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Clinton: 'I take responsibility' for Benghazi
From Elise Labott, reporting from Lima, Peru
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the bucks stops with her when it comes to who is blame for a deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi.
"I take responsibility" for what happened on September 11, Clinton said in an interview with CNN's Elise Labott soon after arriving in Lima, Peru for a visit. The interview, one of a series given to U.S. television networks Monday night, were the first she has given about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
Clinton insisted President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are not involved in security decisions, Clinton said.
"I want to avoid some kind of political gotcha," she added, noting that it is close to the election.
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/15/clinton-i-take-responsibility-for-benghazi/
Atman
(31,464 posts)Thanks...not.
Bucky
(53,928 posts)Please tell me, at least, that she was acting under some kind of duress.
doublethink
(6,818 posts)a surrogate? Who were they interviewing? A talking head? I see nothing on this on CNN's website, domestically or internationally.
dkf
(37,305 posts)This was on Erin Burnett's show.
doublethink
(6,818 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,262 posts)doublethink
(6,818 posts)DrewFlorida
(1,096 posts)Way To Go Hilary, my hat is off to you. You have been a huge asset to your party and our cause, you have put the liberal cause ahead of your own political hopes, and you have earned my respect and my vote in 2016.
I never would have said that four years ago.
banned from Kos
(4,017 posts)I love her candor and service.
dkf
(37,305 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)arely staircase
(12,482 posts)JI7
(89,237 posts)malaise
(268,635 posts)and embassies?
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)eom
pscot
(21,024 posts)arely staircase
(12,482 posts)or ageist, but do you think a woman her age is really capable of that?
underpants
(182,576 posts)She really could have sunk Obama on this but I knew that she wouldn't
underpants
(182,576 posts)bye bye