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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: PilotDave

I thought the buck always stop at the top, meaning obamma. In fact, he has said so, iirc?


61 posted on 10/15/2012 5:31:55 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: halfright
With this bunch of treasonous sobs we need to resurrect HUAC.
62 posted on 10/15/2012 5:32:07 PM PDT by Happy Rain ("Mitt four then Sarah eight.")
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To: TheRobb7
Why couldn’t she say this while she was standing on US soil? She only ssays this AFTER leaviing the country.......

Because IMHO something big is about to come out on this...maybe tomorrow before the debates. That's why it had to be now...couldn't wait until the Friday dump.

This is V Jarret trying to get in front of it by arm twisting someone I thought could never be arm twisted.

George Soros must have pulled the center string on the Billary puppet.

63 posted on 10/15/2012 5:33:06 PM PDT by IrishPennant (Dr Erkel and Mr. Jive...lurking the streets of DC)
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To: PilotDave; All
VIDEO: CNN stooge reporterette says "she's right...individual security requests are a State Department responsibility"

Unbelievable...the media circle is closing around Hillary by design, to protect Obama in a desperate move ahead of the debate.

64 posted on 10/15/2012 5:35:34 PM PDT by montag813
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To: rawhide

Obama’s desk has yet to see a buck let alone host one. They tend to make their way to Bush’s house.


65 posted on 10/15/2012 5:37:28 PM PDT by tsowellfan ("President Obama, We built it, you broke it, we'll fix it and you are fired.")
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To: montag813

I can’t say I won’t enjoy watching her get chewed up.


66 posted on 10/15/2012 5:37:40 PM PDT by IrishPennant (Dr Erkel and Mr. Jive...lurking the streets of DC)
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To: PilotDave
So the hildabeast thinks she was powerful enough to make Øbozo go to the UN TWO WEEKS (14 days) after the fact and lie to blame the military attack on some dumb@$$ video?

Wrong answer!

Øbozo did not act as President!!


67 posted on 10/15/2012 5:38:08 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: PilotDave

68 posted on 10/15/2012 5:38:34 PM PDT by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: AU72
So what did Obama offer the Clintons?

A job for Chelsea.

69 posted on 10/15/2012 5:39:14 PM PDT by theDentist (FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: PilotDave

...your stimulus money at work. Hilda is an old dyke heading to pasture.....she has to “buy” younger accompaniments.


70 posted on 10/15/2012 5:39:25 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: PilotDave

Romney should push Obama on this none the less, let Obama say: “Well...um...Hillary said she done it...uh.”


71 posted on 10/15/2012 5:41:09 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: Leep

When they say “I accept complete responsibility,” it means “See. I am brave, and big-hearted and noble and responsible, and therefore should suffer no consequences whatever for my idiocy. How can you punish somebody so good.” For an example, see Janet Reno after Waco.


72 posted on 10/15/2012 5:41:09 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: PilotDave

Still nothing at Faux news dot com about this, other than to say we’re getting ready to make a hit in response for Benghazi.

Now that would be the trick pulled from the Clinton playbook — to launch “attacks” to put his name under the newspaper fold.


73 posted on 10/15/2012 5:42:24 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: All

there is no way she takes the fall. This is the Potomac two-step. They’re just getting a statement out there to try to blunt the damage to Obama and to attempt to take away a talking point from Romney.
If it were a real acceptance, she would be doing it from Foggy Bottom, not from the hotel at a women’s conference in Peru.


74 posted on 10/15/2012 5:43:00 PM PDT by newnhdad (Where will you be during the Election Riots of 2012/2013?)
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To: PilotDave

Betcha a zillion dollars we ain’t got an extradition treaty with Peru...betcha more the Peruvians won’t let BJ Bill in the country either...

...PIAPS has her heavenly retirement at last.


75 posted on 10/15/2012 5:43:58 PM PDT by Happy Rain ("Mitt four then Sarah eight.")
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To: LaybackLenny
And in other news...Harry “The Buck Stops Here” Truman is spinning in his grave.

There is precedent for this, however.

Recall when Janet Reno accepted full responsibility for Waco? And Hillary's husband allowed as how he "all I know is what I read in the papers"?

76 posted on 10/15/2012 5:45:00 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA; Ignorance on parade.)
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To: C210N

So why did he lie about the video protest? Did Hillary mislead Obama et al about conditions at Benghazi?


77 posted on 10/15/2012 5:45:37 PM PDT by griswold3 (Big Government does not tolerate rivals.)
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To: montag813

OK, and securing the attack site and gathering evidence after US personnel fled was...CNN’s responsibility?


78 posted on 10/15/2012 5:46:51 PM PDT by rfp1234
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To: PilotDave

Oh yeah. The check is in the mail.


79 posted on 10/15/2012 5:47:19 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (No matter who you elect,the government eventually gets in.)
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To: Eleutheria5

“When they say “I accept complete responsibility,” it means “See. I am brave, and big-hearted and noble and responsible, and therefore should suffer no consequences whatever for my idiocy. How can you punish somebody so good.” For an example, see Janet Reno after Waco.”

Or JFK after Bay of Pigs.


80 posted on 10/15/2012 5:47:55 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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