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Obama: 'Susan Rice Is Extraordinary. Couldn't Be Prouder of the Job She's Done.'

President Barack Obama singled out the American ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, for praise at a cabinet meeting today.
"Susan Rice is extraordinary," said Obama. "Couldn't be prouder of the job she's done."

White House defends Rice

White House press secretary Jay Carney said on Tuesday that the Republican focus on investigating U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice was "misplaced."
Rice traveled to Capitol Hill Tuesday to meet with three Republican lawmakers who have been hammering her about comments she made on several Sunday shows the week after the September 11th attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice met Tuesday with GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill on the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya.

WASHINGTON--After meeting with U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice on Tuesday, three GOP lawmakers said their concerns have only grown about misleading statements Rice made concerning the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya that left Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans dead.
Rice's meeting with Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte on Capitol Hill came as the White House signaled it may nominate Rice to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of State.

Head of AFRICOM Fired for Wanting to Assist Personnel in Benghazi

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced on Sunday that General Carter Ham Commander of GOC Africa Command (Africom), headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. (U.S. Africa Command is one of six unified geographic commands within the Department of Defense unified command structure.) for refusing to obey orders not to assist the US personnel in Benghazi on the night of September 11. Army General David Rodriguez has been appointed by President Obama to become replace him. 


Petraeus Affair: 'There's No Dark Plot Here,' Jill Kelley's Friend Says

A man who says he's a "very close friend" of Jill Kelley, the woman at the center of the scandal that brought down CIA chief David Petraeus, told ABC News that Kelley's portrayal in the media is inaccurate, as are any insinuations that she hoped to profit financially from her close connection to America's spymaster. 

Intel officials unable to say who changed CIA talking points on Libya, lawmaker says

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/16/petraeus-to-testify-knew-libya-was-terrorism-from-start-source-says/#ixzz2CS95FGXH

Petraeus retains Robert Barnett, lawyer to political elite

Former CIA Director General David Petraeus has hired a top Washington lawyer to help him navigate the fallout from a career-ending affair, Reuters has confirmed.

House Intel Chair: 'Appointees from Administration' Changed Rice's Talking Points

Who changed the CIA talking points to minimize the fact that terrorists were behind the attack on the U.S. outposts in Benghazi?
Intel officials unable to say who changed CIA talking points on Libya, lawmaker says

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/16/petraeus-to-testify-knew-libya-was-terrorism-from-start-source-says/#ixzz2CS95FGXH
Intel officials unable to say who changed CIA talking points on Libya, lawmaker says

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/16/petraeus-to-testify-knew-libya-was-terrorism-from-start-source-says/#ixzz2CS95FGXH

King: Petraeus Said CIA's Talking Points Were Edited to Play Down Terrorism 

Representative Peter King stated that former CIA Director David Petraeus stated that he knew the Benghazi attack was terrorism and that the talking points given to Ambassador Susan Rice were different from the ones prepared by the CIA. Petraeus stated Rice's talking points were edited to demphasized the possibility of terrorism. 

Petraeus 'Knew Almost Immediately' Al Qaeda-Linked Group Responsible for Benghazi

David Petraeus is going to tell members of Congress that he "knew almost immediately after the September 11th attack, that the group Ansar al Sharia, the al Qaeda sympathizing group in Libya was responsible for the attacks," 

Petraeus to testify behind closed doors on Benghazi Friday

Gen. David Petraeus will testify before a House Committee on the Libya embassy attack Friday morning, despite the ongoing FBI investigation into an extramarital affair that led to his resignation as director of the CIA. The hearing to be held by the House Intelligence Committee is closed to the public and the media.

Clinton to testify on Libya attack

WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has agreed to appear before Congress to answer questions about the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Clinton will testify after an independent Accountability Review Board presents its findings. Republican Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said she expects the report's completion in December and that Clinton will appear at that time.

Petraeus mistress had substantial classified data on computer

(Reuters) - A computer used by Paula Broadwell, the woman whose affair with CIA Director David Petraeus led to his resignation, contained substantial classified information that should have been stored under more secure conditions, law enforcement and national security officials said on Wednesday. 

Newest Benghazi Scapegoat: CIA’s David Petraeus


There’s an unexpected casualty of the September assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya: the reputation of David Petraeus, the celebrated Army general turned CIA director. For among the first times in his career, a bureaucratic effort to throw Petraeus under the bus is showing through in the press.

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