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Monday, December 10, 2012
Friday, December 7, 2012
No Unanswered Questions
During a recent White House press briefing, Jay Carney uttered words he may soon regret
when responding to a question on the continued criticism of Ambassador
Rice’s September 16th Sunday talk show circuit.
Mr. Carney stated “there are no unanswered questions regarding Ambassador Rice’s appearance on Sunday Shows and the talking points she used”. However, it seems Senators McCain, Graham and Ayotte disagree.
According to Brietbart news, the Senators released the following statement after their closed door meeting with Ambassador Rice:
We respectfully disagree with the White House’s statement that ‘there are no unanswered questions’ about Ambassador Rice’s September 16 Sunday show appearances and the talking points she used.
Around 10:00 am this morning in a meeting requested by Ambassador Rice, accompanied by acting CIA Director Mike Morell, we asked Mr. Morell who changed the unclassified talking points to remove references to Al Qaeda. In response, Mr. Morell said the FBI removed the references and did so to prevent compromising an ongoing criminal investigation. We were surprised by this revelation and the reasoning behind it.
However, at approximately 4:00 this afternoon, CIA officials contacted us and indicated that Acting Director Morell misspoke in our earlier meeting. The CIA now says that it deleted the Al Qaeda references, not the FBI. They were unable to give a reason as to why.
We are disturbed by the Administration’s continued inability to answer even the most basic questions about the Benghazi attack and the Administration’s response.
Beyond Ambassador Rice’s misstatements, we continue to have questions about what happened in Benghazi before, during, and after the attack on our consulate – as well as the President’s statements regarding the attack.
Perhaps most important, we also need to understand why the U.S. military was unable to respond within seven hours to save American lives in Benghazi and why our consulate was left so unsecured despite a series of previous attacks.
In more than a dozen letters, we and other Senators have repeatedly requested that the Administration provide answers to our questions. Yet, today most of them remain unanswered. We eagerly await their response.
During the same press briefing Mr. Carney went on to say “the questions that remain to be answered, and that the President insists be answered have to do with what happened in Benghazi, who was responsible for the deaths of 4 Americans, including our Ambassador. And what steps we need to take to ensure something like that does not happen again”.
Well Mr. Carney, it seems on this point we agree. Let’s hope Senators McCain, Graham and Ayotte give President Obama the opportunity to answer those questions he insists be answered. Let’s hope the Senators take the President seriously and ‘go after him.’ After all the President did say during his November 11th presser he is “happy to have that {Benghazi} discussion with them”.
Mr. President, we’re waiting.
Mr. Carney stated “there are no unanswered questions regarding Ambassador Rice’s appearance on Sunday Shows and the talking points she used”. However, it seems Senators McCain, Graham and Ayotte disagree.
According to Brietbart news, the Senators released the following statement after their closed door meeting with Ambassador Rice:
We respectfully disagree with the White House’s statement that ‘there are no unanswered questions’ about Ambassador Rice’s September 16 Sunday show appearances and the talking points she used.
Around 10:00 am this morning in a meeting requested by Ambassador Rice, accompanied by acting CIA Director Mike Morell, we asked Mr. Morell who changed the unclassified talking points to remove references to Al Qaeda. In response, Mr. Morell said the FBI removed the references and did so to prevent compromising an ongoing criminal investigation. We were surprised by this revelation and the reasoning behind it.
However, at approximately 4:00 this afternoon, CIA officials contacted us and indicated that Acting Director Morell misspoke in our earlier meeting. The CIA now says that it deleted the Al Qaeda references, not the FBI. They were unable to give a reason as to why.
We are disturbed by the Administration’s continued inability to answer even the most basic questions about the Benghazi attack and the Administration’s response.
Beyond Ambassador Rice’s misstatements, we continue to have questions about what happened in Benghazi before, during, and after the attack on our consulate – as well as the President’s statements regarding the attack.
Perhaps most important, we also need to understand why the U.S. military was unable to respond within seven hours to save American lives in Benghazi and why our consulate was left so unsecured despite a series of previous attacks.
In more than a dozen letters, we and other Senators have repeatedly requested that the Administration provide answers to our questions. Yet, today most of them remain unanswered. We eagerly await their response.
During the same press briefing Mr. Carney went on to say “the questions that remain to be answered, and that the President insists be answered have to do with what happened in Benghazi, who was responsible for the deaths of 4 Americans, including our Ambassador. And what steps we need to take to ensure something like that does not happen again”.
Well Mr. Carney, it seems on this point we agree. Let’s hope Senators McCain, Graham and Ayotte give President Obama the opportunity to answer those questions he insists be answered. Let’s hope the Senators take the President seriously and ‘go after him.’ After all the President did say during his November 11th presser he is “happy to have that {Benghazi} discussion with them”.
Mr. President, we’re waiting.
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