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first, we lose susan rice and now we lose susan colbert. canada. >> peter: she put up a fake statement on facebook and said she is not going to go appoint him because he once slapped a baby with pup parker county which is not true. that was her attempt at humor. they have floated the name of jimmy sanford. >> the brazil an bomb shell. >> they asked jim demint about how he felt about jimmy sanford and he said she would be great. it might happen. >> wow. that would be the ultimate f.u wouldn't it. >> that announcement has to come soon. >> south carolina, i don't know how anything could, you know peter? >> trust me. i don't hold my head up high. >> bill: sean out in oakland, california. susan rice, what do you think? >> bill, i am so pissed and disappointed in this president. i can't believe that he caved once again. he was so weak and i'm sorry i voted for this man because he has no spine whatsoever. lindsey graham or john mccain? really? i'm sorry i voted for this man. >> bill: don't be sorry you voted for him. i think this is a fight he cou
first, we lose susan rice and now we lose susan colbert. canada. >> peter: she put up a fake statement on facebook and said she is not going to go appoint him because he once slapped a baby with pup parker county which is not true. that was her attempt at humor. they have floated the name of jimmy sanford. >> the brazil an bomb shell. >> they asked jim demint about how he felt about jimmy sanford and he said she would be great. it might happen. >> wow. that would be the...
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. >> susan rice could have said no.t the intel community told her to do. but hillary dodged a bullet on that one. >> when there's impropriety at a big bank, you rarely see the ceo answering questions. i loved her -- we all know we have talked about this ad nauseam, all she did was deliver the information and they shot the messenger, and this is not the last we have heard of susan rice. and now choosing the next secretary of state, it puts the republicans on their heels. >> were you bothered by what went down? >> the whole thing, it was disgusting, but the impropriety, she's been measured for stick g ing rigidly talking about this. no wonder the cia was all over the talking points. and on top of this, you have what is sadly an effective witch hunt, not to mention an measuring a potential secretary of state on her -- there is a lot of personal animosity. i'm just saying this has been -- this is denying the president what was clearly his top pick, a president who just won re-election and nobody has been able to say susan r
. >> susan rice could have said no.t the intel community told her to do. but hillary dodged a bullet on that one. >> when there's impropriety at a big bank, you rarely see the ceo answering questions. i loved her -- we all know we have talked about this ad nauseam, all she did was deliver the information and they shot the messenger, and this is not the last we have heard of susan rice. and now choosing the next secretary of state, it puts the republicans on their heels. >>...
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so to blame susan rice who's over at the u.n.ostly in new york city for benghazi is really a stretch. she was the werngs who went out on sunday television. and she said today to brian williams that she is not blameless. i think there was a lack of care with the talking points and the republicans seized on it and claims she was being political and trying to be political at a key point in the presidential election campaign, which she strongly denies. >> but you're saying that the president's statements to that effect were not enough because they were not backed up with essentially procedural support for her to be fighting these attacks that could have happened had he nominated her. >> once she's nominated she is armed with the white house counsel's office-w every wise person, man or woman in washington who would be assigned to her to get her through the nomination process. but she was left -- she said she didn't feel that she's a victim here, but she certainly did acknowledge to brian that she thinks politics played a part. and i d
so to blame susan rice who's over at the u.n.ostly in new york city for benghazi is really a stretch. she was the werngs who went out on sunday television. and she said today to brian williams that she is not blameless. i think there was a lack of care with the talking points and the republicans seized on it and claims she was being political and trying to be political at a key point in the presidential election campaign, which she strongly denies. >> but you're saying that the...
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so that certainly did not help susan rice.even more than it was before. so there isn't a big surprise here. even democrats, again, who i talked to, say that she was incredibly competent. that she is very, very smart. but that there might be a personality issue that makes them reluctant to have her as the person representing the u.s. in the role of secretary of state. but they also say that just as jessica said, that she might be very well suited to be the president's national security adviser, because there isn't confirmation there, and it's more inherently political. to your answer about john kerry, there certainly is a lot of support for him here. there is a member of the senate club. he has been for years and years. he is currently the senate foreign relations chairman. and he has not really made it that much of a secret that he wants this job. has for years and years. and it's been really kind of awkward and uncomfortable, frankly, as there's been so much brouhaha over susan rice, questions about whether she can be secreta
so that certainly did not help susan rice.even more than it was before. so there isn't a big surprise here. even democrats, again, who i talked to, say that she was incredibly competent. that she is very, very smart. but that there might be a personality issue that makes them reluctant to have her as the person representing the u.s. in the role of secretary of state. but they also say that just as jessica said, that she might be very well suited to be the president's national security adviser,...
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election press conference when he essentially said come after me if you're going to come after susan rice. but one of the red flags and this was mentioned earlier is when after one of those closed door briefings that we have here in the senate, susan collins, the very moderate senator from maine emerged to express her own reservations. she said she wouldn't put a hold or filibuster the nomination, i think that raised a red flag. and finally, dick durbin just said on sunday on "meet the press" he thought she could be confirmed if a vote came to that. obviously, we're not going to see whether durbin's prediction will come true. >> to the point you raised earlier and professor dyson just raised, professor dyson said we don't want to name it, but we have seen the attorney general eric holder pursued by republicans, and he's actually the subject of litigation now, and now what do we find but susan rice pursued in the way that she has been by senator john mccain and others. is there a theme here? >> reporter: i'm not going to go that far, martin. i think we live in such a partisan time that whe
election press conference when he essentially said come after me if you're going to come after susan rice. but one of the red flags and this was mentioned earlier is when after one of those closed door briefings that we have here in the senate, susan collins, the very moderate senator from maine emerged to express her own reservations. she said she wouldn't put a hold or filibuster the nomination, i think that raised a red flag. and finally, dick durbin just said on sunday on "meet the...
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judge, back you to. >> all right. >>> the questions about susan rice don't end there. in 1998 rice was assistant secretary of state for african affairs when the u.s. embassies were bombed. just like benghazi, additional security requests were made before the attacks and were denied. with me now is edith bartley whose father and brother were both killed in the 1998 embassy attack.th edith, thank you so much for being with us this evening. >> thank you fo for having me. >> our condolences to you for the loss of your brother and your father. i understand that your father was counsel general at the embassy, and your brother was in college at the time and was an intern serving at the embassy. >>g correct. >> in the 14 years since this has happened, edith, you have fought for the families of diplomats and hope that the department of state would be able to provide more protection for these diplomats. has anything happened as a result of your fight? >> our fight has been slow and an uphill battle. we're proud to say that we have great bi-partisan support, but 14 years is far to
judge, back you to. >> all right. >>> the questions about susan rice don't end there. in 1998 rice was assistant secretary of state for african affairs when the u.s. embassies were bombed. just like benghazi, additional security requests were made before the attacks and were denied. with me now is edith bartley whose father and brother were both killed in the 1998 embassy attack.th edith, thank you so much for being with us this evening. >> thank you fo for having me....
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ambassador susan rice to replace her. rice made the rounds on capitol hill on tuesday in an attempt to ease republican concerns and smooth the way for potential cabinet nomination, just one of the positions that president obama will have to fill on his national security team in his second term. we're back with dan henninger and mary anastasia o'grady and bret stevens joins the panel. is there a case for susan rice as secretary of state. >> senator john mccain and susan ayotte feel they have a case again her in relates to benghazi before the election because susan rice after the incident happened, that the murder of ambassador stevens went on the sunday morning talk shows and said that the demonstrations were related to the islamic video that some kid in california made. and what they want to know is why susan rice, u.n. ambassador, was sent out there and why she was sticking with the story that was crumbling almost as she was saying it. >> paul: the intelligence talking points and not trying to be dishonest. >> two points
ambassador susan rice to replace her. rice made the rounds on capitol hill on tuesday in an attempt to ease republican concerns and smooth the way for potential cabinet nomination, just one of the positions that president obama will have to fill on his national security team in his second term. we're back with dan henninger and mary anastasia o'grady and bret stevens joins the panel. is there a case for susan rice as secretary of state. >> senator john mccain and susan ayotte feel they...
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but there's something about susan rice that is off-putting to people, i don't have my arms about buying it if you cannot win over susan collins, who is a nice, reasonable person, she cannot be a very good ambassador in her own cause. >> and she is from maine. >> well, she is really from washington. but there must be something about her that antagonizes people. >> i think people are missing the point. i don't think the story is susan rice. the real story is the president paid he said himself in his press conference, don't pick on the little lady, pick on me. if you want to complain about what was said on the talk shows, the veracity of the administration talking about what happened in benghazi, pick on me. ok. he is the one who was responsible. what was told of the added states -- was told to the united states on that day was a fable. it began with the demonstration, it got out of hand, there was a right, people ended up dead except there was no demonstration at all -- wait a minute -- it was known by the fbi three days after the benghazi attack and two days before susan rice went on tv.
but there's something about susan rice that is off-putting to people, i don't have my arms about buying it if you cannot win over susan collins, who is a nice, reasonable person, she cannot be a very good ambassador in her own cause. >> and she is from maine. >> well, she is really from washington. but there must be something about her that antagonizes people. >> i think people are missing the point. i don't think the story is susan rice. the real story is the president paid...
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i do think that we saw when susan rice went to capitol hill and attempted to make peace, not only withhe senators who seemed set against her like john mccain, but senator who is seemed more open to considering her like susan collins, that sort of diplomatic effort failed. she was not able to smooth things over with them and i think that was regarded by the administration as a bad sign for any potential nomination fight as well. >> all indications are david to follow up on what we were talking about that the white house and the president are upset over susan rice, susan cutter is upset about the way that susan rice was treated. one article described it as the -- while this does remove one fight in the middle of the other fight, are these lingering feelings likely to get in the way of what has to happen now? >> i don't think so, i think there's enough going on to stir people up like that, i think this is really just a drop in the bucket. i think people are upset in the white house on the democratic side about how susan rice was treated. but if she's going to be the next secretary of stat
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he really wanted susan rice.hen it became clear that she had problems that were identified by john mccain and others who found her too political. they thought that she made it worse by going up to the hill u and i was told by people very close to the president that he would have withdrawn or asked her to withdraw sooner but did not want to back down in the face of opposition from john mccain. >> andrea mitchell, part of our team covering this story. we do want to let you know that ambassador rice will be speaking to us exclusively for tonight's broadcast of "rock center," 10:00 eastern/9 central time. we will hear from the ambassador as to her reasoning for, again, wi withdrawing hear hurricane rita name from consideration as the next possible sochls we will see you again on "nbc nightly news" this evening. for our team in washington, i'm brian williams, nbc news. >> you heard it there, susan rice will not be the next secretary of state. my quick two thoughts here. i'm rye relieved, someone following the libya st
he really wanted susan rice.hen it became clear that she had problems that were identified by john mccain and others who found her too political. they thought that she made it worse by going up to the hill u and i was told by people very close to the president that he would have withdrawn or asked her to withdraw sooner but did not want to back down in the face of opposition from john mccain. >> andrea mitchell, part of our team covering this story. we do want to let you know that...
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well susan rice is still being dragged through the mud for her inaccurate statements on the been gone the attacks all of this in the quest for the next secretary of state but given her history and more importantly her investments there is more to susan rice than meets the eye ahead our team vets the u.n. ambassador in ways the mainstream media didn't. civil war in syria and has its twenty second month the u.s. now says it will intervene if assad uses chemical weapons but does this remind you of iraq or both two thousand and three will take a look at the similarities in these cases and ask if intervention is inevitable. and backed by congressional demand but against white house objections stricter sanctions on iran as part of the revamped and v.a. bill coming up a look at what these new measures and tale and whether they really are nonviolent. it's monday december third four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for you're watching our tape while much of the mainstream media cycles last week were mired in chatter about u.n. ambassador susan rice and the possibility she may be considered
well susan rice is still being dragged through the mud for her inaccurate statements on the been gone the attacks all of this in the quest for the next secretary of state but given her history and more importantly her investments there is more to susan rice than meets the eye ahead our team vets the u.n. ambassador in ways the mainstream media didn't. civil war in syria and has its twenty second month the u.s. now says it will intervene if assad uses chemical weapons but does this remind you of...
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i will tell you, you've been talking all about susan rice and i don't know the politics of susan rice. she made a statement which is dead right, which is if it isn't them in 23, it will be them. since 1990 it has not moved and still has remained at the bottom of the u.n. index for poverty and human suffering. so -- and it ranks almost dead last and mo abrams index next to somalia. i was in somalia about five weeks ago. i tell you, i can understand that. so it's a tough place, it's a tough -- it's full of atrocities and human rights violations. and somehow we have to support the government of drc to do a better job and to take eastern congo and turn it -- it has incredible mineral -- some of the estimates are $24 trillion of wealth to bring out in the future. it could be a very rich country. >> let's talk briefly the fiscal cliff. your father has been very vocal about taxes. he says come on, bring it to me, tax me more. obviously you'll be in the firing line because you're not a poor man, are you. are you happy your father is leading this call for you to get -- >> no, because i hear fr
i will tell you, you've been talking all about susan rice and i don't know the politics of susan rice. she made a statement which is dead right, which is if it isn't them in 23, it will be them. since 1990 it has not moved and still has remained at the bottom of the u.n. index for poverty and human suffering. so -- and it ranks almost dead last and mo abrams index next to somalia. i was in somalia about five weeks ago. i tell you, i can understand that. so it's a tough place, it's a tough --...
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susan rice is still being dragged through the mud for her inaccurate statements on the benghazi attack all of this in the quest for the next secretary of state but given her history and more importantly her investment there's more to susan rice than meets the eye had on our t.v. sets the u.n. ambassador and waves the mainstream media is not. and backed by congressional demand but against white house objections stricter sanctions on iran as part of the revamped n.d.a. coming up we'll look at what these new measures entailed and whether they really are nonviolent. it's monday december third eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching our t.v. starting off this hour with the latest news out of syria there are reports that syrian president bashar al assad might be preparing to use chemical weapons in his war torn country but the united states and its western allies have warned the syrian government that assad will be quote held accountable if his forces use these weapons against the rebels rebels fighting his government this is also the story being told to the american pe
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but i don't think we've heard the last of susan rice. she's meeting with the president tomorrow. >> eliot: that's right. >> this woman is too good to have her career stop here. i wouldn't be surprised if the president has something else in mind for her. and he's -- in some ways he has to do this. he has to appoint her to another senior position. he can't appear to have caved or lost completely in this battle. >> eliot: that's my question, joe. does she stay at the u.n. perhaps or does she want to move on and who is the winner now? everybody's presuming and presumptions often are false that john kerry fills the void. is that a rash assumption on everybody's part? >> it is not a rash assumption. it was clearly a choice, those are the top two contenders. senator kerry is terrifically qualified for this position. the president in some way is in a fortuitous position. like dealing with a line-up for the washington nationals. you've got a string of great players, just trying to figure out the right batting order. kerry could be secretary of st
but i don't think we've heard the last of susan rice. she's meeting with the president tomorrow. >> eliot: that's right. >> this woman is too good to have her career stop here. i wouldn't be surprised if the president has something else in mind for her. and he's -- in some ways he has to do this. he has to appoint her to another senior position. he can't appear to have caved or lost completely in this battle. >> eliot: that's my question, joe. does she stay at the u.n. perhaps...
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you had a moderate republican in susan collins within days who met with susan rice.out saying i'm not sure i can support this nomination if she's nominated. when you have a moderate republican who is a supporter of the president's democratic nominees saying i'm not sure about this, a female senator in susan collins, it was clear the votes were not there for susan rice to be secretary of state. >> thank you very much. >>> mike emanuel, who we were talking to about the john boehner and president obama meeting, there's another piece of news. >> a lot of people on capitol hill are wonder whether the president wanted a fight over the next secretary of state. a lot of republican senators here were saying that essentially he should have the person that he wants in that role but they had serious reservations about susan rice. so after she came up here to try to clear up the misunderstandings over benghazi or answer their questions, a lot were irritated after the meeting. susan collins withdrawing support, who is a moderate. john mccain, lindsey graham from south carolina see
you had a moderate republican in susan collins within days who met with susan rice.out saying i'm not sure i can support this nomination if she's nominated. when you have a moderate republican who is a supporter of the president's democratic nominees saying i'm not sure about this, a female senator in susan collins, it was clear the votes were not there for susan rice to be secretary of state. >> thank you very much. >>> mike emanuel, who we were talking to about the john boehner...
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if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends that at 48 years old, susan rice would have been secretary of state had she been confirmed. condoleezza rice was 50 when she was nominated by george w. bush back in 2004. enough for the real news. let's gather around that water cooler to watch politics ukrainian style. the newly elected ukrainian parliament had their first session yesterday. shortly into the day, this erupted. on the floor, a mass fist fight between the ruling party and opposition. the two sides were arguing over voting rules when opposition members stormed the podium, punching, grabbing, bite, choke holes and body slams. and full nelsons? also there, but not seen in the pictures, boxing heavyweight and gre great, klitschko. when asked why he wasn't getting involved, klitschko simply said, quote, i understand many people want klitschko to launch an offensive but i would like to remine them the fists a world champion are considered nuclear weapons. we will not use these weapons for now. it's not the first time the ukrainian politics have resorted to actions worthy of
if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends that at 48 years old, susan rice would have been secretary of state had she been confirmed. condoleezza rice was 50 when she was nominated by george w. bush back in 2004. enough for the real news. let's gather around that water cooler to watch politics ukrainian style. the newly elected ukrainian parliament had their first session yesterday. shortly into the day, this erupted. on the floor, a mass fist fight between the ruling party and...
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. >> susan rice is extraordinary. couldn't be prouder of the job that she's done. [applause] gwen: by the way, that was hillary clinton who started that round of applause around the cabinet table. but if they're applauding on capitol hill, they're doing it very quietly, as republican senators make their doubts known loud and clear. at issue -- rice's role in providing a preliminary and ultimately incorrect explanation of the circumstances surrounding the attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi, in libya, that resulted to the death of four americans including the u.s. ambassador. >> bottom line -- i'm more disturbed now than i was before that the 16 september explanation about how four americans died in benghazi, libya, by ambassador rice, i think does not do justice to the reality at the time, and in hindsight clearly was completely wrong. but here's the key -- in real time it was a statement disconnected from reality. gwen: back to our original question, gloria, which we asked about the fiscal cliff, which is, how muc
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i do feel bad for susan rice.t possible level. >> stephanie: they were saying john, that she may become national security advisor if the current -- i forget his name -- steps down. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: more importantly what does grover norquist think? obama may decide to blow up countries for fun -- >> i hear the first lady said she was really good at scrabble so it is scrabble or blowing up small countries? . >> stephanie: a lot of republicans are distancing themselves from him. on tuesday he sought to stymy the president's agenda so much -- i thought his was a non-partisan tax something group -- we'll actually make those spending restraints restraints -- obama will be on a very short leash. he is not going to have any fun at all, he may decide to go blow up small countries, because he can't spend the kind of money he was hoping to. ♪ you are an idiot ♪ >> stephanie: all right. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> he is hung up on things of a very small size though. [ laughter ] >> stepha
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but let's just say this about benghazi-- it's just not about susan rice. it's about a system that failed. the military failed. the intelligence community failed. before and during. this is about a system designed to protect us that completely broke down. the consulate should have been closeed in the first place. i can't believe we couldn't reinforce it in seven hours. and that's where i'm going to move to next. but as to susan rice, the story she told on your show and others on 16 september, after having looked at the intelligence that was available, does not remotely meet the truth. she said that the security at the consulate was strong, substantial recall and significant on three different shows. that wasn't even in the talking points about the level of security. if you look at the evidence available, the footprint in benghazi was not strong, substantial, or significant. it was weak. they had been begging for months to have more reinforcements or close the place like the british did. i think her story on 16 september was a political story designed to hel
but let's just say this about benghazi-- it's just not about susan rice. it's about a system that failed. the military failed. the intelligence community failed. before and during. this is about a system designed to protect us that completely broke down. the consulate should have been closeed in the first place. i can't believe we couldn't reinforce it in seven hours. and that's where i'm going to move to next. but as to susan rice, the story she told on your show and others on 16 september,...
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that hillary clinton understood where the president's loyalties lie, that he was leaning towards susan riceand she wasn't going to start a debate and try to -- and i think, in fact, those close to secretary clinton really tried to snuff out those stories that secretary clinton wanted kerry over rice, didn't want to have rice replace her. i think she stayed out of that a lot. so i don't think that they were going to step into that at all. i mean, i know there's always been speculation that susan rice and secretary clinton weren't close, and it all -- some of that all goes back to the '08 primary campaign. susan rice was a very prominent surrogate and, in fact, you have some people who believe that that's what -- that's the issue john mccain has with her, that this goes back to the 2008 campaign when susan rice was the prominent foreign policy surrogate on behalf of then candidate obama. >> let me go back to andrea on that same question, the role of the clintons here, because i have heard a couple very strong ways, good reporting from people, that the clintons did have an opinion in this matt
that hillary clinton understood where the president's loyalties lie, that he was leaning towards susan riceand she wasn't going to start a debate and try to -- and i think, in fact, those close to secretary clinton really tried to snuff out those stories that secretary clinton wanted kerry over rice, didn't want to have rice replace her. i think she stayed out of that a lot. so i don't think that they were going to step into that at all. i mean, i know there's always been speculation that susan...
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ambassador susan rice asking the president to remove her name from consideration to replace outgoing cretary of state content. democratic sources telling our ed henry that rice is likely to be the president's choice to become the next national security adviser. we take ll of that up here tonight with fox news digital politics editor from a veteran political strategist, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations. now the late breaking developments on the fiscal cliff talks and the impact of the withdrawal of susan rice from consideration to be the next secretary of state, fox news chief white house correspondent ed henry with our report. >> president obama was not fretting about the fiscal cliff as he strolled to a holiday party joking with fox news about the warm weather and expressing hope for a deal. >> how are you feeling about a deal, optimistic? >> the speaker not so hopeful. >> is this issue, spending. >> again railing against what he claims are not enough spending cuts in the white house proposal and slamming the president's push for executive power to raise the debt ceiling,
ambassador susan rice asking the president to remove her name from consideration to replace outgoing cretary of state content. democratic sources telling our ed henry that rice is likely to be the president's choice to become the next national security adviser. we take ll of that up here tonight with fox news digital politics editor from a veteran political strategist, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations. now the late breaking developments on the fiscal cliff talks and the impact of...
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what's ahead for susan rice?kes on the critics and what really happened when the rivals had lunch. >>> both men acted graciously, after lunch, mitt romney extend a return invitation to the president to visit him and his money at the cayman island. >> it's a nice gesture for the president considering that he hasn't let joe biden have lunch with him even once. that he hasn't let joe biden have lunch with him even once. >>> as you heard, we have lots more to talk about with our roundtable right after this from our abc stations. >> but, the problem with controlling costs you can only do that to some degree. every single year we go back and do the "doc" fix and we'll do it between now and january 1st. that is all always a phoney that congress is going to cut payments to doctors and doctors pull out of the medicare program. >> and the money is restored. >> it's hard to do this without structural reforms. >> let me, if you don't mind, we have seen people's retirement package reduced. we have seen people's individual sav
what's ahead for susan rice?kes on the critics and what really happened when the rivals had lunch. >>> both men acted graciously, after lunch, mitt romney extend a return invitation to the president to visit him and his money at the cayman island. >> it's a nice gesture for the president considering that he hasn't let joe biden have lunch with him even once. that he hasn't let joe biden have lunch with him even once. >>> as you heard, we have lots more to talk about with...
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>> well, you just hit the heart of the story and that is why the administration would put susan rice on the point of the spear on the sunday after the attacks with information that i don't think they believed to be totally krefpblgt and now we know it's not correct at all. that is the most important reason the secretary should testify, and we owe the american people the facts and all the facts. >> we of. martha facts. martha: we all understand an illness and the time to recover for secretary of state hillary clinton. and we hope she does that in a quick way it does seem odd in terms of susan rice that hillary clinton wasn't available that
>> well, you just hit the heart of the story and that is why the administration would put susan rice on the point of the spear on the sunday after the attacks with information that i don't think they believed to be totally krefpblgt and now we know it's not correct at all. that is the most important reason the secretary should testify, and we owe the american people the facts and all the facts. >> we of. martha facts. martha: we all understand an illness and the time to recover for...
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this is not about susan rice. the president said, if you have a problem with benghazi -- i do -- it is not picking on the president. it is trying to expose a national security failure, a debacle. i hold the president accountable more than anythingch -- more than anyone else. it should have been closed or reinforced before the attack on 9/11. there is nothing to do to help the people. where was he as commandener chief. have you two movies being made in the raid on bin laden. you don't know anything about what the president did in the seven hours of the attack. and afterward, the president tried to blame this on a video and a mob and a demonstration that never existed. but susan rice, in my opinion, misled the public. there are other problems with her time and politics and national foreign affairs arena. her problems were deeper than me and deeper than benghazi. but we won't let this go. how could for seven hours, nobody come to the aid of the people during the attack? why did we leave the consulate open? where was
this is not about susan rice. the president said, if you have a problem with benghazi -- i do -- it is not picking on the president. it is trying to expose a national security failure, a debacle. i hold the president accountable more than anythingch -- more than anyone else. it should have been closed or reinforced before the attack on 9/11. there is nothing to do to help the people. where was he as commandener chief. have you two movies being made in the raid on bin laden. you don't know...
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susan rice's comments didn't send us to iraq and afghanistan. >> uh-huh! >> well -- >> somebody else's did. i'm probably not the most educated person in this house. >> you're an attorney. >> but i'm close. just go on and hate on. but look in the mirror and hate yourself, not the people who do this work. thank you. uh-huh! >> jon:oooh! (cheers and applause) first of all, why isn't every press conference like that? (laughter) a press conference infused with life and emotion. she just turned the house of representatives into tyler perry's "house of representatives." (cheers and applause) the only problem is -- the only problem is i think they might be wrong. >> uh-huh. >> you know it. >> that's right, that's right. uh-huh. >> jon: with all due respect, i humbly disagree the caucus. >> with all due respect, he humbly disagrees with the caucus, uh-huh. >> jon: that's not -- john, that's not what we're doing. you just repeated what i said. >> i'm just repeating what he says, uh-huh. i do it. i do it. >> jon, can i help here? >> jon: jessica, could you please? >>
susan rice's comments didn't send us to iraq and afghanistan. >> uh-huh! >> well -- >> somebody else's did. i'm probably not the most educated person in this house. >> you're an attorney. >> but i'm close. just go on and hate on. but look in the mirror and hate yourself, not the people who do this work. thank you. uh-huh! >> jon:oooh! (cheers and applause) first of all, why isn't every press conference like that? (laughter) a press conference infused with...
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the second big story is susan rice. in the last couple of hours calling the president and saying she is pulling her name out of consideration for secretary of state, all because of the controversy over benghazi, her reaction to the terror attack, whether or not she misled the public. bottom line this puts john kerry, democratic sources say, as the likely contender to be secretary of state i'm seeing the suvs pull up with speaker boehner right now. both the stories breaking right as we speak. you will see speaker boehner in a moment. but bottom line is you will remember at the post election news conference, the president made a big deal about standing up for susan rice. saying that basically, she was -- [ inaudible ] not going to stand for attacks threatened filibuster. this is a cave-in by the president. he gave in to the critics on the hill. susan rice may not be disappearing. it posted a story saying the top democrats say she may be the next national security advisor here inside the white house. significant that the p
the second big story is susan rice. in the last couple of hours calling the president and saying she is pulling her name out of consideration for secretary of state, all because of the controversy over benghazi, her reaction to the terror attack, whether or not she misled the public. bottom line this puts john kerry, democratic sources say, as the likely contender to be secretary of state i'm seeing the suvs pull up with speaker boehner right now. both the stories breaking right as we speak....
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susan rice will be fine. she's going to go on and do great things for the country.ut we've lost a public servant. and the president has been thwarted. and i think this boeds terribly for the supposed, new bipartisan cooperation that we're all supposed to hope for. >> congresswoman, we've also seen a blatant double standard. in november, matt lowe, he con fronted mccane about why he stood up for condolisa rice after a mass of intelligence failure in 2005. let me show you both the question and the response and get you to give me your view on this. >> you said opponents were expressing sour grapes after an election loss. why is this different? >> because every intelligence agency in the world, including the british, believe iraq had weapons of mass destruction. that was an entirely different situation. >> so when the intelligence believed there were weapons of mass destruction that were not there, it was fine because they believed it. but when they give susan rice talking points that they believe to be true, all of the sudden, she's not bright. she can't be trusted. sh
susan rice will be fine. she's going to go on and do great things for the country.ut we've lost a public servant. and the president has been thwarted. and i think this boeds terribly for the supposed, new bipartisan cooperation that we're all supposed to hope for. >> congresswoman, we've also seen a blatant double standard. in november, matt lowe, he con fronted mccane about why he stood up for condolisa rice after a mass of intelligence failure in 2005. let me show you both the question...
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member of the senate foreign relations committee which would consider the confirmation of ambassador susan ricef the president were to nominate ambassador rice to clinton as secretary of state. but senator johnny isaacson of georgia said he would not confirm her. why? >> i don't think she is confirmable right now because of the lack of information we have on the entire benghazi issue, from the administration. susan rice is the tip of the sphere. the administration has put her there. there are unanswered questions why we didn't have security for christy veins, why we couldn't get security there why it took so long to admit it was terrorist attack. so the president has putter in a difficult position, floating her name as secretary of state but not nominating her and having her come to thisol and do interviews with unanswered questions. it's unfair. >> are you making her the scapegoat, senator? >> no. we're trying to get the answers. every single member, even senator graham and senator mccain came back and said they're willing to listen to her. they have had a difficult meeting this week. susan co
member of the senate foreign relations committee which would consider the confirmation of ambassador susan ricef the president were to nominate ambassador rice to clinton as secretary of state. but senator johnny isaacson of georgia said he would not confirm her. why? >> i don't think she is confirmable right now because of the lack of information we have on the entire benghazi issue, from the administration. susan rice is the tip of the sphere. the administration has put her there. there...
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i think certainly susan rice had nothing to do with the security.ink most of us just thought that she was a little bit more of a political operative than she was a principal and had concerns about her service. i never thought she was going to be appointed, by the way, or at least i haven't for some time because i think the white house was able to see the reception that she got there. but, look, benghazi, i was able to yesterday see the footage from the drone as far as what happened on the ground. i was able to also see from security cameras the groups that were coming in. i do think that we will continue -- there's no question we're going to continue to force a look at the security measures there because the way folks were able to come into our compound with such ease in an area that is totally controlled by militias, i think, is something that every american wants us to make sure we pursue to its end. and i do think secretary clinton will end up testifying, and i hope that the arb is ready for, ready thursday for her to come in and do that. i mean,
i think certainly susan rice had nothing to do with the security.ink most of us just thought that she was a little bit more of a political operative than she was a principal and had concerns about her service. i never thought she was going to be appointed, by the way, or at least i haven't for some time because i think the white house was able to see the reception that she got there. but, look, benghazi, i was able to yesterday see the footage from the drone as far as what happened on the...
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susan rice meeting with the president today. >> that's right, john. e meeting with the president and her -- president obama said and her aides tell me that ambassador rice will stay at the u.n. and that she'll continue to be a very close adviser to the president and the president's cabinet. you know, some of the aides said she was up for the fight with the senate. she was up for defending her possible candidacy but they did the math, john. they saw that these attacks had stopped benghazi, they morphed into other areas. they felt it detracted from the more successful work she did have at the u.n. such as getting really tough sanctions on iran and really fighting for action in libya, u.s. military action to get rid of muammar qaddafi. let's take a listen to what ambassador rice said yesterday about why she resigned. >> i withdrew my name because i think it's the right thing for the country. i think it's the right thing for the president. and putting those things together, that makes it the right thing for me and my family. >> so she'll stay on the team,
susan rice meeting with the president today. >> that's right, john. e meeting with the president and her -- president obama said and her aides tell me that ambassador rice will stay at the u.n. and that she'll continue to be a very close adviser to the president and the president's cabinet. you know, some of the aides said she was up for the fight with the senate. she was up for defending her possible candidacy but they did the math, john. they saw that these attacks had stopped benghazi,...
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somehow with susan rice, that doesn't fly for the republicans. is, again, it's personal. it's such a personal fight. again, putting their own interests ahead of the interest of the country. not to get back to the top of the hour, but had they spent time this week talking about gun violence instead of wasting their time, wasting it, discrediting a perfectly well qualified person, shame on them for that. >> let's keep in mind here, susan rice withdrew her name from a promotion. she's not going anywhere. it's possible she will get a bump up somewhere within the administration, maybe national security adviser. >> the irony, right? >> she's still advising the president. >> a more powerful position if she is named national security adviser. >> let's not play, you know, too much on she's a victim here. >> absolutely. in fact, this is my point. the reason the politics of it is, you put john kerry in there to make room -- if i'm elizabeth warren, it makes me spitfire and throw things at the television. you defeat him and he becomes your colleague. i would
somehow with susan rice, that doesn't fly for the republicans. is, again, it's personal. it's such a personal fight. again, putting their own interests ahead of the interest of the country. not to get back to the top of the hour, but had they spent time this week talking about gun violence instead of wasting their time, wasting it, discrediting a perfectly well qualified person, shame on them for that. >> let's keep in mind here, susan rice withdrew her name from a promotion. she's not...
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there's got to be another great job for susan rice. have to say maybe national security advisor when tom donelan moves along. she deserves it. we need her in a position like that. >> jennifer: yeah, she's one sharp cookie, for sure. it kills me, too that the right won on that if that's, in fact, what happened. let's turn quickly, bill, to the fiscal cliff because as we speak, john boehner and the president are meeting. here's what house speaker john boehner said today about the president's mandate. take a listen. >> it was a mandate for both parties to work together, to take on the big challenges that our country is facing. republicans are ready and eager to do just that. we made a reasonable offer. it is now up to the white house to show us how they're going to cut spending and give us the balanced agreement that the president has talked about for weeks. >> jennifer: okay, bill, you were at the white house today. what's going to happen? >> bill: well, let me just say first, i'm so -- i try to be as objective as i can hello. i'm so sic
there's got to be another great job for susan rice. have to say maybe national security advisor when tom donelan moves along. she deserves it. we need her in a position like that. >> jennifer: yeah, she's one sharp cookie, for sure. it kills me, too that the right won on that if that's, in fact, what happened. let's turn quickly, bill, to the fiscal cliff because as we speak, john boehner and the president are meeting. here's what house speaker john boehner said today about the...
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ambassador susan rice asked for a face-to-face meeting with some of her most focal critics to make things better. the meeting took place and appears to have made things worse. >> rice herself asked for the meeting, but the effort to smooth things over didn't exactly work. >> for the first time she acknowledged her comments were wrong. >> susan rice has been depi depicted from everything as a thrown under the bus sacraficial lamb to a willing political accomplice. >> and ambassador susan rice meeting on capitol hill with some of her critics, how she wrongly characterized the attacks in benghazi on september 11th and as reported, the meeting did not clear things up. >> we are significantly troubled by many of the answers that we got and some that we didn't get. >> i'm more troubled today knowing, having met with the acting director of the cia and ambassador rice. >> and more convinced than ever that it was unjustified to give the scenario as presented by ambassador rice and president obama before an election. >> the meeting with the senators getting all kinds of media attention and might ha
ambassador susan rice asked for a face-to-face meeting with some of her most focal critics to make things better. the meeting took place and appears to have made things worse. >> rice herself asked for the meeting, but the effort to smooth things over didn't exactly work. >> for the first time she acknowledged her comments were wrong. >> susan rice has been depi depicted from everything as a thrown under the bus sacraficial lamb to a willing political accomplice. >> and...
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ambassador susan rice withdrew her name to be the next possible secretary of state today. a letter to the president rice said that she could have done the job effectively but added her confirmation process could hurt the country. in an interview that will air tonight on "rock center," the ambassador had a slifrm explanation for nbc news's anchor man brian williams. >> today i made the decision that it was the best thing for our country, for the american people that i not continue to be considered by the president for nomination as secretary of state because i didn't want to see a confirmation process that was very prolonged, very politicized, very distracting, and very disruptive. because there are so many things we need to get done as a country. and the first several months of a second-term president's agenda is really the opportunity to get the crucial things done. >>> president obama released a statement today praising susan rice while criticizing republicans, saying, "while i deeply regret the unfair and misleading attacks on susan rice in recent weeks, her decision de
ambassador susan rice withdrew her name to be the next possible secretary of state today. a letter to the president rice said that she could have done the job effectively but added her confirmation process could hurt the country. in an interview that will air tonight on "rock center," the ambassador had a slifrm explanation for nbc news's anchor man brian williams. >> today i made the decision that it was the best thing for our country, for the american people that i not...