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Obama camp: ‘President Obama takes responsibility’ for Benghazi
Washington Examiner ^ | October 16, 2012 | Joel Gehrke

Posted on 10/16/2012 2:26:48 PM PDT by Snuph

President Obama’s campaign spokeswoman said that he “takes responsibility” for the security of U.S. diplomats, less than a day after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took the blame.

“President Obama takes responsibility for the safety and security of all diplomats serving overseas,” said Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Fox News today. “Secretary Clinton of course has a great amount of responsibility as Secretary of State.”

Psaki denied that Clinton’s remarks were a “coordinated roll-out” to shelter Obama ahead of the debate, as Fox’s Shepard Smith suggested.

“I take responsibility,” Clinton told CNN during a trip to Peru yesterday. “The president and the vice president wouldn’t be knowledgeable about specific decisions that are made by security professionals.”

Three Republican senators replied by arguing that “the buck stops” with Obama. “If the President was truly not aware of this rising threat level in Benghazi, then we have lost confidence in his national security team, whose responsibility it is to keep the President informed,” said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in a joint statement.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillarysfault; obama; obamasfault
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To: Snuph
What if, MONTHS AGO Obama knew that he was facing a very up hill battle to retain the White House?

Now just suppose, that Obama knows that Benghazi was/is a terrorist hot spot. His administration purposely reduces the security forces there hoping or knowing that there will be an attack there on 9/11/12 for a number of terrorist reasons. Now, the attack happens with just enough time for Obastard to launch a military strike a week or a couple of days before the election just to make himself "look" presidential and all. You know, Wag the Dog just to get a bump to try to push him into victory.

It makes me sick to even consider such a notion but it is EXACTLY what the demoncrats would do.

41 posted on 10/16/2012 3:09:07 PM PDT by bayliving (I suffer from democrat induced tourette syndrome...)
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To: Shadow44

She did neither, this is the temporary fix they need to get through the election and Hillary is simply doing a damage control. She gave Obama cover for Biden’s lie and credibility for tonight’s debate if he is asked the question, I promise you, he will parrot her with a similar response.

“The president and the vice president wouldn’t be knowledgeable about specific decisions that are made by security professionals.”


42 posted on 10/16/2012 3:11:56 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: sanjuanbob

Good question . Taking responsibility 24 hours after Hillary already took responsibility 5 weeks later.
Epic fail.
Another question .
Mr president you have taken responsibility for the terror attacks 5 weeks ago. When did you conclude that you were responsible.

This is what they would ask a republican so this question will never
be asked.


43 posted on 10/16/2012 3:17:47 PM PDT by Morris70
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To: Snuph
Jeez, already?

It only took a month of hiding, lying, coverups, whitewashes and media blackouts...

What a bunch of idiots.

In fact, it played out just the way Hiilary said it would...

     

Somebody had to 'man up', and it wasn't Oblamer.

Just like Hillary's ad predicted.

44 posted on 10/16/2012 3:35:37 PM PDT by Bon mots (Abu Ghraib: 47 Times on the front page of the NY Times | Benghazi: 2 Times)
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To: Snuph

He’s responsible for the “video” hoax too.


45 posted on 10/16/2012 3:45:22 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: Snuph
A campaign spokeswoman made the statement.

Oblamer still has plenty of wiggle room to revise and extend the remarks.

46 posted on 10/16/2012 3:47:42 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys=Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best for you.)
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47 posted on 10/16/2012 3:56:35 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Snuph

I would love for mitt to ask what he means when he says he takes responsibility. He will resign? Fire Hillary? ....


48 posted on 10/16/2012 4:02:25 PM PDT by garageconservative
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To: SC_Pete

She never took the blame: she blamed it on “security professionals.” Romney better not let Obama get away with that.


The other issue is WHO told Susan Rice to lie during interviews on 5 separate networks 5 days after the attack:

As for who approved Ambassador Susan Rice’s talking points for a string of Sunday-show appearances five days after the 9/11/12 attack in which she infamously insisted the whole thing was the spontaneous result of outrage over an internet video (even though we now know that intelligence officials knew it was a coordinated, pre-planned attack within 24 hours), Clinton maintained that you’d have to ask Ambassador Rice herself, via the WFB:

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/10/16/rice-my-talking-points-were-purely-a-function-of-what-was-provided-to-us-by-intelligence/


49 posted on 10/16/2012 4:05:08 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (Resurrect the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)...before there is no America!)
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To: Snuph

I think Hillary played Obama on this. She was getting a lot of bad press and blame already. Why not just accept blame before the debate, and leave Obama open to accusations of throwing her under the bus. In effect she forced him to take blame lol.


50 posted on 10/16/2012 4:08:16 PM PDT by lwoodham (I am Andrew Breitbart. Don't doubt me on this.)
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To: All

Thank you all for the great comments


51 posted on 10/16/2012 4:16:08 PM PDT by Snuph ("give me Liberty...")
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Excellent-let the unravelling begin.


52 posted on 10/16/2012 4:20:57 PM PDT by SC_Pete
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To: linn37

Give Obama the chance to say when he first met with his national security team after the attack.


53 posted on 10/16/2012 4:22:09 PM PDT by ez (When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.)
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To: Snuph
Good. The two of you can share a cell!!


54 posted on 10/16/2012 5:07:23 PM PDT by The Citizen Soldier (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everyone stands around reloading.)
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