When you think of all of the unanswered questions about Hillary Clinton’s past, it’s mind-boggling to muse what you would ask her if you had the opportunity, as improbable as one could imagine such an occasion.
Forget the unanswered questions of her years as first lady, including the missing Rose law firm papers, the travel office firings, the cattle futures, and the mysterious death of Vince Foster. And don’t bother inquiring about her decision to stand by her man with all of his dalliances, because that’s clear now.
This is how I imagine Hillary Clinton when being questioned. (allenwestrepublic.com)
You might be interested in getting answers to these questions, but they’re meaningless to younger voters who were just infants when the Clinton’s soiled the White House. And forget die hard Democrats. They don’t care.
I believe Independents and women (including some Republicans), who want to see a woman become president, are still persuadable.
My first question concerns the attack on our consulate in Benghazi.
Madam Secretary, please excuse the lengthy lead-in to this question. It is important that the American public understand the basis for it.
In the five months leading up to the Benghazi attack, there were three incidents, including the use of two explosive devices against our compound (April 6 and June 6); UK assets were attacked on three occasions (April 2, June 8 and June 11) leading to the closing of their mission on June 12; offices of the International Red Cross were the target of RPG attacks (May 22, June 12 and Aug. 5) leading to withdrawal. In addition, there were 10 other terror attacks against assets of other countries. And on May 28, three and one half months before the terrorists hit our consulate, killing our ambassador and three courageous Americans, the Omar Abdurrahman group issued a threat against the U.S.
In the House findings, published on April 23, 2013, the report stated, “Senior State Department officials knew that the threat environment in Benghazi was high and the Benghazi compound was vulnerable and unable to withstand an attack, yet the Department continued to systematically withdraw security personnel.”
Further, it states that on April 19, 2012 a State Department response bearing your signature acknowledged a March 28, request for additional security for additional security assets, but instead articulated a plan to scale back security assets.
Not satisfied, on June 7, Ambassador Stevens asks that the two security teams you ordered removed from Libya be kept on duty. His request was denied.
My question for you, Madam Secretary … Four Americans died because of your lack of leadership. Why shouldn’t your failure to heed five months of warnings be considered a serious offense?
Watch for other questions in future posts.
