This is the start of Hillary’s run for the Oval Office and possibly John McCain’s run for Reid’s position-———http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2013/12/29/the-new-york-times-begins-hillary-clinton-presidential-campaign-to-obfuscate-benghazi-libya/
And Susan Rice was named national security adviser rather than secretary of state which would have required approval by the Senate. The confirmation process would have put Rice under oath, the thought of which gave Obama the heebie jeebies.