Dozens of attacks on US embassies have taken place over the past 30 years. The attack at Benghazi has the distinction of being the one purely political football in the whole batch.
The opposition's hook was that initial reports were later changed as new information became available. Their critique basically boiled down to the administration not getting hysterical enough fast enough. Even though the President called the attack an "act of terror" the day after the incident, he's to be faulted for not actually using the word "terrorist"--a distinction without a difference if ever there was one.
Yesterday, the administration's critics had their chance. The Secretary of State met with Congressional committees to testify on Benghazi. With HIllary's recent health problem, dubbed "Benghazi flu" by some, they even had an extra month to prepare.
The opposition hoped to tarnish the administration, and, as the run-up to 2016 begins, take Secretary Clinton down a notch as well. They failed miserably. The Secretary of State was calm and professional, flicking off her opponent's barbs with, at times, tact and polish, and, at other times, righteous anger.
Meanwhile, yet another poll shows HIllary Clinton to be the most popular political figure in the United States.
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