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Live Thread: Sec. of State Clinton to Testify on U.S. Consulate Attack in Benghazi
C-SPAN ^ | Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Posted on 01/23/2013 5:58:01 AM PST by kristinn

Senate hearing: 9:00a.m. EST. House hearing: 2:00 p.m. EST

Watch live here. Also on C-SPAN 3.

In her first testimony since the Benghazi attack, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will participate in a full day of hearings Wednesday about U.S. diplomatic security and the American mission in Libya.

Sec. Clinton will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the morning followed by an afternoon testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. In December, the State Department's highest ranking foreign service officers, William Burns and Thomas Nides, testified before Congressional lawmakers in the Secretary's place. They discussed a new report by an independent panel assessing the Benghazi attack.

Deputy Sec. Nides put several recommendations from a report on the attack into effect before the end of 2012. Implementing the rest, Nides said, will be underway by the time the next Secretary of State takes office. Three State Department officials have resigned since the report was released.

The two officials were substituting for Secretary Clinton, who was recovering from a concussion she suffered after fainting due to dehydration from a stomach virus.

Four Americans were killed in that attack, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. Congress is investigating whether the State Department denied a request for extra security at that outpost earlier in the year and what actions were taken in the moments after the attack began.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 113th; benghazi; benghazihearings; christopherstevens; hillarysenatehearing; leonpanetta; libya; soshillary; usembassy; waronterror
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To: kabar

She is not coming across well....this will hurt her..


61 posted on 01/23/2013 6:51:45 AM PST by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: Eagle of Liberty

Basically, lets put the past behind us and look to the future.


62 posted on 01/23/2013 6:51:53 AM PST by Toespi
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To: Red_Devil 232

Yes. Hillary testifies at 2 pm before the House.


63 posted on 01/23/2013 6:51:53 AM PST by kabar
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To: ken5050

Now, she’s getting a ‘tingle’ about the ‘Arab Spring’.


64 posted on 01/23/2013 6:54:05 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
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To: ken5050

Her story is a new one and doesn’t match any of the other stories we’ve heard.


65 posted on 01/23/2013 6:54:43 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Gawd! She’s thinks that promoting ‘democracy’ is actually going to get rid of AQ????? Seriously?


66 posted on 01/23/2013 6:55:22 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Revolutionary change.


67 posted on 01/23/2013 6:56:10 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: greenhornet68
WHO issued the order to STAND DOWN?

That's been my question ever since Catherine Herridge first reported on that order and I believe that NOT ONE of the Committee members, Republican or Democrat, will have the balls to ask that....THEY ARE ALL SCUM!!!!!

I challenge any one of them to prove me wrong......PLEASE!!!

68 posted on 01/23/2013 6:56:21 AM PST by Roccus (POLITICIAN...............a four letter word spelled with ten letters.)
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To: Toespi
Basically, lets put the past behind us and look to the future.

Exactly. "What are you doing to make sure this never happens again?" ASK HER WHO ORDERED THE STANDDOWN!! WHO WAS IN THE ROOM DURING THE FIREFIGHT! WHERE WAS OBAMA!
69 posted on 01/23/2013 6:56:32 AM PST by Eagle of Liberty (Be the Enemy Within the Enemy Within...)
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To: Kevin in California

70 posted on 01/23/2013 6:56:31 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Be careful of believing something just because you want it to be true.)
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To: cripplecreek

Remember..Boxer’s daughter married, and then quickly divorced, Hillary’s brother..


71 posted on 01/23/2013 6:56:39 AM PST by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: cripplecreek

Yeah, but will anyone outside of FR, Levin or perhaps Rush call her on them???


72 posted on 01/23/2013 6:56:39 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Hope and Change has become Attack and Obfuscate.)
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To: ken5050
Au contrarie. Hillary will be made into a heroine by the MSM. She really cares about her people. Each Dem will preface his/her question by praising her. And Hillary will dance around the ineffectual questions asked by the Reps. The Senate is not the place to put pressure on a former senator and colleague.

They have come to praise Hillary, not to bury her.

73 posted on 01/23/2013 6:57:02 AM PST by kabar
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To: kristinn

“It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.”


74 posted on 01/23/2013 6:57:39 AM PST by ConservativeStatement (Obama is the "Disco Duck" president. A no-substance novelty that reached number one.)
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To: kabar

Here we go - Sen. Boxer with another love fest type of statement. The Dems have their marching orders - praise Hillary and make her look good!


75 posted on 01/23/2013 6:57:39 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

wow..Senator Boxer borrowed Hillary’s strap on for this affair


76 posted on 01/23/2013 6:57:53 AM PST by advertising guy (and as far as the Cookie Monster, was it really cookies ?)
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To: kristinn

Senator Corker I disagree with what you said — Whoa — so soon — it will be a long day, Hillary


77 posted on 01/23/2013 6:58:42 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: kabar
They have come to praise Hillary, not to bury her.

Yup.
78 posted on 01/23/2013 6:59:03 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: kabar; mickie
Hillary has brought her secret weapon to the hearing....which is - boring everyone to death. Mendenez (D) asked a broad question which enabled her to drone on and on and filibuster till the five minute limit was up.

The pubbies can obviously negate her ploy by asking precise, sharp questions....and by politely stopping her when she goes off on a diversionary toot.

I don't know if the Republican senators can do this or if they even want to.

I look for better results from the House GOP members.

Leni

79 posted on 01/23/2013 6:59:28 AM PST by MinuteGal (Send a penny NOW to CNN, 1 Time-Warner Center, NY,NY 10019 for "PENNIES FOR LEAVING!" (Piers Morgan))
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To: ken5050
Yup. No pressure GOP.

Had to mute Boxer. Can only take so much shrill presumption after only one cup of coffee.

From this point, I imagine I'll be muting out the D's time entirely.

80 posted on 01/23/2013 6:59:38 AM PST by Prospero
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