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Obama camp: Benghazi attack was not a ‘foreign policy failure
Washington Examiner ^ | October 22, 2012 | Joel Gehrke

Posted on 10/22/2012 9:24:22 AM PDT by Snuph

President Obama’s deputy campaign manager denied today that the September 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, during which the U.S. Ambassador to Libya was killed, amounted to a ‘foreign policy failure’ for her boss.

“Will the president concede this was a foreign policy failure?” NBC’s Willie Geist asked Stephanie Cutter this morning in anticipation of the debate tonight.

“No,” Cutter replied. “We live in a dangerous world. Any time American lives are lost, it’s a terrible tragedy. And the president acted quickly to make sure that every other embassy was protected, we’re getting to the bottom of it, and we need to work this investigation through. It’s really important that we not politicize this process.”The investigation to which Cutter alluded — especially the State Department’s Accountability Review Board — will not be completed until after the election.

Cutter’s attempt to distance the attack from Obama’s foreign policy comports with Obama’s public commentary on the attack since it took place.

The day after the assault, the president suggested that Stevens and the three other murdered Americans died because of a protest against an anti-Islam Youtube video that, his story suggested, had turned violent.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: denial; libya; miserablefailure; stephaniecutter
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1 posted on 10/22/2012 9:24:25 AM PDT by Snuph
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To: Snuph
... and in other news

"there are no American soldiers in Baghdad"

2 posted on 10/22/2012 9:26:19 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (ObamaCare is an assault on the unborn, infirmed and elderly. GOP, repeat this as necessary...)
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3 posted on 10/22/2012 9:26:54 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Snuph

How about a Commander-In-Chief failure?


4 posted on 10/22/2012 9:28:49 AM PDT by Balata
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To: Snuph

Well, they have a point.

It wasn;t a foreign policy failure.

It was a MASSIVE foreign policy failure, a massive failure of leadership, and a violation of a Presidential oath.

Fighting. Dying. For six hours. In two loactions.

Expecting the cavalry to come.

And they weren’t sent.


5 posted on 10/22/2012 9:30:17 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Snuph

Wow. Supporting terrorists, Bombing Libya without Congressional authority, then leaving an Ambassador to die in a deadly place with no security isn’t a foreign policy disaster?


6 posted on 10/22/2012 9:30:43 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: Snuph

No. It was because his co-religionists had nothing to fear from him. They knew that he would go to bat for them, defending them, and blaming their savagery on a stupid video.

I’M SICK OF THIS BASTARD TAKING US FOR STUPID IDIOTS!


7 posted on 10/22/2012 9:31:06 AM PDT by I want the USA back
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To: I want the USA back
I’M SICK OF THIS BASTARD TAKING US FOR STUPID IDIOTS!

Me, I put the exclamation point after "Bast@rd".

8 posted on 10/22/2012 9:32:51 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Snuph

I’m calling this admin a total Cutter-Fluke.


9 posted on 10/22/2012 9:33:11 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Snuph

It was an ‘Obama & his Administration’ failure


10 posted on 10/22/2012 9:34:39 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: maggief

very apt lol


11 posted on 10/22/2012 9:35:34 AM PDT by Snuph ("give me Liberty...")
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To: Snuph

Absolutely no failure here, so move along. Having our embassy go up in flames and our ambassador sodomized, murdered and his corpse dragged through the streets by Muslim mobs is a foreign policy success in Obama’s world.


12 posted on 10/22/2012 9:39:51 AM PDT by txrefugee
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WHY was the 16 man security REMOVED FROM STEVENS in AUGUST???? And he BEGGED for security!! Did he want Stevens dead???

There is a Rumor about an ARMS DEAL with AL QUADA and the Obama regime......anyone know anything??

13 posted on 10/22/2012 9:40:48 AM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Snuph

“We live in a dangerous world.

made all the more so by idiots with agendas, blind to reality.


14 posted on 10/22/2012 9:42:44 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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It’s really important that we not politicize this""""....

NOW SHUT THE HELL UP EVERYBODY/s

What they mean: "we just can't keep up with all the LIES we've told, and especially hard when you recognize the lies and call us on it. It is hard work as MOOCH says. Damn, Clinton had it so easy, compared to this."

15 posted on 10/22/2012 9:43:43 AM PDT by annieokie (O)
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To: Snuph
How many more terrorist beds does Hussein have to crawl in or out of before he's publicly accused?

Espionage!!!

16 posted on 10/22/2012 10:09:04 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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To: Snuph

For once, Cutter is telling the truth. Benghazi is only a foreign policy failure if you SUPPORT the United States.

If you are a Marxist, Islamic-sympathizer, then Benghazi might very well be a victory.

I wonder if Hussein will celebrate by firing his AK into the air?


17 posted on 10/22/2012 10:09:51 AM PDT by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: Snuph

so... according to obama, it was a foriegn policy SUCCESS???? wonder what the objectives were...


18 posted on 10/22/2012 10:24:30 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: Snuph

The Deputy Campaign Manager who is running a disastrously failed campaign says their foreign policy wasn’t a failure!

Ha!

Hope he has his “Will Work For Food” sign ready.


19 posted on 10/22/2012 10:39:06 AM PDT by cgbg (No bailouts for New York and California. Let them eat debt.)
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To: Snuph

That’s the whole premise behind the “Forward” campaign.
When you fail miserably at anything, just deny it, and look
forward.


20 posted on 10/22/2012 10:42:35 AM PDT by Fireone (Impeach and imprison, NOW! Treason and murder are still crimes.)
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