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The initial read on the vice presidential debate was that the normally gaffe-prone Joe Biden escaped the 90-minute exchange without a forced error. On closer inspection, it appears that he may have had at least one potentially troublesome misstep. When moderator Martha Raddatz questioned him about the unanswered plea for an enhanced security presence at the Benghazi consulate, Biden responded, “we weren't told they wanted more security there.” His response, if it is to believed (big if), effectively shifts blame away from the White House—and toward the State Department. On Friday, Press Secretary Jay Carney found himself in the unenviable...

......did Ryan really propose slashing embassy security spending by $300 million?This came up when the men were dealing with the issue of the tragic attack on the US consulate in Benghazi,Libya,in which USAmbassadorChrisStevens and three other men were killed.The Romney/Ryan ticket has accused the administration of stinting on embassy security prior to these attacks. In reply, VicePresidentBiden said the charge was “malarkey.”“This congressman here cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for, No. 1. So much for the embassy security piece,” said Biden.The nugget of fact behind this charge is that as chairman of...

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