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Very well, is that people agree on talking points. what should the officials say on major issues. had any other senior administration official been out that day, five days after benghazi, they would have more than likely said what ambassador rice did. i never thought it was fair to say that she should have sole responsibility of that. she did not have line of authority for security for our consulate in benghazi. that wasnt her job as ambassador. i thought giving her the outs, as i just said, and...

Susan rer susan reiss has withdrawn her name as the next secretary of state. it comes after weeks long witch hunt from top republicans over statements rice made following the attacks in benghazi, libya. it shows after the tragedy saying the attacks began as protests. that were then hijacked by extremists. thats what the cia believed and told her in a briefing given to her that very day. yet, john mccain and others launched a campaign to smear her and block her for moving to the state department....

And still take a shot before they can finish praising them. senator lindsey, i respect ambassador rices decision. senator . >> next sentence, i will continue to seek all the facts about benghazi. other agencies are stone walling on libya. senator ayott, going beyond any one individual. they cant even be mag nam mouse in the face of such states woman ship that was demonstrated by this ambassador, susan rice, today, governor, omaley? >> yes, its hard for them. the republican party has twisted itse...

Can tie up a senate confirmation process that allows any one or two or small kabol of senators to bring the public to a screeching halt. >> now, is it not usually understood that foreign policy should be more bipartisan? and that some of these things when were dealing with issues like this should be above the policy party bickering, governor. >> thats what you would hope. all of us would like to know what happened in benghazi. but this is a very dangerous world. and, in this case, this incident ...

A nort korea fleet. dealing with the arab nations. these are the issues that the next secretary of state has to deal with, along with president obama, working for president obama, obviously. and thats really where our focus should be. and its been just a tragedy that weve now spent three months focused on these questions about benghazi where there was an official commission, an accountability review board designated by secretary clinton to be the official -- to ask the questions in an official w...