Obama Left Libya Contact to Clinton Day of Benghazi Attack
Not winning fans with this revelation
Bowing to pressure from Senate Republicans, the White House disclosed on Thursday that President Barack Obama did not personally ask the Libyan government for help during September's deadly terrorist attack on the American compound in Benghazi. Instead, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reached out on his behalf, according to a letter from Obama's official government lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, to key Republicans.
"Secretary Clinton called Libyan President Magariaf on behalf of the President on the evening of September 11, 2012 to coordinate additional support to protect Americans in Libya and access to Libyan territory," she wrote.
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Fifty mysterious occupants of the consulate at Benghazi are missing; none were identified by the media or asked what type of work they were engaged in after they were rescued. One reliable source who chose to remain anonymous claims that they were couriers for an international network who supplied Cocaine and Opium to hundreds of the world`s leaders. The fifty couriers surely have been murdered and their bodies dumped at sea.