Right Turn: Benghazi


Posted at 04:51 PM ET, 05/17/2013

At least someone in the MSM covers Benghazi
By Jennifer Rubin
Efforts to wipe away the fiasco are misguided.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  04:51 PM ET, 05/17/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Hillary Clinton, Libya

Posted at 11:21 AM ET, 05/16/2013

The talking point emails
By Jennifer Rubin
The talking points suggest CIA, Susan Rice and ultimately the White House tried to push a narrative that exonerated the president from blame.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  11:21 AM ET, 05/16/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Libya, Talking Points

Posted at 09:46 AM ET, 05/15/2013

CIA's role in the Benghazi mess
By Jennifer Rubin
CIA tried to deflect blame for Benghazi, but that still doesn't exonerate others.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  09:46 AM ET, 05/15/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, CIA, Libya

Posted at 04:09 PM ET, 05/14/2013

Media who spin for Obama are getting lonely as scandals pile up
By Jennifer Rubin
The president's most fervent apologists in the media are a smaller crew that they used to be.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  04:09 PM ET, 05/14/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Media bias, Obama scandals

Posted at 12:03 PM ET, 05/14/2013

A higher bar for secretary of state
By Jennifer Rubin
Hillary Clinton's excuses on Benghazi paint a picture of someone powerless, out of the loop and at the mercy of events, but is that really the image she wants.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  12:03 PM ET, 05/14/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Hillary Clinton, Libya

Posted at 10:32 AM ET, 05/14/2013

Media snooping, an administration out of control
By Jennifer Rubin
The administration is out of control, a natural result of political arrogance and media passivity.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  10:32 AM ET, 05/14/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, IRS, Justice Department, Obama scandals

Posted at 08:47 AM ET, 05/14/2013

Obama's downward spiral
By Jennifer Rubin
The president's spate of policy losses and scandals reinforce one another, making recovery that much harder.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  08:47 AM ET, 05/14/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, IRS, Obamacare, White House

Posted at 12:42 PM ET, 05/13/2013

Wave of scandals could teach government a thing or two
By Jennifer Rubin
In a week of scandals, it's interesting to see private entities responding so much differently -- and effectively -- than government does in a crisis.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  12:42 PM ET, 05/13/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, IRS, media biasas

Posted at 09:47 AM ET, 05/13/2013

Benghazi: Disaster has many parents, truth an orphan
By Jennifer Rubin
But the mistakes started at the top.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  09:47 AM ET, 05/13/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Libya, National Security

Posted at 08:46 AM ET, 05/13/2013

Ups and Downs
By Jennifer Rubin
Which are making headway and which aren't?

By Jennifer Rubin  |  08:46 AM ET, 05/13/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, IRS, Libya, Mark Sanford, Ups and downs

Posted at 12:02 PM ET, 05/12/2013

Benghazi tick-tock
By Jennifer Rubin
The day-by-day story of the Benghazi cover-up

By Jennifer Rubin  |  12:02 PM ET, 05/12/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Hillary Clinton, Jay Carney, Libya

Posted at 11:37 AM ET, 05/10/2013

Benghazi: Another State underling is thrown under the bus
By Jennifer Rubin
In the fiingerpointing over Benghazi, a career State Department officer again is getting blamed.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  11:37 AM ET, 05/10/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Libya, Victoria Nuland

Posted at 10:02 AM ET, 05/10/2013

The Obama reflex: Doing nothing is always best
By Jennifer Rubin
In Syria and Benghazi, the Obama administration reflex is always to do nothing.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  10:02 AM ET, 05/10/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Gen. David Petraeus, Hillary Clinton, Libya

Posted at 05:14 PM ET, 05/09/2013

An open letter to Gen. David Petraeus
By Jennifer Rubin
Gen. Petraeus's testimony on Benghazi is key and he should tell his story in public.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  05:14 PM ET, 05/09/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Gen. David Petraeus, Libya

Posted at 10:02 AM ET, 05/09/2013

Benghazi: Hillary is in the middle of a thickening plot
By Jennifer Rubin
There were some blockbusters at yesterday's Benghazi hearing.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  10:02 AM ET, 05/09/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Foreign policy, Hillary Clinton

Posted at 01:49 PM ET, 05/08/2013

The Benghazi hearing: 'I was stunned. My jaw dropped. And I was embarrassed.'
By Jennifer Rubin
Riveting testimony undercuts administration cover story on Benghazi.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  01:49 PM ET, 05/08/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Hillary Clinton, Libya

Posted at 12:02 PM ET, 05/07/2013

Benghazi questions
By Jennifer Rubin
Benghazi questions abound and will tell us how big a scandal it really is.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  12:02 PM ET, 05/07/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Hillary Clinton, Libya

Posted at 07:47 AM ET, 05/07/2013

Morning Bits
By Jennifer Rubin
Must-read links to start the day.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  07:47 AM ET, 05/07/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, immigration, Morning Bits, North Korea, Russia, Syria, United Nations

Posted at 12:31 PM ET, 05/05/2013

Benghazi plot thickens
By Jennifer Rubin
The Benghazi scandal widens as more facts come to light.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  12:31 PM ET, 05/05/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Al Qaeda, Benghazi, Libya

Posted at 09:31 AM ET, 05/03/2013

State investigates the Benghazi investigators
By Jennifer Rubin
The Benghazi fiasco took an ominious turn for the administration as an inspector general is now reviewing the work of an internal State Department review that critics called a white wash.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  09:31 AM ET, 05/03/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Libya, State Department

Posted at 07:46 AM ET, 05/02/2013

Morning Bits
By Jennifer Rubin
Must-read links to start the day.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  07:46 AM ET, 05/02/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Congress, immigration, Lieberman, Morning Bits, Obama, Rubio, Syria

Posted at 08:47 AM ET, 04/24/2013

Libya report: More proof of dissembling and incompetence
By Jennifer Rubin
Five House committees review the egregious missteps on Benghazi, including new details on Hillary Clinton.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  08:47 AM ET, 04/24/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Hillary Clinton, Libya

Posted at 02:35 PM ET, 02/07/2013

The second-term curse
By Jennifer Rubin
President Obama's errors are catching up with him, and we learn he was AWOL during the Benghazi, Libya, attack.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  02:35 PM ET, 02/07/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Obama second term

Posted at 11:25 AM ET, 01/23/2013

Clinton's showstopper at Benghazi hearings
By Jennifer Rubin
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate testimony on Benghazi, Libya, certainly was interesting.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  11:25 AM ET, 01/23/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi

Posted at 11:20 AM ET, 12/31/2012

The lapdog media
By Jennifer Rubin
The media never asks Obama the tough questions.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  11:20 AM ET, 12/31/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Barack Obama, Benghazi, budget, Bush tax cuts, Fiscal Cliff, Immigration reform, Media bias, Second Term, Simpson Bowles, Syria

Posted at 10:51 AM ET, 12/19/2012

The unaccountability review board [Updated]
By Jennifer Rubin
The Accountabilty Review Board conceals who is really at fault for the Benghazi attacks.

By Jennifer Rubin  |  10:51 AM ET, 12/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Benghazi, Hillary Cliinton, State Department