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HillareeeHillaraah

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3. I found this comment in Snopes
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 07:26 PM
Apr 2016
That said, the situation Hillary Clinton encountered at the base was most likely far less sanitized than what she was used to as First Lady. The Secret Service probably did stress the sniper threat (since it's their job) and probably did brief her to act accordingly. As a result, she was probably under the impression that her surroundings were quite a bit riskier than actual, because as far as she knew, they were. Not necessarily a confabulation, but perhaps a mistaken impression based on a difference in the degree of protection available to her in a warzone versus, say, everywhere else the First Lady goes. I don't think Clinton's intent was to gain street cred, but rather, to give an example of when her role as First Ladt involved more than what is typically expected.


I do know that the next day she corrected "under sniper fire" to "under threat of sniper fire". And said she mispoke.

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The military flying her did give her the warning, but the reception group didn't know that Rose Siding Apr 2016 #1
Thanks. That sure fits the pattern of other smears. nt LAS14 Apr 2016 #2
I found this comment in Snopes HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #3
Thanks! But it's depressing to see... LAS14 Apr 2016 #4
Nothing wrong in asking even the hard questions... HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #6
I cross posted your response in the GDP thread. LAS14 Apr 2016 #5
Makes perfect sense.....how hard was it to google snopes for some...oh well.... AuntPatsy Apr 2016 #7
It's always something stupid like this... shadowandblossom Apr 2016 #8
I know what you mean HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #10
no matter how petty shadowandblossom Apr 2016 #12
A teenager DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #20
My husband worked with her at Wellesley... LAS14 Apr 2016 #11
We're still waiting to hear that Bernie "misspoke" BlueMTexpat Apr 2016 #15
She does. Like a grown up does! HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #17
Thanks for psoting this SharonClark Apr 2016 #16
Cool, good to get it out there HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #9
In her book Buzz cook Apr 2016 #13
When you say "later.." LAS14 Apr 2016 #14
No not revisions in the book Buzz cook Apr 2016 #19
So pretty much, JSup Apr 2016 #18
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