On Sept. 16, 2012, then UN Ambassador Susan Rice appeared on five Sunday talk shows to tell Americans the attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi was a spontaneous event, triggered by an anti-Muslim video. Ambassador Chris Stevens, Glen Dougherty, Sean Smith and Tyrone Woods were killed in the attack on Sept. 11, 2012.
Susan Rice (DailyCaller.com photo)
“As you look back at your involvement in all of that, do you have any regrets?” asked David Gregory during her appearance on Meet the Press Feb. 23, 2014.
“No,” she answered before repeating the administration talking points that she shared “the best information that we had at the time.”
Her “no regrets” response touched a nerve with Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) during his Feb. 24, 2014 appearance on Greta Van Susteren’s On the Record show. He described Rice as “stunningly arrogant. “ He went on to shame her for having no regrets about lying to her fellow citizens; no regrets that after 18 months no one has been brought to justice; and no regrets that she mislead the families of those killed.
Gowdy, who has been a steady voice in keeping the Benghazi cover-up alive, assailed Rice for not having the “intellectual curiosity” to challenge the talking points. “Did she call Hillary Clinton? Did she call Gregory Hicks?” he asked.
Rice is yet another example of the lack of integrity represented in so many of our elected and appointed positions in Washington. (See my post, What price integrity, Feb. 14, 2014)
