Wednesday’s testimony on the Benghazi terror attacks by State Department whistleblowers before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform contradicted several statements by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in testimony before House and Senate committees in January. However, while
Writing at American Thinker, Ed Lasky points to Obama National Security Team member Ben Rhodes as the man possibly behind the Benghazi cover-up. Lasky notes that when the Benghazi attacks took place, “CIA career officials clearly and repeatedly identified Al
On Tuesday night, the eve of the House hearing on Benghazi, the liberal Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies honored UN Ambassador, Susan Rice with a “Great American” award. On Wednesday night, it was former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) on Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe: “I think the State Department has real trouble… Having sat on the Intelligence Committee and having seen the review of emails that went back and forth that developed the list,
On May 8, Liberty Counsel Action delivered to Congress a petition signed by 102,453 American citizens, calling on lawmakers to launch a bipartisan investigation of the Benghazi terrorist attack on the U.S. Mission in Libya on Sept. 11, 2012 that
Speaker of the House John Boehner called on President Obama on Thursday to release unclassified emails sent between State Department officials describing the attacks in Benghazi as terrorist attacks. He went on to ask that the administration reject the talking
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) had very critical words for former Secretary of State (and potential 2016 presidential rival) Hillary Clinton this morning on “Fox and Friends.” What I think is sad is how many people that are around the
According to testimony offered at Wednesday’s hearing regarding the Benghazi terrorist attack, the State Department’s Accountability Review Board (ARB) was negligent in its failure to deal with the lack of communication between the State Department’s upper levels. In addition, ARB
Three State Department whistleblowers told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday that bureaucratic wrangling led to the tragedy in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11, 2012 that left four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, dead. The whistleblowers included Gregory
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice was honored Tuesday night with the 2013 Louis E. Martin Great American Award. The annual award, presented by The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, is given to “an exemplar of change, progress
Gabriel Gomez, the Republican nominee in the June 25th Massachusetts special Senate election, told Boston radio talk show host Howie Carr on Wednesday that he will “absolutely” call on the State Department to release the State Department Rules of Engagement for
Today Dave Weigel focused on a question that ought to be getting more attention than it has. Where did we get the idea that there was a protest in Benghazi? To answer that question we have to parse the talking
In response to Here’s How the LATimes Covered Today’s Explosive Benghazi Hearings: As we watch the Left furiously attempt to wish Gregory Hicks away into the cornfield, we can easily appreciate why Obama’s campaign operation – the only truly functional
Gregory Hicks, former deputy chief of mission in Libya, testified that U.S. special forces were told to “stand down” instead of carry out a relief mission to Benghazi once the terror attack was under way. Hicks said the special forces
Apparently the two big revelations today were Partisan Politics As Usual and Apricot Salsa. Allah discusses this here, but even more interesting is his synthesis of two different stories: Left-wingers freaking out that the LATimes might become non-, um, neutral,
On Wednesday, the Associated Press mischaracterized the Benghazi hearings as merely a Republican event, even though it is an official House committee investigation. In the headline of its report, the Associated Press downplayed the official hearings of the House Oversight
Congressman Jason Chaffetz openly cries while discussing the four Americans who were murdered during the Benghazi terrorist attacks
Two weeks after the attacks on the US Embassy in Benghazi, President Barack Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly: “And on this we must agree: there is no speech that justifies mindless violence. There are no words that excuse
Gregory Hicks was the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) of the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli during the September 11, 2012 assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. On Wednesday, he told the House Government Oversight Committee that the State
Just days after the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, President Obama appeared on tLate Show with David Letterman and continued to cite an anti-Muslim Internet video as cause for the unrest.
During today’s hearings, Democrats have suggested that cuts to the State Department’s budget may have played a role in the lack of security in Benghazi. This claim was addressed during the previous hearings which took place on Oct. 10, 2012.
Former U.N. Ambassador Tom Pickering and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen refused an invitation to testify at the Benghazi hearings on Wednesday about their Accountability Review Board (ARB) report on the attack. The panel
Fresh off his sister’s humiliating defeat at the hands of Mark Sanford in a South Carolina Congressional special election yesterday, Stephen Colbert came out swinging … against Republicans who dare to question the Obama administration’s story on Benghazi. This warrior
After the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton blamed a YouTube video for the attack. However, No. 2 US Envoy to Libya Greg Hicks revealed his phone calls with Clinton
Gregory Hicks, deputy chief of mission for the United States in Libya, and the top US official in Libya after the September 11, 2012 Benghazi terrorist attacks, testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today – and he
1. Two “stand-down” orders were given while the Benghazi attacks were in progress. 2. The “protest” about a YouTube video was a complete fabrication by the Obama administration. 3. Cheryl Mills, Clinton’s lawyer at the State Department, told witnesses not
1. Two “stand-down” orders were given while the Benghazi attacks were in progress. 2. The “protest” about a YouTube video was a complete fabrication by the Obama administration. 3. Cheryl Mills, Clinton’s lawyer at the State Department, told witnesses not to
Mr. Gregory Hicks testifying to The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing confirms the was told not to talk to Congressman Jason Chaffetz who was investigating the Benghazi attack
Representative Chaffetz read an email between Mark Thompson, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism, and a State Department official in which Thompson tells the officials that a plane with reinforcements and rescue teams was four hours away and could immediately
Gregory Hicks told the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday that Susan Rice contradicting the Libyan President on the nature of the Benghazi attack caused the Libyan government to slow down the process for which the FBI could come in and
Mr. Mark Thompson, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism, told the House Oversight Committee that he was told not to lead a “FEST” team for a rescue mission in Benghazi the night of the attack. Thomspon is immensely qualified, via
The Washington Post has a live blog set up to cover the Benghazi hearings. Moments ago they posted an update titled “Who’s tweeting about Benghazi? Rich, middle-aged men and Chick-fil-A lovers”: Thanks to Demographics Pro, a Twitter analysis firm, we
Greg Hicks just testified that because the US (Susan Rice on her talking point tour) was claiming that a video was responsible for protests (ATTACKS) on our consulate in Benghazi, the crime scene was unsecured for EIGHTEEN DAYS. Furthermore, getting
On Wednesday morning, Politico reported — on the heels of a glowing Washington Post profile of CBS News journalist Sheryl Attkisson, who has covered the Benghazi attacks of September 11, 2012 in detail – that CBS News is unhappy with
Mike Huckabee: “I believe that before it’s all over, this president will not fill out his full term. I know that puts me on a limb,” Huckabee claimed. “But this is not minor. It wasn’t minor when Richard Nixon lied
This live-blog will be updated throughout the hearings and during the coverage afterwards. Newest posts are at the top. (All times are Eastern and dated May 8, 2013 — unless otherwise noted)… Breitbart News is live-blogging the major events in
Breitbart News will provide live updates and analysis of today’s hearings before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the Benghazi terror attack of September 11, 2012. Todays testimony will feature whistleblowers who are expected to provide information supporting
As the Benghazi hearings begin anew on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, it is worth remembering that Dave Weigel of Slate.com, the former Journolist member who delights in attempting to debunk conservative narratives, declared in December that Republican suspicions of a
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee say there will be “explosive” revelations that will come forth during the Committee’s hearing on Wednesday when three State Department witnesses reveal what they knew the night the U.S. consulate and CIA annex in
