mainstream journalists. but now here comes david kirkpatrick in a stunning, multipart piece, absolutely taking a sledgehammer to the central cornerstone that the entire benghazi cathedral of scandal is built on. months of investigation, you write, by the new york times centered on extensive interviews with libyans in benghazi, who had direct knowledge of the attack there, and its context, turned up no evidence that al qaeda or other international terrorist groups had any role in the assault. the attack was led, instead, by fighters who had benefited directly from nato s extensive air power and logistic support during the uprising against colonel gadhafi. and contrary to claims by some members of congress, it was fueled in large part by anger at an american-made video, denigrating islam. so the al qaeda connection and the video, two key points. how do you know it wasn t al qaeda?
we were misled, that there were supposedly protests and something sprang out of that, an assault sprang out of that. and that was ascertained that that was not the fact. and the american people could have known that within days. and they didn t know that. with all due respect, the fact is, we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they would go kill some americans? what difference, at this point, does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. that was then secretary of state hillary clinton testifying before the senate foreign relations committee about the september 11th, 2012 attacks on u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi, libya, that killed four americans. that exchange centered on the motivation of the attackers. now, the year 2013 saw multiple congressional hearings on benghazi and an entire cottage industry of conspira
a concussion? but i have obtained 12 different versions of those talking points that shows is that they were dramatically edited by the administration. he started walking towards me. and as he was coming closer as i got closer, i just hit him with the butt of the rifle in the face. and? he went down, yeah. he dropped? yeah, like a stone. and each of these, unless you re a full-time expert covering this day in and day out, have to be debunked, which they were, leading to kbaur embarrassing moments for mainstream journalists. but now here comes david kirkpatrick in a stunning, multi-part piece, absolutely taking a sledgehammer to the central cornerstone that the entire benghazi cathedral of scandal is built on. months of investigation, you write, by the new york times centered on extensive interviews with libyans in benghazi, who had direct knowledge of the attack there, and its context, turned up no evidence that al
department. people that report directly to hillary clinton. c-110 had the ability to be there, in my opinion, in four to six hours, from their european theater, to react. they would have been there before the second attack? they would have been there before the second attack. doug ross maintains that valerie jarrett gave the orders to stand down in benghazi. i would like to know, did she pass out and hit her head? was she pushed? how did she hit her head and get a concussion? but i have obtained 12 different versions of those talking points that shows that they were dramatically edited by the administration. he started walking towards me. and as he was coming closer as i got closer, i just hit him with the butt of the rifle in the face. and? he went down, yeah. he dropped? yeah, like a stone. and each of these, unless you re a full-time expert covering this day in and day out, have to be debunked, which they were, leading to embarrassing moments for
true. the benghazi scandal industry has ruined people s lives. it has wasted untold government resources and attention. it has led news agencies to chase themselves. it has fed all kinds of ridiculous posturing and hysteria. it has led to confusion about the actual problems and solutions thereto. and now, finally, as we begin the new year of 2014, now, finally, it is time to say good-bye, r.i.p. benghazi scandal. there is nothing left. yeah. try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i m feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief! would you like apple or cherry? cherry. oil.or cream? definitely cream. [ male announcer ] never made with hydrogenated oil. oh, yeah. [ male announcer ] always made with real cream. the sound of reddi wip is the sound of joy.