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Subscribe to RSSSecretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies on the attacks in Benghazi Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations at 9:00 am ET and the House Foreign Affairs Committee at 2:00 pm ET.
NBC’s Tom Curry: “The political stakes will be high Wednesday morning when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about her role in the events leading up to the September attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, that resulted in the killing of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. The stakes will also be high for a Republican member of the committee, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, whom some pundits see as a possible presidential candidate in 2016. It will be a rare instance when one potential White House hopeful gets an opportunity to interrogate a potential rival from the opposing party. Clinton herself is thought to be a strong contender for the Democratic nomination, should she chose to throw her hat into the ring.”
“President Obama's swearing-in Monday to a second term also marked the end of an extraordinary chapter in Hillary Clinton’s life,” the New York Daily News writes. “For 20 years, Clinton has been a fixture in Washington, capturing the nation’s attention as First Lady, a U.S. senator from New York and secretary of state. … But next week, she will reclaim her private life. After logging nearly 1 million miles and visiting 110 countries as the nation’s top diplomat, she will step down from the State Department to relax and recharge. … The big question now is whether her departure from the Obama administration is her farewell to public service — or if she’ll back in four years on the same stage for her own inauguration as Madame President.”
The New York Times’ Zeleny says, “The Constitution may promise President Obama another four years in the White House, but political reality calls for a far shorter time frame: he has perhaps as little as a year to accomplish his big-ticket goals for a second term.”
Also from the New York Times: “The governor of Nebraska on Tuesday approved a revised route through the state for the Keystone XL pipeline, setting up a decision for President Obama that pipeline opponents say will be a crucial test of his intentions on climate change.”
Reuters: “The Obama administration is likely to rely mostly on existing rules and on flexing executive power to execute its second-term environmental agenda, sidestepping Congress as it sets about radically reducing greenhouse gases generated by major polluters. … More details on climate initiatives could come out of the president's State of the Union address on Feb. 12.”
Beth Reinhard: “Even as Democrats relish President Obama’ second inauguration, some party leaders are worried about whether the campaign’s decision to form its own advocacy group will hamstring future generations of Democratic candidates… Some activists foresee a power struggle between the national party, which aims to elect Democrats above all else, and the new group, which aims to build the president's legacy -- and may have to pressure wavering swing-state Democrats to tow the unapologetically liberal agenda laid out in his inauguration speech.”
The NRA’s Wayne LaPierre made the case yesterday that “absolutism” is a good thing.
In an address yesterday, he said: “Obama wants to turn the idea of absolutism into a dirty word. Just another word for extremism. He wants you, all of you, and Americans throughout all of this country, to accept the idea of principles as he sees fit. It’s a way of redefining words so that common sense is turned upside down and that nobody knows the difference. …
“We believe in our right to defend ourselves and our families with semi-automatic firearms technology…. I’ve got news for the president. Absolutes do exist. Words do have specific meaning in language and in law. It’s the basis of all civilization. … Without those absolutes, without those protections, democracy decays into nothing more than two wolves and one lamb voting on, well, who to eat for lunch.”
AP: “Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has been elected vice chair of the Democratic National Committee.”
Sacrebleu! Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy was planning to flee France for England because the taxes are too high and to avoid a corruption probe.
Speaking of fleeing for taxes, golfer Phil Mickelson also says he considered bolting California and even the U.S. because of tax rates. Mickelson has since said he regrets making the comment public. He made $45 million last year and had been considering buying the San Diego Chargers. Mickelson’s take-home pay is estimated at $24 million. Golfers, including Tiger Woods, who’s from California, generally live in either Texas or Florida because there’s no state income tax.
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here we go see if Hillary can lie her way out of this one.
Is it true that the ambassador was shuffling weapons to Syria ?
Obama just sent four F-4 fighter jets to Egypt along with tanks ! Word has it, the U.S. is supporting the "Muslim brotherhood" to the tune of $1.5 billion ... while Egypt shows aggressive tendencies toward Israel.
Maybe, just maybe ... could it be that Obama is a closet Muslim after all ? Certainly, he does not appear to like Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu !
Quickly, grabs tinfoil hat, turns the radio dial to AM and is finally ready for my talking points to be received without any interference from the communists leading this country (liberals). Everyone I disagree with are lying liberals trying to force their agenda down the throats of all the REAL Americans who are forced by the goddless liberals to pay for their existence.
It's going to be a long day here....
Put down the bong and step out of the car ... your hallucinations make you unfit to drive ! Stick with the fictional writing ... it suits you better !!
I don't think Secretary Clinton was directly responsible for embassy security, that is the military's job, although she has taken responsibity for the failures that lead to the Ambassador's death. I actually don't mind the fact she has to tesify before Congress on this - it's how we, as a nation, improve our policies. I just hope Republicans don't turn it into a witch hunt, which will diminish them, more than her. Obviously, they want to muss her up before the Presidential elections of 2016, but, really, I'm ready to see Congress grow up and do their jobs, with the nation as their top priority, not their own political fortunes. I'm not holding my breath, however.
And I hope that she points out that it was Republicans who cut millions of dollars in spending for embassy defense.
Psssst. Hey charemor. More Dems than GOP voted not to approve the funding. You guys gotta start researching those talking points better. That one is very very old and debunked quite some time ago.
Check this out TTH:......take a look at who did what.....research!
This is from Huff Post, but, do some research yourself......
Remember?
Check this out chilled this from the daily caller based on the same story with Chaffetz in it.
Remember? Oh that's right. All you livs have to see is GOP and all the blame goes that way. Research is a wonderful thing ............as long as you research the whole story and think!
Libarals have selective amnesia when it comes to numbers ... that is why no budgets have gotten past Harry Reid.
Saw some of Wayne LaPierre's bizzare ramblings last night. Something about "unalienable rice". And we take these people seriously when debating policy...why?
Lets look at what the president of the NRA said " I do not believe in the general promiscuous toting of guns. I think it should be sharply restricted and only under Licenses. NRA president Karl Frederick 1934.
Oh my, how times have changed, and so has the 2nd. amendment. What you say? Yes the second amendment has been bastardized by the modern day cowboy that thinks they are safer with a gun whose only practical purpose is to kill as many human beings as possible in as short of time as possible. To the modern day NRA and the gun nuts that worship their guns, get f-ing bent.
You're right, Nathan... but we are being forced to argue with the insane. Is the media wrong for putting these crazy gun nut people in the spotlight and giving them some form of credibility? Or maybe we should be grateful for our American way of putting it all on display--no matter how insane-- and hope that the majority of us are clear-headed enough to say, "Hey, wait a minute!"
Nathan, you must have had a few brewskys there buckaroo ... it was "inalienable RIGHTS" ! LOL !!
But then again, liberals hear only what their imaginations tell them to hear !
It'll be another disappointing day for republicans. They get themselves all worked up that their finally going to bet their revenge on the Democrats, and all they wind up doing is making fools of themselves.
You got it Mo.
I seem to recall another Nine-Eleven.......Oh well.
Yes, it will be another diappointing day for all Americans ... we will still not likely know the truth, the WHOLE TRUTH and nothing but the truth. This matter of full and adequate disclosure has been put off until after the elections, again for Hillary's health issues .... yet we will get no substantive answers !
Why did Hillary lie about the causation of these American lives ? Why did Susan Rice continue to blame it on an anti-Mohammad film clip ... when she knew better ?? Why did Obama stand before the U.N. and make speeches with multiple references to a "disgusting" film clip .... when he knew or should have known better ???
This administration hides the truth when it makes them look bad. The Fast and Furious operation was covered up by Executive Order. This appears to be another coordinated attempt to hide the truth !
This just in, Hillary fell on the sword again.
This is what a real leader looks like. We saw so little of this kind of professionalism during the Bush administration, we forgot what it looks like. Good for Hillary.
Thank you Sen Durbin!
He brought forth the lies and cover-up involved in that other Nine-Eleven event....WMD! Iraq!
We should have an investigation on that lil event......thousands of lives. Dubya and Darth Vader testified, not under oath, behind closed doors.........
McNasty sat there with a smirk on his face.......
A). The terminology "Weapons of Mass Destruction" started with Bill Clinton and Madeleine Albright.
B). Congress, including votes from John Kerry and Hillary Clinton, voted FOR the wars yet you blame Bush.
C). Congressional leaders were given access to the same information President Bush had at the time.
D). Bush has been out of office 4 years now ! Grow the hell up for once in your life !! We are talking about a misconstrued and lied about event only a few months back !!
Oh goody, the circus has come to town. The GOP/TP will want to make a circus out of her testimony. She has already claimed responsibility and set in motion the recommendations of the advisory council and other things that will prevent a repeat of such a thing.
It's all they got left so the extremists will beat this dead horse until there's nothing left even to the bones of the poor animal. They tried the birth certificate thing, transcripts, and other such malarkey and none of it worked for them so now they are going to go with this. They have nothing else. Somehow they'll end up with egg on their faces AGAIN. It's much ado about nothing. (well, sort of)
Being the "fall girl" and answering questions truthfully are two different things. I prefer the truth on all questions asked. After all, Obama, Susan Rice and Hillary all tried to blame it on an anti-Mohammad video which we now know was a garbage explanation !
oh, I think I saw RAND PAUL with some egg on his face! "The worst thing since 9/11..." Selective memory.
That wasn't egg....!!!! yuck!!!!
It was probably a "lib-turd". Liberals produce them in mass quantities, slinging them in many, diverse directions .... hoping something will stick ! To them, it is much better than "coming clean" and actually telling the truth for a change.