A MUST WATCH
Take note of Hillary's excuse starting at 2:10.
A mother's heart bleeds. This is not about politics. CNN's Jake Tapper interviews Pat Smith, whose son Sean Smith, a State Department information officer, was one of four Americans killed in the attack on Benghazi.
'I'm doing terribly. I cry every night. I don't sleep at night. I want answers and no one at the White House will talk to me. I got one call from a clerk. That's it.'
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COMPLETE HEARING DETAILS
Moment-by-moment account of attack
Ambassador Says Questions He Raised Led to His Demotion NYT - MUST READ
Dick Morris: Beginning of end for Obama and Hillary
New Benghazi evidence puts spotlight back on Clinton
Fourth whistleblower STILL blocked from testifying
White House struggles to respond to new Benghazi revelations
The White House on Wednesday stood by its story that the Obama administration remained unsure exactly who was responsible for the attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi nearly five days after it occurred even though new revelations show Ansar al-Sharia’s direct involvement. Gregory Hicks, the deputy chief of mission testified that a Libyan official eventually called him that night to inform him Mr. Stevens had died and that his body was at a hospital run by Ansar al-Sharia.
Mr. Hicks said it was the saddest phone call of his life.
Terrorists set fire to the diplomatic compound to force Mr. Stevens and his staff out of a safe house inside. It was a petroleum fire, which produces deadly cyanide gas.
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ABC NEWS ON TODAY'S HEARING
BENGHAZI WHISTLEBLOWERS TESTIFY
Witnesses Finally Allowed To Speak
Issa said he expects this week to find someone from Clinton's circle - if not the former secretary of state herself - at the heart of the cover-up.
"If Hillary Clinton is not responsible for the before, during and after mistakes, it's somebody close. There are plenty of people close to the former secretary who knew, and apparently were part of the problem."
Those close to Clinton who may have engaged in "deliberately, premeditated lying to the American people," Issa said, could include Under Secretary Patrick Kennedy or Beth Jones.
Hicks said one day after Susan Rice's media blitz, he called Beth Jones to ask about the source for the ambassador's statements; the tone of her answer indicated that "I perhaps asked a question that I should not have asked."
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DON'T SKIP THIS ONE
NIGERIAN PHONE SCAMMERS
START WATCHING EXACTLY AT 1:10 MARK
Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters on Benghazi:
"The lies from the Obama administration make Nigerian phone scammers look like paragons of integrity."
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EXPOSING THE OBAMA BIAS AT CBS NEWS
CBS News Upset by Correspondent's Thorough Benghazi Reporting
MEDIA BIAS 101
The biggest Benghazi-related story that took place outside of the House Oversight Committee's hearing room today is this item in Politico, regarding CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson. She's the reporter who famously drew White House officials' profane ire over her unapologetic pursuit of the Fast & Furious scandal story; now she's apparently facing searing criticism from another source: Her own bosses. Why? Because she's been covering the Benghazi story too aggressively.
CBS REPORT ON TODAY'S HEARING
U.S. diplomats describe night of Benghazi attack
Three career State Department officials contradicted important parts of the Obama administration's account surrounding the terrorist attacks in Benghazi.
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CNN JAKE TAPPER REPORT
EXCELLENT CLIP
Many Unanswered Questions On The Benghazi Attack
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MILITARY OPTIONS ON DAY OF ATTACK
What military options were possible the day of the Benghazi attack? Pentagon officials now say had they known at the time that the first attack in Benghazi would be followed by a second one, they might have made different decisions.
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RESCUE TEAM WAS FURIOUS
START WATCHING AT 1:30 MARK
Greg Hicks, former deputy chief of mission in Libya, told the House Oversight Committee that a second team of U.S. special forces ready to deploy to Benghazi the night of an attack there on a U.S. consulate was told to stand down.
PHOTO - BENGHAZI WHISTLEBLOWERS TESTIFY
Left to right: State Department officials Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Mark Thompson, Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Chief of Mission in Libya Gregory Hicks, and Diplomatic Security Officer and former Regional Security Officer in Libya Eric Nordstrom are sworn in to testify.
HILLARY: 'WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?'...
"Don't blame me! I was distracted."