comments on the Sunday shows, including Meet the Press, on Sept. 16, 2012 where she called the attack "initially a spontaneous reaction" to protest in Egypt, the letter says "the inconsistencies deserve closer examination."
The letter says the unanswered questions surrounding the Benghazi attacks are reason to "strongly oppose any efforts to nominate Ambassador Susan Rice for the position of Secretary of State."
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the Constitution of the U.S is a must read too.
Prior, during and after the election ...........the dumbest Republicans were:
Richard Mourdock
Todd Akin
Mitt Romney
Sarah Palin
Michelle Bachmann
This is scary stuff!!!...........97 still leave in the House and a few in the Senate!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>HAPPY THANKS-GIVING>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Here let me fix this headline; GOP House members 'deeply troubled'
president may nominate RiceThere, much better.
well at least it's a nice cut down and not suggesting violence like so many others.
It is amazing what is being said. We are all Americans. Because I believe Obama is a dangerous person and is heading our country the wrong way, I should be drawn and quartered? This country is on dangerous ground. The race issue is greater then in the past several decades- the split between rich and poor- the reliqious split.
It really seems Obama used these to divide the country and listening to the posion spewed I think he did a great job.
We need a two party system. We also need level heads and less hate. WOW! many here sound like crazy fundamenalists -
Yes the GOP lost - many of us want the best for the country - not to promote hate of my neighbor - who voted for Obama.
As with Syria - it is wrong for our government to allow Americans to be exposed and to be killed. People died
beacuse of mistakes.
As for the General having to step down because of security reasons. Why did we not make Clinton step down because of security reasons? I would think he would have many secrets also as President.
But stand back an look with a critical eye and open mind- does the media really treat the news impartially?
The GOP/Tea Beggers still do not want to talk about their "Caucus Conspiracy" of Janruary 20, 2009. On that evening the GOP/Tea Beggers were economically and politically leg-humping the American People, the US Economy, the US Constitution, and the Office Of The Presidency. What a joke!
Repubs in House are "deeply troubled"....period.
Repubs are "deeply troubled" because President Obama was re-elected and Dems gained seats in House and Senate.
Repubs are "deeply troubled" because they can not inflict their religion, their 1950s mentality, their "love the rich, hate the poor" mantra on Americans.
Repubs are "deeply troubled" because people who do not walk, talk, look, act, speak, believe like they do are now in the majority.
Bottom line....Repubs are "deeply troubled".
Gee, you hit all the dem talking points!! If you swallow the "love the poor, hate the rich" dem mantra, then I guess you didn't know that obama is rich and will become filthy rich when he leaves office ? Or how about the clinton's, al gore, nancy pelosi, harry reid, the kerry's, the gates, george soros, warren buffett, bruce springsteen, most of hollywood, most of the media, etc., etc., etc. ??? FACT CHECK, obama wouldn't be prez without the rich.
General Colin Powell presented information given to him by the Bush Administration to the U.N. General Assembly that contained information that later turned out to be false.
Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost as a direct result of actions taken based on that information.
Were any GOP leaders "deeply troubled" by that?
Yes, I believe so.
The hundreds and hundreds of thousands that died are questionable figures submiited by left leaning organizations. They may be true, maybe not. As far as President Bush and WMD's go, president clinton believed the same thing as early as 1998. There's a long list of people, and governments that believed the same thing long before Bush took office. Any prosecutor in the world would love to have the evidence against Saddam Hussein that the U.S. had. The list includes a number of dems in Congress and news people. clinton was also the first prez to make the connection between Iraq & al Qaeda. Curious, and informed, people know those things
Obama is nominating Rice because he owes her for intentionally lying to the public about Benghazi.
@dez,
You anywhere near Haleakala?
Sure sounds like it.
No, Kauai.
@dez,
Not that there'd be anything wrong with you being around Haleakala.
Just means you sound like you might be trippin
Peace
"I like to think...."
No, you don't.
Your posts over time have proven my sentiment repeatedly.
Please, give it up. Embarass yourself no more.
(by the way, I have to award you the "Mitt-sound-alike" contest winner of the week, CA.
Kudos.
TRANSLATION: The teabagger members of the House of Representatives do not care at all about Ambassador Rice. They are interested in two issues: Firstly, getting their redneck asses reelected by pleasing their teabagger, xenophobic, bible thumping, racists that they, by and largely "represent" every two years. Secondly, they are aiming some kind of cheap shot at President Obama. Everybody knows what kind of neck that Little Lindsey happens to be. McSame wants to remain "prominent" as long as he can because term limits are taking him off of a committee that he loves to be a member of. Also, he is just like Mo Romney in regard to his "feeling a sense of entitlement to be POTUS" because both his daddy and grandfather were admirals. Plus President Obama beat McSame badly in 2008 and McSame not only does not like to be told "not only no, but hell no by the American people as well as the American people choosing a person of color....over McSame. I wonder, how pissed off Mo Romney, Queen Ann, and their 5 robber baron sons are at the moment as well as for the balance of their miserable lives.
LTC Rattus, USA, ret.
I think John Kerry would make a good Secretary of State.
Yes he would.
Steve,
Horseface Kerry wouldn't make a good bathroom attendent.
How about promoting one of our seasoned diplomats with real foreign policy experience??
Gee, All of you GOP haters need to get a life (and an education)!!!! The obama administration encouraged the downfall of both Egypt's and Libya's leaders, and who knows what will happen to Syria ? The Muslim Brotherhood is on the rise, al Qaeda is not on the decline as the president claims, Israel is being threatened with extinction and is surrounded on all sides by its enemies. obama is also following closely the policies of G. W. Bush. BTW, whatever happened to the anti-war movement ?? Talk about hypocrisy !! That, and more, is the obama foreign policy. The question that all NBC fans should ask, is NBC leaving something out ?????
This is what happens when children run a major political party.
This is what happens when cry babies lose an election to a man they despise.
This is what happens when those same cry babies put party before country.
And they wonder why they lost the election. Amazing.
Rice is just another piece of Obama trash that needs to go.
Incompetence seems to be the hallmark of this loser administration.
We need a list of the GOP senators that signed that letter.
Rice Will Be The Obama Choice -- He Is Going To Aggressively Push Back At The Republicans When And Where
Ever He Can To Keep Them In Their Place And On The Main Issue -- Our Economy!
The Rice Issue Is Not An Issue It Is Just Another Republican Piece Of Uncreative Dirty Thrown At Obama By Their
Hardliners -- If Not "Rice" They Would Just Create Other Issues To Avoid Doing Their Real Jobs -- Working To Fix
Our Economy -- Our Number One Priority For Now!
The Republicans Want To Play Here's One Right Up Their Alley -- War-- All Out War In The Middle East:
Approximately 1000 Hamas Iranian Rockets Have Hit Israel -- And Israel Is Hitting Back -- Israel Is Setting Up
Iran -- It's A Suckers Play -- Israel Will Be Going After Iran As A Justified Act In Defense Of Their Country -- If
Iran Keeps Giving Hamas Their Rockets And They Continue To Launch Their Iranian Rockets At Israel -- No
Question About It -- A Direct Strike On Iran Would Come And More Than Likely Bring Syria, Lebanon, Egypt Into
The Conflict -- And You Guested It -- The Good Old USA Would Have No Choice But To Put Boots On The Ground
In Support Of Israel!
Well Republican Party -- We Have Some Real Problems Facing Us In The Real World Out There -- At Home And
Overseas -- How Much More Of Your CRAP Do You Think We Americans Want From You Folks?
Start Addressing The Real Issues Or Leave!
"Start Addressing The Real Issues Or Leave" Hmm..we've got this president that leaves every time something bad happens that he needs to dodge. Vegas, golf, Vegas, Asia, .. Oh, and by the way, C, you really D on't N eed T o capitalize all words. Got school?
Susan Rice got run over by obama's bus and stuck under it. Black on black violence not new to Chicago. At least Petraeus just lawyered up with D.C.s strongest law firm. hmm.
America should not accept the Black and Hispanic 'code of silence' where 'snitching' is unacceptable. Time to embrace ethics and not blind obedience. The truth will come out, I think. Well, just sayin'; after all, Generals do have some integrity. Some of them dislike murder of para-military men and Ambassadors and don't leave people behind.
To NamVeteran and America should not accept the old white man code of silence neither. The problem is not a race or ethic group. The problem is the acceptance of this code of silence by all groups. Also what about the military officers code of silence since you said some generals have integrity. Why broadcast the errors that all enlist personnel do yet hide the errors of the officer corp. Don't open this can of worms if you are not ready for everything to come out of it.
The GOP want Senator Kerry to be the new Secretary of State. This would open up his senate seat for another possible republican senator.
If it pisses the Greedy Ole Party off -GO FOR IT !!!
The thing I don't understand is how can all these Republicans make a judgement on Rice, and the Benghazi incident, before the investigation is finished. It sounds like, from what's been reported, that the CIA determined what they would give to Rice, and she simply went through on it. All this speculation about secrets and lying are a bit premature. The motivating factor for the Republicans is to damage Rice, in order to get to the president. Given that the Republicans jumped on this before they even knew people had been killed, it's hard to imagine anything else. Face it, they gave Bush Jr. a free pass on the worst attack on our soil, ever. Condoleeza also got a pass. Just conduct the hearings and see what happens.
Bring it on Republicans. Maybe we get a real fillibuster for the first time in a long time. See how many sound bites we can turn into negative campaign ads. Live stream it for 3 AM popcorn entertainment! PLEASE nominate her Mr. President.
That would be a great move for the 2014 elections. The GOP may have left someone not believing they would destroy our country. Maybe every American would vote against the GOP then.
Do not cry for Mr. West. He will have a nice paying job at FOX. Just like some other far right clueless speakers. Such people as, Palin, Huckabee, North, Newt, etc.
This has been a Republican witch hunt from the very beginning. They are looking for any excuse to stick Obama in the eye with a stick. The old white men of the Republican Party sure were not this eager to find out why we were misled into a ten year war in Iraq. And do not say other countries thought Sadaam had WMD. WMD includes mustard gas, etc. Other countries did not think he had nuclear weapons or the capability to develop them, and that is clearly what the Bush Administration suggested with their lies about a mushroom cloud over New York.
Not waiting for the committee report? Why wait when political points can be made without facts?
The GOP is despicable and can't even think of the President as legitimate leader of our country.