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Clinton: 'I take responsibility' for security ahead of Benghazi attack
cnn ^ | 10/15/2012 | Elise Labott

Posted on 10/15/2012 4:49:39 PM PDT by PilotDave

Edited on 10/15/2012 5:38:31 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Lima, Peru (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the buck stops with her when it comes to who is to blame for security ahead of a deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

"I take responsibility" for what happened on September 11, Clinton said in an interview with CNN's Elise Labott soon after arriving in Lima, Peru, for a visit. The interview, one of a series given to U.S. television networks Monday night, was the first she has given about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

Clinton insisted President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are not involved in security decisions.

"I want to avoid some kind of political gotcha," she added, noting that it is close to the election.

The attack killed Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, and three other Americans at the consulate

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benghazi; clinton; impeachnow; libya; soshillary; waronterror
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To: treetopsandroofs

Did Teddy “accept responsibility” for Mary Jo?


81 posted on 10/15/2012 5:49:00 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: treetopsandroofs

Finally a link to CNN News on Drudge. Nothing yet on Fox.com. Yeesh!


82 posted on 10/15/2012 5:49:25 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos!)
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To: PilotDave
I have yet to see any Clinton be assigned Consequences to any of there actions. Resignation is the very least Clinton should be required to do.
83 posted on 10/15/2012 5:50:05 PM PDT by Licensed-To-Carry (Hey Obama! All you have done is awaken a sleeping giant and filled us with a terrible resolve!!)
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To: newnhdad
it’s a non-responsible responsibility acceptance, if that makes sense.

Agreed. When the washing machine spin cycle is not enough. They can always bring out the more industrial centrifuge.


84 posted on 10/15/2012 5:50:45 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: PilotDave; zot; Interesting Times

Hillary Clinton stated is taking full responsibility for the in action in providing the Ambassador with the additional security he requested. It looks like Hillary has a bigger set of ovaries than Obama has balls.

Or, when it comes to the “family jewels of the Democrat party” it is Hillary who has them, not Obama. Perhaps the Dems nominated the wrong person in 2008 and 2012?

And it was Harry Truman who said that “the buck stopped with him” for whatever happened in the government. Harry understood what it meant to be president, Barack knows only how to avoid responsibility.


85 posted on 10/15/2012 5:51:53 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: treetopsandroofs

I think you hit the nail on the head.


86 posted on 10/15/2012 5:51:57 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (Don't be afraid to see what you see. (Ronald Reagan))
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To: Windflier

“I feel any teeth, you leaving without ‘em, biotch.”

“I’ll put my dentures on the side, Lord and Saveyour.”


87 posted on 10/15/2012 5:53:28 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: cardinal4

“And there is NO WAY she falls on her sword for the Hussein regime, NONE.”

Oh you are so right. Something isn’t right and the leaks will evolve. O will lose this war with Bill/HIll sooner rather than later.


88 posted on 10/15/2012 5:54:53 PM PDT by adc
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To: PilotDave

This Admin lied! Nothing has changed


89 posted on 10/15/2012 5:54:58 PM PDT by PACAP1
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To: tired&retired
Huma Abedin & Hillary Clinton -

(thread 2007)

--Who is Funding Huma Abedin's Lifestyle? Hillary's Mystery Woman: Who is Huma?

90 posted on 10/15/2012 5:55:02 PM PDT by opentalk
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To: PilotDave

This admin/the far left have, since zero occupied the WH, instituted the policy that no lie is nonsensical enough to warrant refraining from uttering it.

So, this admission should not have been necessary. We’re in the fairyland of propaganda media.

Obviously zero’s handlers are looking to make any and all investigations quiet down as the election approaches.

Hitlery perhaps has seen what’s coming up in terms of investigations, i.e., what Congress is asking for, etc. As the Klintonistas are the reigning experts in teflon-coated boldfaced publick lies, perhaps she’s been given this assignment by her handlers. Perhaps she’s taken it upon herself in an effort to forestall Congress from asking more questions of others in the State dept, thinking that it will be easier to keep the lies straight if they talk to fewer people. Since she’s “accepted” responsibility for not having enough security, she’s hoping they won’t ask any more questions of others. She can then explain why with some simple nonsensical fabrications.

If zero is re-elected, whoever made this happen will be owed a lot by zero’s handlers.

If he is not re-elected, there still may be a lot owed, depending on what this coverup is covering up, which humble little people like moi have no clue of.


91 posted on 10/15/2012 5:56:20 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves.)
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To: PilotDave
the fraud has a habit of hiding behind skirts.


92 posted on 10/15/2012 5:56:42 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (Tequila can hurt but it wasn't designed to kill you. Taqiyya is.)
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To: PilotDave

Hilda gets the 3:30PM phone:

Odungo:”how’s 30 million sound?”
Hilda: “almost”
Odungo:”30 and a date with Christina Aguilera”
Hilda: “done”


93 posted on 10/15/2012 5:57:08 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: montag813

Is she accepting responsibility for the fact there was no security or for the subsequent overup. It is really quite disgusting the way Obama an he stood in front of the coffins of dead Americans and blame the video. It is nauseating!


94 posted on 10/15/2012 5:58:40 PM PDT by KansasGirl ("If you have a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."--B. Hussein Obamar)
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To: griswold3
He lied about the video because he is a 'rat. Always trying the easy way with a good chance the enemedia will carry the ball far enough away. In this case, that lie didn't work, so he next resorted to trying to blame hillary!, but that is now backfiring as well, with her "taking responsibility".

No matter what the issue, zer0 always acts and looks small. Always has, always will...


95 posted on 10/15/2012 6:01:36 PM PDT by C210N ("ask not what the candidate can do for you, ask what you can do for the candidate" (Breitbart, 2012))
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To: PilotDave
For anyone who is old enough to remember impressionist David Frye...

(as Nixon)...

"As the man in charge, I must accept full responsibility...but not the blame. Let me explain the difference. People who are to blame lose their jobs; people who are responsible do not."

96 posted on 10/15/2012 6:01:48 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery, IXNAY THE TSA!)
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To: GreyFriar

I don’t think so. Hillary is falling on her sword for Obama, whose policies were the root of the disaster and who did nothing about anything the whole day as it was unfolding. He left town and went to bed. He never even met with the NSC after the event. He has been negligent since the beginning (but of course, only after arming and empowering the jihadis).

Hillary has turned out to be surprisingly weak and absolutely cowers when she’s around Obama. People thought that the Clintons had something on Obama, but I suspect that Obama has something even worse on them, because Hillary has been an absolute doormat from day one.

That said, I don’t think anybody is going to believe that this is Hillary’s doing alone; she is clearly not responsible for setting policy (that’s done by Valerie Jarrett and some other random radicals, speaking through Obama) and the idea that she is now, weeks later, “taking responsibility” is positively laughable. Nice, Bambi, but no cigar.


97 posted on 10/15/2012 6:03:02 PM PDT by livius
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To: KansasGirl

Kansas girl hit nail on head.
What’s she taking responsibility for?
Not the cover up, which is scandal.
Just the fact that security was bad.
Which she will simply blame on someone else.
This is a non-admission.


98 posted on 10/15/2012 6:04:26 PM PDT by Treeless Branch
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To: PilotDave

Quid pro quo: Hillary takes responsibility - Obama does not ask her to stay and expresses confidence in her.

Win-win for both. Obama gets criticism of his foreign policy blunder deflected and Hillary gets to stay Secretary of State for 4 more years.

She can always dump it back on Obama when he is done being president and she runs herself in 2016.


99 posted on 10/15/2012 6:05:27 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: KansasGirl

Notice the Clintonian parsing, “I take responsibility for what happened on September 11th.”

As to what happened after September 12th...?


100 posted on 10/15/2012 6:05:37 PM PDT by mplsconservative (A non-vote is a vote FOR 0bama.)
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