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Clyburn: Republicans using racial ‘code words’ to attack Susan Rice
Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) on Tuesday accused Republicans in Congress of using racial “code words” to undermine U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice even though they “can’t hold a candle to her intellectually.” In a letter written to President Barack Obama on Monday, 97 House Republicans said that…
McCain demands Susan Rice go on TV and apologize
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is demanding that U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice go on television and apologize for her characterization of September attacks in Benghazi if she has any hope of being appointed the next secretary of state. The Arizona senator last week pledged to block Rice…
Sen. Levin on Susan Rice: One of the most unfair attacks I’ve ever seen
Democratic Sen. Carl Levin (MI) on Sunday defended UN Ambassador Susan Rice from her Republican critics. Shortly after the deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya, Rice said the siege was part of a spontaneous protest against an anti-Islam film produced in the United States. It later was…
Maher to GOP: Prove you’re sane by dropping Benghazi conspiracies
Comedian Bill Maher said Friday night that conservatives could prove their sanity by convincing the Republican Party to stop treating the attacks on a U.S. consulate in Libya as a conspiracy. “The one way I really think [moderate Republicans could have a voice] is to get off this Benghazi thing,”…
Maddow: Obama drew ‘line in sand’ over made-up right wing attacks on Rice
Wednesday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow discussed President Barack Obama’s first press conference since the election and the “line in the sand” he drew regarding the possible nomination of Ambassador Susan Rice to the position of Secretary of State. Maddow opened the segment by discussing other…
McCain: ‘Will do everything in my power’ to block Susan Rice appointment
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is vowing to block U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice from becoming the next secretary of state because he says that her early assessment of attacks in Benghazi, Libya make her “not qualified” for the job. “Susan Rice should have known better and if…
Rep. Peter King calls on UN envoy Susan Rice to resign over Libya attack
A top Republican lawmaker demanded Friday that US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice resign, charging she misled Americans over the assault on the US consulate in Benghazi. Congressman Peter King’s intervention was the latest effort by Republicans to make the White House pay a political price over the…
UN Council must respond ‘credibly’ to NKorea rocket: US
The United States on Tuesday demanded that the UN Security Council respond “credibly” to anyrocket launch by North Korea which would breach international sanctions. Susan Rice, US ambassador to the United Nations, said the major powers had already held informal talks on the looming event and that 15 UN Security Council members agreed it would be a “provocative…
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