“…potentially devastating to both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.”

“When four Americans die serving this country, that’s not a joke, sir.”

• Believes Hillary’s team headed investigation of attack
• Asked to sign letter acknowledging removal and “forfeiting” his right to enter the State Department building
• Claims he is a scapegoat
• “I had no involvement to any degree with decisions on security”
• “I knew Chris [Stevens]. Chris was a friend of mine.”

“…[W]e see little evidence that much was at play here besides imprecise wordsmithing or editing errors by journalists.”

Authoritarian statists despise the Bill of Rights because of the plainness of its language and the clarity of its intent; it’s meant to protect us from them. 

Conservatives must make sure that Republicans don’t bail him out by bestowing him with legislative victories on big government initiatives 

“I just don’t believe that any chief executive is going to be in the dark about a leak that everybody is claiming may have [cost] the lives of Americans.”

It’s a crisis of trust that only engaged citizens can combat – but will they?

“the more they talk, / the more they lie, / and the deeper down the hole they go…”

“People have no trust that their government is being impartial”

“This is a business where you have to tell the truth, and that did not happen here”

“I’m simply asking a question.”

“The Washington echo chamber.”

“I would not dismiss Benghazi. It’s a very serious issue.”