Posted on 01/23/2013 8:31:44 AM PST by lbryce
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the misinformation that came out about the Benghazi attacks in their immediate aftermath no longer mattered, saying that the important thing was to find the persons responsible.
Clinton had a heated exchange with Sen. Ron Johnson during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when he questioned her about the initial reports on the motives behind the attacks on the U.S. Embassy that left four Americans dead. Initially, UN Ambassador Susan Rice blamed the attacks on protests over an anti-Muslim video when she appeared on the Sunday shows, apparently speaking off of talking points prepared by the intelligence community.
On Wednesday, Johnson accused her of “purposefully misleading the American people” by blaming nonexistent protests.
“With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans. If it was because of a protest or if it was because guys out for a walk decided to go kill some Americans. What difference does it make?” Clinton shot back in a raised voice.
“It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator. Now, honestly, I will do my best to answer my questions about this but the fact is that people were trying in real time to get the best information … but you know, to be clear, it is from my perspective, less important today looking backward as to why these militants decided to do it, as to find them and bring them to justice, and then maybe we’ll figure out what was going on in the meantime.”
Asked why a phone call was not made to clarify the facts before Amb. Rice went on the Sunday shows, Clinton said that those concerns took a backseat to taking care of the injured.
“I would say that once the assault happened, and once we got our people rescued and out, our most immediate concern was number one, taking care of their injuries…the FBI went over immediately to start talking to them. We did not think it was appropriate for us to speak to them before the FBI conducted their interview, and we did not, I think this is accurate, sir, I certainly did not know of any reports that contradicted the IC talking points at the time that Ambassador Rice went on the TV shows,” Clinton said.
“And you know, I just want to say that when people have accused Amb. Rice and the administration of misleading Americans, I can say trying to be in the middle of this and understanding what was going on, nothing could be further from the truth,” she said.
Let’s say the police answer a call at the home of a married couple. The husband is dead and has obviously been shot. They ask the wife “How did this happen?” and she replies “My husband is dead! How can you ask me such questions? What difference does it make?”
Think that would be good enough for them?
Very well done the way it brings the point home so dramatically.
Rino. Dino. What difference does it make ?
Obama not able to prove he was born in the US without producing a forged legal document. What difference does it make?
Keeping the border open to masses of people that do not speak our main language. What difference does it make ?
Operating the largest deficits in the history of the solar system. What difference does it make ?
Cutting our military forces after helping to reinvigorate Al Qeada. What difference does it make ?
Killing an aging Osama Bin Laden with a Hollywood scripted attack using previously unknown stealth helicopters and helping to create one of the greatest ever Islamic Martyrs. What difference does it make ?
A great slogan for someones tombstone.
Vast Rightwing conspiracy, snipers at Bosnian airports, Bengazie wasn’t my fault...
“I would say that once the assault happened,”
I particularly like this little tidbit. The leftists must take every opportunity to further connect the need to ensure that we don’t have “assault” weapons here or we might have Benghazi type events here in the US.
“Has a member of the ruling elite ever gone to prison for anything?”
Scooter Libby did, all because Colin Powell dishonestly protected his buddy who actually leaked whats-her-name’s name.
Yep, evil is rampant, liberals condone it, so it grows unhindered, it’s unabated now, free to do as it wills, something horrible will come of it, something so very, very evil yet tragic! A storm is coming, it feeds on our leaders naivety that evil doesn’t exist, soon, it will rain! God help us all!
Hmm.. I hand’t heard it put that way, but yes. Makes perfect sense. They are putting on the longest running show in the history of the country. Are we entertained yet?
A variation of “That’s in the past. Let’s move on”.
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