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Live Thread: Sec. of State Clinton to Testify on U.S. Consulate Attack in Benghazi
C-SPAN ^ | Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Posted on 01/23/2013 5:58:01 AM PST by kristinn

Senate hearing: 9:00a.m. EST. House hearing: 2:00 p.m. EST

Watch live here. Also on C-SPAN 3.

In her first testimony since the Benghazi attack, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will participate in a full day of hearings Wednesday about U.S. diplomatic security and the American mission in Libya.

Sec. Clinton will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the morning followed by an afternoon testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. In December, the State Department's highest ranking foreign service officers, William Burns and Thomas Nides, testified before Congressional lawmakers in the Secretary's place. They discussed a new report by an independent panel assessing the Benghazi attack.

Deputy Sec. Nides put several recommendations from a report on the attack into effect before the end of 2012. Implementing the rest, Nides said, will be underway by the time the next Secretary of State takes office. Three State Department officials have resigned since the report was released.

The two officials were substituting for Secretary Clinton, who was recovering from a concussion she suffered after fainting due to dehydration from a stomach virus.

Four Americans were killed in that attack, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. Congress is investigating whether the State Department denied a request for extra security at that outpost earlier in the year and what actions were taken in the moments after the attack began.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 113th; benghazi; benghazihearings; christopherstevens; hillarysenatehearing; leonpanetta; libya; soshillary; usembassy; waronterror
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To: onyx

What a dog and pony show… Clinton’s fake ignorance to Rand Paul’s question of weapon transfers out of Libya clearly illustrates this is what the Benghazi deal was all about.


361 posted on 01/23/2013 9:06:35 AM PST by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: rodguy911

I’ve read/heard much of the same, and it sounds pretty damn credible to me when you take into account the treasonous monsters running the show.


362 posted on 01/23/2013 9:08:59 AM PST by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.")
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To: Doogle

".....I ordered my vodka over an hour ago, and I'm not telling anymore lies until I get it"

363 posted on 01/23/2013 9:10:55 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: rodguy911
Just checked my email, look what I see, another one: Former Special Forces Commander: Was U.S. Running Guns to Syrian Rebels Via Benghazi? CIA: No
364 posted on 01/23/2013 9:14:01 AM PST by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.")
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To: mrsmith

I watched the beginning of the hearing on CSPAN. She was NOT sworn in.


365 posted on 01/23/2013 9:16:24 AM PST by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: Resettozero
Wow! That's an instantly viral hashtag #whatdifferencedoesitmake.

>>Everybody: send that link (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23whatdifferencedoesitmake&src=hash to your respective Congress Critters.

366 posted on 01/23/2013 9:19:39 AM PST by alancarp (Obama will grab your guns and ship them to Mexican drug mobs.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

I heard that first caller and shut off the link.
Those people are seminar callers.


367 posted on 01/23/2013 9:24:42 AM PST by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: Doogle

Ack! Yup, that’s a good one. Some years back there was an animated gif in which the eyebrow moved up and down. Hilarious and oh so realistic.


368 posted on 01/23/2013 9:25:53 AM PST by Darnright ("I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
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To: Java4Jay

I think you’re right.
Rand Paul nailed her. He knew precisely what he was speaking to.


369 posted on 01/23/2013 9:26:32 AM PST by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: itssme; onyx; StarFan; NautiNurse; Biggirl; rightwingintelligentsia; kristinn; ken5050; ...
How she has aged. All those lies, Bubba and whatever she drinks to dull the pain, has aged her. All the money in the world can't hide the history on her face...that is, unless she decides to cut that mangy, long hair style, tighten up her face, and dress like someone other than a bag lady. But, who cares, she has to go down for what she is guilty of. Let's see what happens......

I'm so completely cynical after the recent election... I think Hillary will come off these Benghazi smelling like a rose - as usual.

Looking ahead, I think regardless of who the GOP runs in 2016 Hillary will be our next President. I know too many Independent women (and even a few Republican women) who just can't wait for Hillary to be our first female President. These women tend to be somewhat conservative overall, but just mention Hillary, and they get all dewey-eyed. They don't listen to me when I say she will continue the same leftist, damaging policies that Obama (and every other democRAT) has put in place. They "love" Hillary and feel sorry for her. I don't get it.

The clips that WTIC 1080 AM radio (Hartford, CT) chose to run during their 12 noon news break: Hillary saying "I take full responsibility..." and Hillary tearing up when talking about how she greeted the family members at the funeral of Amb. Chris Stevens and the others. *barf*

I'm sorry to be such a downer, but I think we're screwed. Hillary will get off scot-free from Benghazi-gate, and will be elected president in 2016.

370 posted on 01/23/2013 9:29:32 AM PST by nutmeg (FUBO!)
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To: shooter223

Hmmm, checking a news-aggregate site only Daily Beast and HuffPost say she was under oath.
Yet before the hearing many said she would be.

Very curious indeed.


371 posted on 01/23/2013 9:30:07 AM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: kristinn

Gads the petulance, the arrogance, the outright lying makes me want to puke. She’s so full of poop it’s coming out her blasphemous mouth.


372 posted on 01/23/2013 9:31:33 AM PST by Karliner ( Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28- 8:38"...this is the end of the beginning."WC)
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To: estrogen
estrogen (#114): "This country is run by idiots and we can’t do a thing about it"

This country is run by traitors and we need to do something about it, starting with acknowledging it!

373 posted on 01/23/2013 9:33:02 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: kristinn
wasn't there a hearing on this a while ago? what's new about it this time around?
374 posted on 01/23/2013 9:34:50 AM PST by johnsondavid841
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To: nutmeg

Rush Limbaugh agrees with you. He just said Hillary received a “get out of jail free card” today. Everything has been tidied up and she’s all set for a run at the presidency in 2016. It’s simply disgusting.


375 posted on 01/23/2013 9:35:26 AM PST by Deo volente (God willing, America shall survive this Obamanation.)
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To: Doogle

She was angry. The question is whether she’ll get angry enough at being hung out to dry by Bambi that she’ll turn on him.

I think not, personally, because she has spent her life covering up, one way or another, for powerful men who have seen her usefulness and taken her on, starting with her husband. Bambi is just the latest one.


376 posted on 01/23/2013 9:38:59 AM PST by livius
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To: livius
The Paul Shanklin "Hillary Testifies" parody song (sung to the tune of "Try to Remember" (The Fantasticks, 1962)

COUNSEL: “Welcome to Grand Jury, Mrs Clinton. How are you?”
HILLARY: “I’m sorry I don’t recall.”
COUNSEL: “Well, how’s the book tour?”
HILLARY: “I’m sorry I don’t recall.”
COUNSEL: “Uh, well, let’s get started.”

[♫ singing ♫]

COUNSEL: ♪ “Try to remember
. ♪ when you were a member
. ♪ of Rose Law Firm
. ♪ and worked White Water.”
HILLARY: ♪ “I don’t remember
. ♪ that big money lender.
. ♪ I was, uh, baking cookies
. ♪ for my daughter.”
COUNSEL: “Well Mrs. Clinton,
. ♪ don’t you remember
. ♪ that illegal tender
. ♪ and your shady friend
. ♪ that McDougal fellow?”
HILLARY: “I’m sorry.
. ♪ I can’t remember.
. ♪ My brain’s in a blender.
. ♪ It’s jello.”
377 posted on 01/23/2013 9:42:45 AM PST by Lucky9teen (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
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To: mrsmith

I paid very close attention at the beginning of the hearing to see if she would be placed under oath or not. She came into the room, did some glad-handing with members of the committee, and sat down at the table. The chairman then called the committee to order. He then gave his opening remarks, followed by the minority opening remarks, followed by Hillary’s opening remarks. Then questioning began. I was yelling at the tv, “Why is she not under oath?”


378 posted on 01/23/2013 9:43:54 AM PST by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: Deo volente
Rush Limbaugh agrees with you. He just said Hillary received a “get out of jail free card” today. Everything has been tidied up and she’s all set for a run at the presidency in 2016. It’s simply disgusting.

Yes, I just heard that. I wrote my comments in #370 before I heard what Rush was saying...

It's so damn obvious to me what's going on, and there's already a ton of enthusiasm (among women voters) across the U.S. to get Hillary into the White House in 2016. Remember, women make up slightly more than half of the electorate, and MANY women - for whatever mysterious reason - absolutely worship the ground Hillary walks on...

379 posted on 01/23/2013 9:44:27 AM PST by nutmeg (FUBO!)
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To: Deo volente

Rush is really coming down on this now...............


380 posted on 01/23/2013 9:45:11 AM PST by pollywog ("O Thou who changest not, abide with me.".......)
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