Defiant Hillary Clinton fires back

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton offered a fiery response Wednesday to Republican critics of the Obama administration's handling of the deadly attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, facing off with lawmakers who included potential 2016 presidential rivals.
Associated Press
Jan 23, 2013













































Alas another puff piece from the All Praise Obozo newsgroup. I like this part of the testimony

There you go again

Clinton will walk back that statement to explain "what I really meant!"


More B.S.


Hillary 2016

There you go again

Clinton had 4 months to practice her "show" and that is all she came up with?
I am still not convinced that Obama and Clinton were innocent bystanders in the Benghazi debacle.


What do you mean all she came up with, she shoved it down the rebumblicans throat I thought.

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Hillary slapped those Repubs around like the cheap suits they are.


Yes, she did. It appalls me to see the RP use the deaths of these men to promote their political agendas. It is sickening to watch them argue that they seem to have the right to lay blame at the feet of Hillary Clinton while all the time reducing the funding for security and knowing that is the truth of the matter. Good for her for standing her ground and speaking out as she did. She certainly did not take their "crap". Punching back, she showed them she can stand up for herself, her department and her decisions without cow-towing to the RP without fear and demoralization. I thought she was very good at it. Especially with specific senators.

There you go again

Surely you heard that Ms. Hillary accepted the responsibilty for her department. RP wants to know why the coverup/delay? Facts show that cables were sent, to no avail. Seems like evidence to me.


It shows only that certain people who were DISMISSED in her department got the memos, not that she saw them. And like any good leader, she takes responsiblity for her department. Where that comes down to a 'cover up' in the eyes of a RP is beyond me. I simply do not see it. But, true to form, the Republicans must find a Democrat to blame or it simply isn't over until they do. That is the game of politics in this Washington we have. There is no such thing as justice any more, nor cooperation or fair play nor resolution. Not in Washington DC. Not with the way the party is going. They are too busy pushing politics as usual. They better find a far less complusory way of doing business before the next presidential election or they are sure to lose again. This old way just is not working.


Agreed! She held her own very well! Impressive!

bored reader

Yeah four months to practice and her handlers could only produce that cheap garbage. "At some point Hillary you must act outraged and indignant". Sad that dead Americans were simply "bumps in the road". Absolute democrat morons.

Yellow Snow

At the end of June 2008, Hilary was 12 million in debt from her failed presidential run. According to FEC documents reported today, her debt is now retired. Same day as her testimony. ..........

There you go again

Maybe now she can afford to get her hair done...please!


Hillary looked really bad again. Her party just can't decide what story they finally want to tell.


I did not have sexual relations with that woman....err wrong Clinton but lies as about as good as Slick Willy


Dick Nixon, "How can we screw him."


Doesn't anybody ever hold their oath of office as more than parroting another's voice. Dereliction of duty and/or treason comes to mind.


Why don't we the people know "exactly" what happened prior and during the Benghazi attack?

Three letters: C.I.A.

Shhhhhhh! Hush, hush.

The Endless War marches on.

“Be the first one on your block to have your boy (or girl) come home in a box.”


I watched the hearings on C-span. Secretary Clinton was masterful as expected. She is a strong lady who can stand her ground. The Republicans weren't trying to find out what happened. They were trying to tarnish her image and all they succeeded in doing was tarnishing their own.


Nor'easter... excellent comment and ditto!

Swamp Fox

"They were trying to tarnish her image." I think she accomplished that on her own. Surprise, surprise a Clinton who lies, and tries to divert attention from their own mistakes, at least she didn't have a stain on her dress, classic Clintonesse.....

Swamp Fox

After watching her, she clearly does not have the temperament for higher office, she appeared to be an angry out of control person attempting to lie her way out of this........


Dont worry folks, its all Bush's fault. I surprised some of the liberals on here aren't posting that yet.

Obama and his defense staff and everyone in charge clearly dropped the ball, but what does that matter now according to Clinton?

At least she kinda manned up and took a tiny fraction of responsibility, but that was soon overlooked when she started finger pointing in a direction where nobody was standing.

This was a terrorist attack, and nothing was done by your leaders. SAD and PATHETIC are the words I think of everyday when I think of our leadership.


The Republican propaganda machine is in action.

FORWARD to the 2016 ELECTON !!!


After seeing parts and pieces of the hearings, I'm not surprised Secretary Clinton got a little defensive! It's SO insulting when you lie and people don't buy the story, especially when you've had four months to plan your testimony. All that effort, and people STILL know you're lying! Whether it's to protect her own political behind or the President's — or some combination thereof — is the only question I still have. Everything else is crystal clear:

Security was lax, and had been despite the State Department's knowledge of that fact.

Warnings were received in advance of the attack from credible sources (British and Israeli Intelligence among them), but were ignored.


Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Susan Rice lied, lied, lied, lied, and LIED, apparently in a coordinated matter of policy.

I don't care if Republicans DO have a political agenda at least partially behind their role in the investigation. Whatever the reason, the truth needs to get out however ugly it will be, and no matter the tarnish it puts on the golden idol residing in the White House or anybody else!

Think for a second if this had happened in a Republican administration, and the deafening outcry from Democrats (and I'd frankly agree with them)! Now explain why it's okay for Democrats to commit crimes (or it's defined as "doesn't matter" or "not REALLY a crime"), but it's far more serious if a Republican does the exact same thing...?

The he11 with ideology here. Let's move on to the TRUTH for a change! People are dead because other people messed up.




Obama carried the war over to Afghanistan and we are still there to this day and lives are being lost weekly. Before you post, remember Obama = just as guilty. Try again.


SamAdams said: I don't care if Republicans DO have a political agenda at least partially behind their role in the investigation."

Just goes to show just how shallow Repub's can be.

Here are a few fun facts:
Where was the outrage over Embassy and Consulate attacks under the Bush Admin?

2002 US Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan 12 Killed, 51 Injured
2003 Diplomatic Compound Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 17 Killed
2003 US Consulate , Karachi, Pakistan (SECOND time) 2 Killed
2004 US Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2 Killed
2004 US Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 5 Killed, 10 Injured
2006 US Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan (THIRD time) 4 Killed
2006 US Embassy Damascus Syria, 1 Killed 13 Injured
2007 US Embassy Athens Greece, Zero Killed, 8 Injured
2008 US Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, 3 Killed
2008 US Embassy in Yemen 13 Killed, 16 injured




Good question Contango. What difference does it make?
Another abject fail for Republicans. She had them for breakfast, wiped her lips with a napkin, all looking awfully gracious and, may I say, presidential.


Agreed. It made no difference under Bush and it doesn't matter under Obama.

Incompetence, malfeasance, obfuscation and lying are the hallmarks of the American nomeklatura.

The reason NOTHING was learned yesterday by "We The People" is because THEY didn't want you to know.

Be good little droids and keep focusing on the political parties.

The CIA was operating a covert operation in Benghazi - end of story.

More wars and rumors of war to follow.


Quoting a biblical phrase,eh? how convenient.


I agree. Where WAS the outrage?

During the Bush administration, I didn't give a crap if the Democrats had a hidden agenda behind their opposition of the USA PATRIOT Act. They were right to oppose it. But now those same Democrats are watching a Democrat president renew and EXPAND the PATRIOT Act, and sign into law really awesome freedom-stealers like the NDAA, and they say nothing.

Sounds to me like it's ALL politics, and that BOTH sides are guilty of it.

So are you suggesting, then, that nobody bother with trying to find the truth behind Benghazi-gate? That once a crime (or at least a mistake) is done and over, we should not only move past it but excuse MORE crimes and mistakes because we did it once (or even 100 times) before?


Meow, I've got backup:

Quote Sam Adams :"Think for a second if this had happened in a Republican administration, and the deafening outcry from Democrats (and I'd frankly agree with them)! "

It did happen.
I didn't hear a deafening outcry.
You should be angry, ashamed, and humiliated.


for sure 4shizzle!! Pathetic little beings the GOP.

Swamp Fox

The Clinton record on terrorism

So she wants to take credit for her husband's administration. She wants to take credit for any foreign policy achievements during the Clinton years, she wants to claim the national security mantle, and she claims to be fully vetted. She claims there are no more SURPRISES in her and her husband's background. That remains to be seen!!

But who says all the other baggage we know about can't be effectively re-used, re-hashed and re-manipulated for political advantage?

I can just see the Rethugs coming out with a commercial (visuals and all) outlining a string of terrorist bombings that effected U.S. interests, property and persons during Bill Clinton's administration. Shall we list a few here:

1993 - The first World Trade Center bombing
1995 - Attempted crashing of plane on White House
1995 - Oklahoma City bombing
1996 - Khobar Towers bombing - Saudi Arabia
1998 - U.S. Embassy bombings Kenya/Tanzania
2000 - USS Cole Bombing - Yemen
Not to mention Clinton's lack of action (non-sexual) that lead to 9/11

The Clinton response, One stained intern dress....


Wow, you are way off topic!

Swamp Fox

You do realize in your little far left mind the topic is terrorism and how the Clintons has always mishandled it including the latest in Libya..

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swamprat, 9-11-2001, 2,977 deaths.

Swamp Fox

dog breath, compliments of Wild Bill Clinton and lack of attention to terrorism for 8 years, he was busy conducting business in the Oral Office......


Actually swamp, what I remember about any lack of action included the phrase, 'wag the dog" from the gop-ers.

Swamp Fox

After listening to her rants I can now understand why Bill looked for strange...


Oh now swampy-- the son of your god Rand Paul had this to say about Benghazi that is was "The most tragic event in America since 9/11". Gee, think he was emoting just a tad? Or did he think that below was somehow just inconsequential?
Deep Water Horizon
Virginia TechR

Swamp Fox

Cat food, It might not be the most tragic event but its clearly the biggest example of misdirection and a continuing pattern of conduct by this administration...


Russia warned us to stay the (bleep) outa Libya. Tellin' us we'd open up a whole can o' worms.

But no, The Puppet-in-Chief Obama had to do the bidding of his masters to keep the machinery of the Endless War greased with new money and power.


@ Con
Who are his masters? The chicken-hawk Republicans?

Good to know that you like to obey the Russians.


Contango--you're infamous for calling we dem's communists--NOW you're telling us we should have listened to RUSSIA??? Welcome to the party, comrade. :)


News flash: Russia has had more experience with Islamist nuts and long before the U.S.

Good to know that you approved of Obama's war in Libya.

I'm sure you'll support him in his next one and the one after that, etc, etc.

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Russia also currently is further from being a communist nation than most of the West, including the USA.

Pterocarya frax...

So why don't you move there and live with Putin? Then we'll see how bad Obama is.



Mime Bloggling

I think what has the average patriotic citizen upset about the whole Benghazi debacle is that the White House et al was willing to blame the attack on the Consulate in Libya and the subsequent murders of Ambassador Stevens and 3 others military personnel on an anti-Islam YouTube video, when in fact within a couple of hours of the attack according to time stamped emails, the White House and over 400 security officials KNEW it was a terrorist attack linked to Al Qaeda. After all it was September 11th.

They kept up this subterfuge for weeks trying to avoid political fallout during a grueling election season understanding clearly that President Obama had campaigned on the notion that Al Qaeda was virtually a vanquished foe.

Because of the YouTube video LIE more riots occurred (in 25 countries) and more people died. Seventeen died in Pakistan alone. The more the Obama Administration blamed the video the more intense the rioting became and greater the anti-American sentiment grew.

"What difference would it make?" Madame Secretary? Just maybe more people would not have died... In the end the truth finally came out, it had nothing whatsoever to do with a YouTube video. The American people hate being LIED to and it doesn't matter if you are Republican or Democrat.

I chuckle when I see the AP headlines "Defiant Hillary Clinton Fires Back". She's had 4 months to process her response. I appreciate the fact that she's taken "responsibility", but in Washington what does that mean anymore? I see no consequences. She still has her job and her 4 subordinates who supposedly did not pass on vital information to her still have jobs. We have buried 4 patriots. In the real world they would have been fired.


Has anyone seen Oliver Stone's "Untold History of the United States"?

Important point:

At the end of the 1940s, Winston Churchill, the PM of a bankrupt UK, in essence handed the keys to the job of world policeman to the U.S. and figuratively said, "Good luck"!

Is the U.S. goin' to bring possible military destruction and bankruptcy upon itself while acting as the Earth's top cop?

So far, so good.


If the leadership in this country would have been up front and honest about this entire deal, it wouldn't of turned out to be what it was. Honest and manning up......something you wont see from this administration.

We all understand that tragic things are going to occur under each and every presidents watch that will cost American lives. That is not the point. The point is, some of our top leaders came out to the media that this attack was nothing more than a protest about some video that has been on the internet 6 months prior to any of this happening.

If they had all this intell and knew what was going on, then the response that we initially got shouldn't of happened.

All we wanted was answers, not finger pointing. If the ball was dropped then fire those responsible for dropping it and make sure it doesn't happen again.

The Big Dog's back

The only place this is even a "story" is in the shallow right wing world.

Swamp Fox

dog breath thanks to the loyalty of the lackeys in the far left media....


Latest poll show Secretary Clinton with a 67% favorable rating. Not bad, huh?


Good job Obama, your private illegal war has destabilized Libya with far reaching consequences. Now we have all sorts of terrorist crawling out of Libya. How many times did Obama need to be told that extremists would use the uprising in Libya to gain power? By golly looks like they were right, looks like the Obummer administrations got themselves a real mess. Obama you broke it, now its yours. Onward Africa!!!


"The 'War On Terror' Has Changed, And Not One In 1,000 Americans Has Noticed":

“We’ve always been at war with Eastasia”. - "Nineteen Eighty-Four"

"He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future." - George Orwell.


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Hil-liar-y learned from the biggest liars of them all…her hubby and the current liar-in-chief.

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Listen, hear that? That's right wing world exploding. bwahahahahaha.

Swamp Fox

dog breath, maybe its a drunk on a golf cart you hear?


If you dont have anything nice to say, you must be talking about Hilary Clinton-Jeff Foxworthy


OUCH throw a quote in from Jeff Foxworthy?? Boy, you sure did teach us libs a thing or two with that one. :)


For all leftists with short term memory loss can google Jamie Gorelick and the Wall. The true contributing factor of 911. It seems head clintonista Hillary instructed Gorelick to set up the wall to protect Bill from future interns from popping up from under the desk in the oval office. She is a shrewd liar and a devious person who had 4 months to formulate her response to questioning.

The Big Dog's back

goof, tell me again who was President on 9-11-2001. Hint, it wasn't Bill Clinton.


Goof, who was the president in the worst economic plunge and recovery ever? It wasn't Bush.

Pterocarya frax...

No but Bush (I mean Cheney) was president for the 2nd worst economic plunge ever.


and Obama is in place for the worst ever. Thanks for trying to play again liberals. Doesn't work both

Swamp Fox

9/11 compliments of wild Willy and his lack of concern for terrorism, he was diverted by intern issues.... Then there was Black Hawk down compliments of Wild Willy giving the UN command & control over U.S. Troops...


911 was Clinton's fault.


9-11 was Osama BenLaden's fault.


Osama bin Laden? You mean the one that Bill Clinton was offered on a silver platter and DECLINED? Him?


But Obama got him.


Wrong SamA-- Bin Laden was offered up on a silver plate to Bush. Clinton wasn't going to go after him with the transfer of power from himself to Bush so close at hand--ever read anything by Richard Clark??? Dubya simply chose to ignore the warning.


meowmix writes:

"Dubya simply chose to ignore the warning."


Great "catch all" sentence yes?

The "Powers-that-be" like the populace apathetic and "dumbed down," since it makes 'em easier to control.


Kitty Litter, go into your browser and google Jamie Gorelick and the Wall. Bush wasn't told half the stuff because of it. Bush was guilty of being too benevolent by keeping democrats in higher up positions.


Hey arcrmen......since you never served here's a news flash from history. "Charlie Wilson's war." It involved Ronnie Reagan & a Texan. Then to Afghanistan. Opps....facts again. That's IS what got the US startec over there.


Ohhh the hypocrisy by the liberal posters on here. Saying the Republican Party is using this tragedy for their political gain. So what say you libs on the Sandy Hook event? Are not the same liberals you are defending here using the Sandy shooting for their political agenda and gain with gun control. Exactly so. Thanks for playing hypocrites.

The Big Dog's back

Strong women like Hillary scare the bageezus out of Repubs.

Swamp Fox

Strong women do not stay with a husband that has embarrassed her and this country with his Oral Office escapades along with a past history of being a womanizer. She stays because she only cares about her own political ambition and power. If only Vince Foster could speak......


Swampy-- you seem to be very obsessed with the sexual indiscretion of Clinton. Why?


ummmm he was our president and cheating on his wife with numerous women but got caught in the White House of all places. But, he gets a pass from the liberals.

Swamp Fox

cat food, Lack of trust, and what both Clintons will do to keep power, can't trust either one of them......Best way to know when a Clinton is lying, their mouth moves....


Swamp. Im not a Clinton hater at all. However, the guy can't get a free pass for cheating on his wife in the White House. Sorry that just wont happen, but as we both see, the liberals give anyone a pass that is Democratic.

Also, we as a nation can thank Clinton for the housing collapse. His ideas and push, so that "everyone should own a home" caused banks to hand out loans they normally wouldn't. We all see how that went.


She is a lying sack of s&@#!!!!

Don S


There you go again

Please give us a break and stop SHOUTING!!!!


Kurt, are you saying a drunk, sexist, cokehead, progressive Democrat drug America into a one-man war against the commies in Afghanistan? Thanks for that tidbit of lost history, seemed to repeat itself in Libya. At least Wilson supported the second amendment.


Yes gila I am. Along with an senile old man (Reagan), Wilson is another reason many do not trust most from Texas. Or for that matter those that display the stars & bars. Glad you looked at my discourse. Thank you for checking on facts.


"On 3 July 1979, Carter signed a presidential finding authorizing funding for anticommunist guerrillas in Afghanistan."

"Operation Cyclone":


The Big Dog's back

Those who ignore history (winnie), tend to repeat it.




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This is America's Secretary of State?

Argue back and forth all day, but the world is watching this play out. If there's no coverup, why all the wailing? You can always tell who is not truthful by who is making the most noise.

Swamp Fox

Always can tell when a Clinton lies, their mouth moves....

The Big Dog's back

Yep, rand paul, john mccain, johnson. I agree minuteman.

Swamp Fox

Typical liberal far left media "Defiant Hillary Clinton fires back" if she was a Republican women who stated the same testimony the caption would have read, "Right Wing BitC%" loses control and lies." Which we know she did....


I think slick willy should be wearing Hilary's prism glasses, no wonder he went for interns and pro's


Talk about "phoney": She's not and never has been a "real" blonde.

The Big Dog's back

This is the 45th President of the United States you are talking about.


@ Dog:

Yea right, dream on. :)

#1. The Dems already threw her over-the-side once for a younger black man.

#2. She'll be 69 yrs. of age in 2016. Nobody will want an old fat lady for POTUS.

#3. You mean Joe Biden ain't gonna be elected???? :)


What a sweet "love-fest" puff piece on 60 Mins. last night.

No need for "hard" or "difficult" questions. It might "confuse" the Obama tools. :)

"The president touted Libya and Egypt as places where his policies had made a difference; how that difference advanced U.S. interests went unasked and unanswered."

Long gone are the days when the words, "I'm from 60 Mins., could you answer a few questions?" produced sweating and fear.

The Obama Media Network - kiss, kiss.


Like you served......

