Obama punches back on scandals
President Barack Obama is counter-punching furiously to prevent a series of potential scandals from overwhelming his second-term agenda.
President Barack Obama is counter-punching furiously to prevent a series of potential scandals from overwhelming his second-term agenda.
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Pickering’s report, released late last year, found “systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies” at the State Department in the lead-up to the attack in Benghazi, which left four Americans dead.
Republicans once again accused the Obama administration of trying to cover up the fact that it was a well-orchestrated assault by militants.
Four Americans were killed in the Benghazi terrorist attack, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
A senior Republican has released names of witnesses for a Wednesday congressional hearing on the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, including two characterized by Republicans as whistleblowers.
The September 11, 2012, attack resulted in the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
The United States has “pretty good indications” that a man now held in Libya may have been involved in the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi.
One of the sources says the phone call was discovered when a Western intelligence service trawled through intercepts of communications made in the wake of the attack.
Sen. John McCain said he is still looking for answers to what he called “a massive cover-up” in the aftermath of Benghazi.
A testy exchange erupted on Thursday between Sen. John McCain and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey during testimony about deadly attack.
“What difference does it make?” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shouted in anger on Wednesday in response to persistent questioning by a conservative Republican senator.