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Roland99

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Thu May 16, 2013, 06:30 PM May 2013

The Weekly Slandard won't give up re: Benghazi

Benghazi Emails Directly Contradict White House Claims
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/newly-released-benghazi-emails-directly-contradict-white-house-claims_724603.html

The documents, first reported by THE WEEKLY STANDARD in articles here and here, directly contradict claims by White House press secretary Jay Carney and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the revisions of those talking points were driven by the intelligence community and show heavy input from top Obama administration officials, particularly those at the State Department.

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As striking as what appears in the email traffic is what does not. There is no mention of the YouTube video that would become a central part of the administration’s explanation of the attacks to the American people until a brief mention in the subject line of emails coming out of an important meeting where further revisions were made.

Carney, in particular, is likely to face tough questioning about the contents of the emails because he made claims to reporters that were untrue. “The White House and the State Department have made clear that the single adjustment that was made to those talking points by either of those two – of these two institutions were changing the word ‘consulate’ to ‘diplomatic facility,’ because the word ‘consulate’ was inaccurate,” he told reporters on November 28, 2012.

That’s not true. An email sent at 9:15 PM on September 14, from an official in the CIA’s Office of Public Affairs to others at the agency, described the process this way. “The State Department had major reservations with much or most of the document. We revised the document with their concerns in mind.


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The Weekly Slandard won't give up re: Benghazi (Original Post) Roland99 May 2013 OP
So, the GOP wants to impeach Obama over some, apparently, poorly chosen paragraphs? TheGunslinger May 2013 #1

TheGunslinger

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1. So, the GOP wants to impeach Obama over some, apparently, poorly chosen paragraphs?
Fri May 17, 2013, 04:25 AM
May 2013

good gawd they are worthless sacks of shits!

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