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Rand Paul: Promoting Susan Rice undermines Obama’s ‘moral authority’
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Wednesday said that President Barack Obama was undermining his own “moral authority” by naming United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice as the new national security advisor because she had misled the public about last year’s attacks in Benghazi. “You know, I think…
Susan Rice to take over as Obama’s National Security Advisor
President Barack Obama will name UN ambassador Susan Rice as his new national security advisor Wednesday, months after her hopes of becoming the top US diplomat were scuppered by the Bengazi affair. Rice will take over from Obama’s current national security advisor Tom Donilon in July, in a shake-up of…
John Kerry on Benghazi: I don’t think anybody lied to anybody
US Secretary of State John Kerry pledged Wednesday that nobody had lied about last year’s attack on a US mission in Libya that killed four Americans, and he urged lawmakers to move on. The former senator found the tables turned as he was grilled about the hot-button issue by his…
Susan Rice likely Obama’s next national security adviser: report
US ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice is lined up to become President Barack Obama’s national security adviser after the disappointment of being forced out of contention for secretary of state, it was reported on Sunday. According to the Washington Post, Rice has emerged as the “far and away”…
Rice tells Stewart: GOP wasting time probing origin of Benghazi talking points
On his show Thursday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart interviewed Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., about the controversy surrounding the Benghazi attack. Rice noted that Congress had already received ten hearings on the deadly attacks, along with thousands of documents. She told Stewart that Republicans…
Republican senators say Susan Rice right to withdraw
The US Republican senators who fiercely opposed Susan Rice’s bid to become secretary of state welcomed her decision to back down Thursday, while Democrats voiced their disappointment. The UN ambassador, a close ally of President Barack Obama, had been a frontrunner to replace Hillary Clinton as Washington’s top diplomat but…
GOP Rep. to former Bush staffer: Investigate WMD claims before attacking Susan Rice
Rep. Tom Cole, a Republican from Oklahoma, says that if lawmakers are going to go after U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice over her initial public assessment of the September attack in Benghazi then maybe Congress should also look at how President George W. Bush pushed bad intelligence…
More Republicans troubled by Susan Rice role on Benghazi
WASHINGTON — Two more Republican senators expressed deep reservations Wednesday about voting to confirm UN envoy Susan Rice as US secretary of state without more answers about her role in the Benghazi affair. The embattled Rice met for a second straight day with Republican senators to try to mollify conservatives…
Scarborough to Republicans: Start attacking Susan Rice for her ‘temperament’
Conservative MSNBC host Joe Scarborough is recommending that Republicans shift from attacking U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice over Benghazi and focus on her “temperament.” During a panel segment on Wednesday’s Morning Joe, co-host Mika Brzezinski reported that Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Lindsey Graham…
Senate Republicans ‘disturbed’ by Susan Rice’s Benghazi account
Republican senators opened the way for a new showdown with Barack Obama on Tuesday, after an apparently disastrous meeting with UN ambassador Susan Rice that had been intended to smooth her path to nomination as US secretary of state. The meeting on Capitol Hill had been widely expected to end…
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