“There’s a lot of interest in trying to score points against you tonight”, Schiff told Clinton. It was more of an embarrassment for Republicans and made Clinton look more presidential.
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Chairman U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., conceded to Politico that the hearing produced no new information from Clinton.
In a posting on Facebook Thursday night, Franchot wrote that he was “disgusted by the spectacle that has unfolded on Capitol Hill” as Republican House members interrogated Clinton in an 11-hour marathon that yielded little new information about the 2012 attack that killed four Americans in Libya. “I thought it was a constructive interaction”.
Rep. Peter Roskam accused Clinton of being self-serving in her Libyan policy, citing emails between the former secretary of state and her staff. “You were thinking about credit for you, isn’t that right?”
Noah showed a clip of Bay’s film 13 Hours, which purports to show the “secret soldiers” in action during the fatal September 2012 consulate attack that spawned the investigation, which turned into several investigations. How, you might ask, did she get through it?
The crowd of Democratic women roared at Clinton’s one-liners and red meat throughout her speech.
Roby said it wasn’t amusing.
For 11 hours they peppered Clinton.
“They forget Secretary Clinton has been dealing with hostile committees longer than majority have been in politics at any level”, Texas-based Republican strategist Joe Brettell said.
“I’m not aware that we have given that figure”, Toner said. She added that the host country is responsible for protecting foreign diplomats.
Appearing before the Special Committee on Benghazi the former US Secretary of State repeated that she took ultimate responsibility for the tragedy.
The true meltdown came when Gowdy and Cummings started arguing about releasing the full transcript of the correspondence between Sidney Blumenthal and Clinton. “It was your baby”. The worst thing she acknowledged was that Ambassador Chris Stevens didn’t go outside the chain of command to email her directly about what was happening in Libya.
“It was two months before the end of Gadhafi, and you’re already planning how to dramatize the moment for political gain”, Roskam said.
” ‘Yes. Yes. Yoga always helps, ‘ she said before departing”. So the president deserves the historic credit.
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Clinton was, of course, being questioned by the House Select Committee on Benghazi.
