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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (145939)	10/16/2012 9:22:13 AM
From: TideGlider	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224858

Red Herring Kenneth. That was also a bipartisan vote. The State Department still had plenty of money. The first terrible decision was House Republicans cutting funding for embassy security by over $300 million

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (145939)	10/16/2012 9:34:25 AM
From: tonto	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224858

The State Department reportedly has $2.2 billion...it has the money to spend. What are you talking about. Why does it need more? Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) says the State Department is sitting on $2.2 billion that should be spent on upgrading security at U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide, but the Obama administration will not spend the funds. Issa made his comment during an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation" to discuss the recent attack in Benghazi, Libya, that left U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans dead. Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, held a highly partisan hearing on the incident last week. ( PHOTOS: 10 slams on Obama and Benghazi) Issa claims the State Department will not spend the already approved funds because they didn't want to the appearance of needing increased security. "The fact is, they [the State Department.] are making the decision not to put the security in because they don't want the presence of security," Issa said. "That is not how you do security." With Republicans turning the Libya into a political issue, Democrats have countered that House GOP leaders actually sought to cut funding for embassy security, which Issa tried to refute. "You can't always look to [new] money when there's money sitting there," Issa said.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (145939)	10/16/2012 10:06:28 AM
From: lorne	Respond to of 224858

No apology for Libya mistakes Ambassador Rice silent on condolences to mourning families by Stewart Stogel Tuesday, October 16, 2012 wnd.com NEW YORK – United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice has refused to issue an apology to the families of U.S. diplomats killed in the Benghazi, Libya, attack on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York and Washington. The refusal comes amidst a growing controversy that Rice gave fictitious accounts about the Libyan attack to several television networks more than five days after they occurred. It was Rice who was appointed the Obama administration’s “point person” to brief the U.S. public during countless interviews on Sunday morning TV talk shows. The U.S. diplomat repeatedly explained that the best information available at the time pointed to a “spontaneous” demonstration at the Benghazi consulate which was hijacked by elements sympathetic to al-Qaida. The demonstrations, Rice explained, were a response to a video on YouTube that painted the prophet Mohammad in a “demeaning” tone. That explanation has since proven to have been false in subsequent testimony by State Department intelligence officials to the House Select Committee on Intelligence. Rice has remained silent on just who provided her with the “talking points” she referred to during her Sunday morning interviews. While Rice has confirmed that she received intelligence briefings, the State Department insists it did not come from them, even though Secretary of State Hillary Clinton repeated many of Rice’s initial assessments. Diplomatic sources speculate that the source of Rice’s talking points came from inside the White House itself. In a statement. Rice spokesperson Erin Pelton emailed: “At every turn, Ambassador Rice provided and said she was providing the best information and the best assessment the administration had at the time.” When asked why an apology for the misinformation, which was so widely disseminated, was not offered to the families of the dead diplomats and the American public, Pelton went silent. Rice, personally contacted through emails, twice, refused any comment or apology. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland also opted to remain silent. White House press secretary Jay Carney refused comment. In subsequent background briefings, State Department intelligence officials insist they never told Rice spontaneous demonstrations spurred the Libyan attack. In fact, State Department officials told the House Intelligence committee that the Libyan operation was well planned and executed by local elements sympathetic to al-Qaida. U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and a member of the Select Committee on Intelligence, told reporters Rice should offer her resignation. Speaking on CNN, King explained: “I believe that this was such a failure of foreign policy, such a misstatement of facts as was known at the time, to me, someone (Rice) must pay the price.” Rice, who is said to be on short list to succeed Hillary Clinton in a possible second Obama administration, is said by Capitol Hill sources to be in serious trouble if her name should come up for Senate confirmation.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (145939)	10/16/2012 10:15:21 AM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224858

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