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The Benghazi Betrayal — Panetta Had Time for Rescue but “Stood Down” Instead

David Leeper — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:00:39 +0000

The Benghazi Four were betrayed. They called for help on September 11 but were left to die instead. Since then, Obama’s craven political appointees have tried to cover their backsides, and his, by lying about the time and resources needed to respond.

In the 3-minute May 11 clip below, former Navy Seal Christopher Mark Heben and Col. David Hunt (Ret.) explain how Alert-30 and Alert-60 forces could have been on-site in Benghazi within about 3 hours. Those forces ...

Barack Obama: Lame Duck Walking

John Walker — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:00:26 +0000

It’s Already Over for the Obama Administration

Second term presidents usually get almost two years to pursue their agendas before the midterm elections and the next presidential election cycle slams the door.

For President Obama, the second term timetable has been cut short. Next week marks only four months since Obama took the oath of office to begin his second term and it is already over. He’s a lame duck walking way before his time.

This is no idle prediction. The administration is ...

Obama as Nixon? Remember Bill Clinton’s IRS Filegate

Mike DeVine — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:13 +0000

Woodwards and Bernsteins only go after Republicans; the Democratic Party has no Howard Bakers nor Joe Liebermans profiling courage; and the road to Hell paved by LBJ, Slick Willie and Barack Obama’s bad intentions would drown even a Watergate.

It wasn’t “just about sex” nor “Nixon’s War”.

In the wake of the documented cover up of Benghazi security lapses and admissions of politically targeted IRS inquiries by the Obama Administration, would it be too much to ask that the moral lapses ...

President Obama Still Can’t Keep the Facts Straight on Benghazi

Speaker John Boehner — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:15:02 +0000

One would think that after it was reported the administration purposefully misled the public about what happened in Benghazi, President Obama would have his facts straight by now. Not even close. Questioned at an abbreviated press conference today about his administration’s public explanation of last year’s terrorist attack in Libya, the president offered a response that doesn’t jibe with the facts. Rather than getting some candor from the president today, the American people heard only a number of baseless ...

Obama’s Second Term Scandals: The IRS, Benghazi, and Even Syria

John Walker — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:45:50 +0000

David Brooks, the in-house “conservative” at the New York Times, nailed it on a Sunday talk show when he said it’s a hyper political view of everything that’s the real scandal of the Obama administration.

“Second terms are generally hit with scandals,” Brooke said on Meet the Press. “In the Obama administration, you’re not going to have a monetary scandal. These people are not financially corrupt. You’re not going to have a sexual scandal. But they are very political.”

Brooks said that ...

Are Republicans even asking the right questions on Benghazi?

Press Release — Sat, 11 May 2013 22:30:47 +0000

Whistleblower News

The Republicans aren’t going to get to the bottom of Benghazi. They are not asking the right questions and have a restricted purview. What’s needed is a Church-like Committee Hearing that was established after Watergate. We are dealing with a hybrid State/CIA diplomatic-intelligence agency that has no oversight or accountability. Notice how no one has asked what Ambassador Christopher Stevens meeting was about with Turkish Consul General Ali Sait Akin? They are missing the elephant in the room.

Also, Benghazi is much ...

Benghazi Memes

Press Release — Sat, 11 May 2013 21:00:31 +0000

From the Conservative Campaign Committee:

For months the Obama administration, with significant backing from the liberal media, have attempted to hide the truth about what happened. To cover their failures in combating terrorism, they told lies saying it was not a preplanned terrorist attack, even when they knew that to be an absolute falsehood.

Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and countless members of the Obama administration have lied, concealed and attempted to cover up not only the truth but their failures. As has ...

Do the Voters Care About Benghazi?

John Walker — Sat, 11 May 2013 16:15:28 +0000

Except in wartime, voters usually pay little attention to foreign policy issues at election time. Benghazi may be an exception.

The issues are falling into place for the 2014-midterm elections. The economy and job creation still top the list of major voter concerns, a predictable preference given the still-staggering economy.

Nevertheless, the news is filled with foreign policy events, including the use of chemical weapons in Syria, the Israeli bombing of Damascus, and the question of foreign terrorist links ...

Reports Confirm “Scrubbing” of Benghazi Talking Points as Boehner Demands White House Release E-Mails

Speaker John Boehner — Sat, 11 May 2013 14:45:47 +0000

In the aftermath of the Benghazi terrorist attack that killed four Americans, President Obama and members of his administration repeatedly peddled a false narrative of the attack they claim was based entirely on talking points produced by the intelligence community. But as ABC News reports today, the talking points used by President Obama and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice following the attack were, in fact, “scrubbed” by the White House and State Department numerous times to remove any reference ...

Was Clinton Part of a Benghazi Coverup?

Christopher Cook — Sat, 11 May 2013 11:30:01 +0000