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Clinton: Benghazi Won’t Affect Whether I Run For President
CBS ^ | Feburay 1, 2013 | Staff

Posted on 02/01/2013 12:32:57 PM PST by yoe

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is leaving office with a slap at critics of the Obama administration’s handling of the September attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya. She told The Associated Press that critics of the administration’s handling of the attack don’t live in an “evidence-based world” and their refusal to “accept the facts” is unfortunate and regrettable for the political system.

In her last one-on-one interview before she steps down on Friday, Clinton told the AP that the attack in Benghazi was the low point of her time as America’s top diplomat. But she suggested that the furor over the assault would not affect whether she runs for president in 2016.

[snip] An independent panel she convened to look into the incident was scathing in its criticism of the State Department and singled out four officials for serious management and leadership failures. But it also determined that there was no guarantee that extra personnel could have prevented the deaths of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other Americans. Clinton herself was not blamed, although she has said she accepted responsibility for the situation.

(Excerpt) Read more at washington.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazigate; hillary2016; hillaryexitspeech; hillaryspeech; leonpanetta; libya; waronterror
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To: yoe

It won’t affect her run.

It will affect her chances.


21 posted on 02/01/2013 1:26:59 PM PST by Chad N. Freud
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To: yoe
Was there not a federal law passed that makes it illegal to supply aid to our enemies in a time of war? Was not the Charge Treason and the sentence death by hanging?

Would not passing weapons to Al-Queda and committing accessory to murder to cover it up a bit of a problem in that regard?

That might put a bit of a crimp on her plans... Hard to run a good campaign from the grave.

22 posted on 02/01/2013 1:29:46 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Chad N. Freud
It will affect her chances.

Biden's got a production company producing an ad, to wit:

"Benghazi was Hillary's 3 AM call, and she failed."

23 posted on 02/01/2013 1:42:24 PM PST by Night Hides Not (The Tea Party was the earthquake, and Chick Fil A the tsunami...100's of aftershocks to come.)
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To: yoe
Oh, she'll run and the Republicans will probably put up another liberal loser (like Romney) against her and lose again.

Hey, I have an idea...let's put ole Herman Cain up there again...lol...I'm sure he has several more skeletons in the closet. Or gun grabbing, climate changing, one world government, adulterous Gingrich - that should seal the deal.

Could Republicans be any more self-destructing than they were the past two election cycles? Only time will tell, huh!

24 posted on 02/01/2013 1:49:12 PM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: yoe

Now it's time to be paid more millions in the private sector again before officially announcing.

25 posted on 02/01/2013 1:51:12 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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27 posted on 02/01/2013 1:55:11 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: yoe

It will not change her decision, but I sure hope it has an impact on the decisions of the voters. (even democrats)

But then again “what difference does it make?” if they lied about the bombing to cover up that al qaeda attacked US personnel and the President and his administration refused to allow the military to launch a rescue that by all accounts would very likely have saved multiple lives. (and would have sent a message not to mess with us in the future.)


28 posted on 02/01/2013 1:56:22 PM PST by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: Yehuda

That picture should be plastered all over the country in every possible media.


29 posted on 02/01/2013 2:08:24 PM PST by Roses0508
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To: yoe
"But she suggested that the furor over the assault would not affect whether she runs for president in 2016."

Never thought it would. Ice water in those veins.

30 posted on 02/01/2013 2:11:27 PM PST by hummingbird
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To: cuban leaf

>They are clueless.<

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No, they’re not, but they want you to think that they are totally innocent of any trickery and deception.

Learned it from satan.


31 posted on 02/01/2013 2:44:13 PM PST by 353FMG ( I refuse to specify whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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To: cuban leaf

She is a snake. Until she is completely incapable of running for elected office again, there is always the chance she will. She could easily move to yet another new blue state, rehab her image over the next few years and the left will vote for her again in droves. Once rehabbed, she will be the queen bee again.

Crush her, now, crush her again, crush her so bad that Clintons not even related to her will be afraid to run for office.


32 posted on 02/01/2013 2:57:08 PM PST by Dutch Boy
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To: yoe
Why should it!!! The Clinton's 'death list' is a long one.

It never stopped them before.

33 posted on 02/01/2013 3:32:36 PM PST by LADY J (You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have. - Author Unknown)
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To: yoe

If the Senate can approve a person for Secretary of State that received a dishonorable discharge for treason and falsified and embellished his military record then Hillary Clinton should be a shoe in for the choice for the Democratic party.


34 posted on 02/01/2013 3:50:34 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: jacknhoo

The GOP-e will choose either fatass Christie or RINO Jeb to run against Hitlery.

The fatty will have a heart attack while campaigning and Hildebeast wins by default, unless she also is disqualified due to a blood clot.

Just seeing the matchup “Clinton vs. Bush”, the campaign will be over before it even starts.

Hitlery 55% Kristie Creme 45%
Hitlery 60% Jeb! 40%

This is our fate unless we run a true conservative like Ted Cruz.


35 posted on 02/01/2013 4:01:03 PM PST by RB156
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To: RB156

Kristie Creme! That’s perfect.


36 posted on 02/01/2013 5:15:46 PM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: cuban leaf

Oh but I do believe she will run.
It will be a Palin-Hitlary show down.


37 posted on 02/01/2013 5:54:40 PM PST by SisterK (not my president)
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To: yoe

Clinton: “Benghazi Won’t Affect Whether I Run For President”

She has blood on her hands, knows that we know it, and is telling us, too bad, “put some ice on it.” I’m immune to the laws you underlings have to follow.

So “what difference does it make?” This line was was well thought out and rehearsed. She couldn’t wait to drop it in the hearings.


38 posted on 02/01/2013 7:18:53 PM PST by DeadFurrow (Your rights end where mine begins.)
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To: SisterK

It will be a Palin-Hitlary show down.


We can only hope. :-)


39 posted on 02/01/2013 7:22:21 PM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: DeadFurrow

Hillary is hoping that most Americans, with their short attention spans and ADD memories, will forget all about her Yossarian crack while being grilled NOT under oath (still wondering why the hell they allowed her to not be sworn in...considering her well-known penchant for dishonesty from Bubba’s presidential terms). And most Americans will forget all about her involvement and culpability in the Benghazi deaths by 2016. This is what we have now. A totally dysfunctional system thanks to the enemy within radical left (Democrats).


40 posted on 02/02/2013 12:14:20 AM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
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