Hillary Clinton pins responsibility on Christopher Stevens

Washington Times ^ | 10-22-2015 | S.A.Miller and Stephen Dinan

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October 22, 2015

Hillary Clinton pins responsibility on Christopher Stevens

S.A.Miller and Stephen Dinan

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton brushed aside emails Thursday that showed she privately told family and world leaders that the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi was a terrorist assault, and said Ambassador Christopher Stevens was responsible for his own decisions regarding skimpy security ahead of his death.

Testifying to the House Select Committee on Benghazi, a composed and controlled Mrs. Clinton said she was involved in the big decisions of deploying Stevens to Libya and pressing President Obama to lead the war effort that ousted Moammar Gadhafi. But she deflected responsibility for much of what went wrong, saying the ambassador’s requests for more protection, which were denied, were handled at levels beneath her.

Mrs. Clinton also revealed that she gave orders for her lawyer and aides to go through her emails, but she did not “look over their shoulder” and didn’t know exactly how they decided which emails were work-related business. And she declined to agree to release any emails recovered from her server.

In a hearing that lasted more than eight hours, Mrs. Clinton escaped without the kind of major gaffe that plagued her 2013 appearance before the Senate.

But she seemed unsure of whether she spoke with Stevens in the months between swearing him in as ambassador and the attack, in which he died of smoke inhalation.

And she stumbled over her relationship with family confidant Sidney Blumenthal, who repeatedly sent her messages about Benghazi at her special email account, and she struggled to explain her department’s public stance blaming the anti-Islam video with what her own staffers — and she herself — were saying in the immediate aftermath of the attack,....

[doug from upland]

Here you go Trump. Wherever Hillary is going to speak, if there is a large building nearby, hire a company to project the images on the building for a couple hours before, during, and after her speech.

[JustaCowgirl]

Just when you think she can’t get any more contemptible.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Hillary Clinton pins responsibility on Christopher Stevens

 

Of course she does, he's not here to defend himself. This is not only evil but cowardly.

 

 

[smoothsailing]

I can’t imagine her lifting a finger for anyone, unless she benefits.

So the question is did it benefit her to have Stevens out of the way. Maybe she was worried about Stevens nosing around in Benghazi and getting wind of what she and Blumenthal were up to.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Very possible!

[djpg]

The liberals acted as if Hillary’s “What difference does it make” comment was a great moment for her, but it came back to hurt her. Many of the things that she said on Thursday may come back to her, also. The Republicans have to know how to use them, though.

[upchuck]

Hillary Clinton pins responsibility on Dead Man.

Always the best policy.

Have an eye-opening experience. Read THIS.

[smoothsailing]

Shazamm! Good idea!

[Intolerant in NJ]

Disgusting the way Hillary let Stevens die - admittedly she sent him into an area which was not only physically dangerous but also politically uncertain, specifically for him to find out what was happening on the ground - yet she didn’t give him so much as her fax number so he could contact her directly to let her know what was happening or in case he ended up in danger - but she “admired him “ and “lost more sleep than all the members of the panel” over what took place - she is one lying, deceitful, cold cookie......

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[Ken522]

I read that book, upchuck! “Tanto” gives an amazing perspective - thanks for recommending this ...

[TigersEye]

Ambassador Stevens

Trusted Hillary

[mountn man]

I’m just sorry your words don’t convey the level of contempt I have for her.

[Noob1999]

He died of smoke inhalation!!”

Yeah with a sharp BBQ stick shoved up his bowels!

[AFreeBird]

Um, your language is far, far too kind my FRiend.

I think, and it’s not up to me of course, that Hillary transcends the language rules of this and just about any other board on the intergalactic net.

[Old Yeller]

With people who have Narcissistic Personality Disorder, bad things are never their fault and good things are always due to them.

[Bon mots]

[ground_fog]

I can’t believe Americans are even considering this incompetent bitch. Drudge is right..a lot of sick sick Americans..God help us

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[WilliamofCarmichael]

RESOLVED, That Richard M. Nixon Mrs. Hillary Clinton, President wanabe of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanours, and that the following articles of impeachment to be exhibited to the Senate: . . . ARTICLE 1 . . . violation of its consitutional duty . . . obstructed, and impeded the administration of justice . . . The means used to implement this course of conduct or plan included one or more of the following:

1. making false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;
2. withholding relevant and material evidence or information from lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;
3. approving, condoning, acquiescing in, and counselling witnesses with respect to the giving of false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States and false or misleading testimony in duly instituted judicial and congressional proceedings;interfering or endeavouring to interfere with the conduct of investigations with the assistance of the Obama-Holder-Lynch Department of Just Us . . . .