◼ Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) spoke with reporters after she met with Ambassador Susan Rice this morning. Ayotte said she’s more troubled today after the meeting than she was before they met. - Gateway Pundit
“I’m more troubled today… It’s certainly clear from the beginning that we knew that those with ties to Al-Qaeda were involved in the attack on the embassy. And, clearly the impression that was given, the information given to the American people was wrong and in fact Ambassador Rice said today that Absolutely it was wrong… They have not cleared this up with the American people to date.”
◼ "[T]here was no protest or demonstration in Benghazi." Susan Rice concedes untruth of her remarks. Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, November 27, 2012
◼ GOP senators: We’re “more disturbed” after meeting with Amb. Rice than we were before - Erika Johnsen/HotAir
In a nutshell, it seems like the meeting helped to get to the bottom of approximately nothing, except to confirm that the “spontaneous protest” line that Amb. Rice peddled was very clearly incorrect and we’re no closer to getting the basic answers about who changed the talking points. So, kind of back to square one — as Sen. Graham wondered again, why did she have to definitively say anything about the attacks? Why not just say, ‘We don’t have enough information to be sure, here are the possibilities, and we’ll keep you updated’?
The senators didn’t explicitly say that they were still committed to blocking her potential nomination to Secretary of State, saying that they’d need more information — I’m sure they’d like to leave themselves some wiggle room on that one — but they’re clearly not satisfied with Susan Rice’s side of the story.
◼ During a meeting on Capitol Hill that lasted for more than an hour, Rice acknowledged "there was no protest" at the Consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11 and said that talking points she relied on for making that claim were wrong. - The Hill
On Twitter:
Jay Carney says the "obsession" over Sec. Rice's Sunday show Benghazi comments is "misplaced"
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) November 27, 2012
