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Mar. 15, 2013 4:56pm Jason Howerton

Benghazi Survivors Told to Be Quiet by Obama Administration, Claims Sen. Lindsey Graham

US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) listens during a press conference on Capitol Hill March 7, 2013 in Washington, DC. The lawmakers spoke about the reported arrest of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, the son-in-law of Osama Bin Laden, who was taken into custody in the Middle East and is now allegedly being held in New York. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

The Obama administration has told the injured survivors of the Benghazi terror attack “to be quiet,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) alleges in an exclusive interview with Fox News.

While Congress presses for more information surrounding the infamous Sept. 11, 2012 terror attack, Graham says the survivors feel as if they can’t reach out and tell their stories. Critics of the White House’s handling of Benghazi say survivors have been completely inaccessible to Congress and the media.

When asked about Benghazi survivors, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters, “I’m sure that the White House is not preventing anyone from speaking.”

Graham told Fox News he isn’t buying it. He said, “the bottom line is they feel that they can’t come forth, they’ve been told to be quiet.”

“We cannot let this administration or any other administration get away with hiding from the American people and Congress, people who were there in real time to tell the story,” the senator from South Carolina added.

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revelation2012
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:45pm
http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/03/why-foreign-troops-and-dhs-vehicles-across-usa-2585024.html

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- vic138
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 6:11pm
  Along the same line, is this dhs insider interview from canada free press:
  
  http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52923
  
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- Minnaloushe
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 6:20pm
  I just love the photographic evidence. Those panoramic thumbnails sure are revealing. Total BS.
  
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- SciPro
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 7:19pm
  You sure know how to worry a guy .. dang
  
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- Grey Eagle
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 9:26pm
  Scary.
  
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- skipwal
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 11:33am
  Well, German isn’t all that bad of a language to learn if one applies oneself. The Europeans (other than Germans) had to learn it rather quickly during WWII. It was either learn German or be a lampshade.
  
  True enough, the Germans won’t have any “problem” dealing with the dirty problems that Americans won’t do.
  
  Now, I have no problems with the German people. They are nice enough (Now they are…they were not so nice during the war) and I like them.
  
  The real question …”Why are we turning an American Air Base over to the Germans with almost no one knowing about it?”
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 11:51am
  Where are the trolls.
  
  Quivering!
  
  They know that if & when these people speak up, they will get owned if they speak up in public. Too many of their friends, neighbors & relatives will turn on them.
  
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- stablepar
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 2:00pm
  it must be 10 to 15 years ago there was a bit on the late night news about an afb in the desert where as the germans were shown raising their flag. it wasn’t a long or particularly informative and it seemed to be cut a bit short. i did’t really pay to much attention so i missed a lot of it but it got my attention. i searched the news for a long time but never heard anything about it. over the years it has come back to my mind. i think i have my answer
  
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- NukeHaze
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 3:01pm
  The trolls are out and apparently reporting comments that call their BS and disagree with their Alex Jones lunacy here. They just like their Progressive allies for the one world try to shut down your free speech and disagreement with them especially when you blow their argument out of the water about a U.S. base being given away to the UN.
  
  Just like the story of the missing anthrax during the Clinton administration when they counted the storehouse and it made the news and no one said another thing about it. Everyone forgot. But I remember the story in the 90′s.
  
  We are not fools here unless you believe what Alex Jones is saying. You A.J. freaks need to stop trying to purge intelligent comments from intelligent people.
  
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- Mulder1
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 4:10pm
  I believe that Obama is not allowing these survivors to talk to the media as it would embarrass Obama.
  
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- Captain Crunch
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:28pm
  I’m a truck driver. I recently delivered a load to the Fort Belvoir military base just outside of Washington DC. Going through one of the parimiter security gates I was asked to show my ID, bill of lading, and open the hood of my truck so they could do a complete inspection of the truck inside and out. No problem…pretty standard security. Guards did not wear US military issue uniforms. They were dressed in unmarked swat type uniforms. Ok, so maybe they were civilian contractors…that is until one female opened her mouth to speak…she had a very pronounced foreign accent…maybe german or swiss….not sure. Just an observation. Make of it what you will.
  
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- Dougsopinion
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:35pm
  Martial law imposed in Brooklyn, NY. and the media is not reporting it. Look it up.
  
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- Newtowns-Third-Law
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:02pm
  Walkabout, I am new here but after looking into your “last ten posts” fer a cupola daze, UH
  
  YOU looks like the bioggest TROLL we got herein.Ya thiunk? 100% Natural Born USA, Too.
  
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- DADDYWOREAWHITEHAT
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 10:35pm
  So he has threatened those people who were serving in harms way.
  What a pos this guy is.
  His legacy needs to have the truth in it & we all need to remember Benghazi!
  
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- peaceangel
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:16am
  Chinese and UN armies have been coming here for a couple of years now and Russians have worked on trains to install shackles for people hauling and they are talking about it to the people who are finding them also. And the mainstream news cannot print this as they are owned and operated by the NWO planning commission, the Bilderburg group. The sad thing is that less than 20% of americans know what the whole rest of the world knows is happening here and of those, most will not care until the foreign armies are at their doors in the middle of the night to haul them away. This is a nearly 300 year old agenda and the past four presidents have already created all the laws necessary to create the NWO and to initiate Martial law. And yet, idiots on this site still think the Republicans and a change in president will stop all this. They clearly have no idea who the Bush families are.
  
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- Chrischan74
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 5:51am
  Interesting, that the Germans are still measured at the happenings around WWII. Almost two generations after the war….
  
  How would you like it, if you were measured at the genocide of 54 million native americans?
  
  Besides that, I would really be interested how stupid bi…es like Pamela Rae Schuffert get there “informations” There are still more GI’s on german soil than german soldiers ever will set foot on US soil. Not to speak of the nuclear arsenal.
  
  And don’t mix up “german soldiers” with “genuine military”. Our guys are well-diggers for the rag-heads in Afghanistan and they are only usefull in holding back the enemy until genuine military arrives.
  
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neverending
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:36pm
More of the same coming out of this commie administration How much longer do we have to sit and watch this corruption, this destruction of America and the American people? The bastard should have been impeached – certainly never given a second term.

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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 2:36am
  It seems suspect that Lindsey Graham chose now to come out with this “news” considering the fact that he and McCain ripped into Rand Paul and the attention Paul, Cruz, Rubio and the rest of the young very popular new guys are receiving from us. Is he for real or just more politics with the Rinos losing traction for hanging out with the President? I dunno but it sure as said seems “suspect”.
  
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- CatB
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:19pm
  Graham is up for reelection in the next election year .. and he and McLame got slapped down for their slams ON THE SENATE FLOOR .. of the NEW REPUBLICANS, Rand Paul, Cruz, Rubio etc. He needs to save face and his reelection .. so if it helps get to the truth on Benghazi then that is a good thing .. if they reelect the RINO then that is bad … for now I will hope and pray that we get to the truth on BENGHAZI .. and if that leads to the White House (which it will) even better!
  
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- shogun459
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:28pm
  unfortunatly WE have to wait until this administration starts shooting us.
  
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- Beepster
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 1:44pm
  Oh, I’m quite sure they all were told they could say whatever they wanted to say. The prize comes later in that they would be fired, not able to hold any gov’ment job again, and would be black-balled in their expertise. Oh, and there just MIGHT be some sudden deaths due to “accidents” to family members. Well, shuckins, dat ain’t much of a choice, is it????
  
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MuddyWaters
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:35pm
what a transparent admin

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paprtowl
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:32pm
benghazi , obama ,(coward) , hillary ,( didn’t know what to do). (military ?)

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- dylan
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:16am
  Obama, Biden, H. Clinton and Leon Panetta are TRAITORS. Lies and more lies and many low info people buy into all the regimes deceptions. Traitors need to be shot-with a deer rifle!
  
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- JOLEEN M
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 1:58pm
  Not surprised they were gagged. Not surprised graham is not stirring this up again – relection time.
  same old same old.
  
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MDECKER
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:29pm
Jay Carney told reporters, “I’m sure that the White House is not preventing anyone from speaking.”
Well, there it is! I’m not sure I’d want to speak to Graham either. Send a Cruz or a Lee but, keep your McCain and or Graham. They probaly need more time to manufacture charts that depict their fellow Republicans in a bad light anyway.

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- Mil Mom
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 9:53pm
  @MDECKER
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:29pm
  
  Jay Carney told reporters, “I’m sure that the White House is not preventing anyone from speaking.”
  Well, there it is! I’m not sure I’d want to speak to Graham either. Send a Cruz or a Lee but, keep your McCain and or Graham. They probaly need more time to manufacture charts that depict their fellow Republicans in a bad light anyway.
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  My sentiments exactly. Makes you wonder if they don’t save and assign these “bold” questions to rinos up for re-election who they know really need to look like the opposing party occasionally.
  
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- illegal characters
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 1:26am
  McCain and or Graham: Bring up Benghazi and or fast and furious the next time you break bread with a Socialist.
  
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revelation2012
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:29pm
there are ‘thousands’ out there that KNOW and want to TALK but their very LIVES are at stake

they NEED to be REASSURED that “We the People” WILL STAND WITH THEM!

research the HELL that WHISTLE BLOWERS are having to ENDURE ,,, and Pray for them

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STREBOR
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:29pm
Are the witnesses still alive?

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:27pm
I want to know what else, aside from the arms running to terrorists, was going on in Benghazi. I still say there was something else the ambassador or someone at the embassy had stumbled across, and this had the terrorists with Iranian blessings launch their assault.

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- Barack Oburgundy
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:00am
  The plan was to allow the Amassador and staff to be taken alive. Then traded for the Blind Sheik. I bring our attention to exhibit A. The government media began floating trial balloons about the Muslim Brotherhood wanting the Blind Sheik to be released. That was reported on fairly regularly for about 2-3 weeks. Then when our brave Navy Seals intervened the protestors felt betrayed and decided to kill everyone. In turn our Muslim in Chief felt betrayed and let the Navy Seals die as payback. I would not be surprised to find out that he was actually on the phone with rebel leaders during the attack instead of the cover story claims Netanyahu.
  
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- rambosharley
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 10:48am
  There is something that stinks BIG TIME with this Benghazi incident! Something is very wrong here. The MSM have been told to SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP and they did! It wouldn’t surprise me if the ‘other’ survivors have been told the same!
  
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- Msgt Ret
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 7:49am
  I agree totally with “Barack Oburgundy” our ambassador was supposed to be taken hostage and then traded for the blind sheik…obumblers plan failed when a couple REAL Americans intervened, then obumbler walked away when he heard what was happening and tried to blame it all on a video!
  
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123456beatriz
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:26pm
Silence? Umm? Maybe the same with the survivors in PB oil spill?

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- geeman
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:21pm
  W.T.F. Do you have some kind of point?.What does one thing have to do with the other.Exept how badly your beloved leader handled the job of PRESIDENT!
  
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Grandpa Dave
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:22pm
The cover-up continues… Here’s an idea. Take Barry to an interrogation room and water board the SOB.

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The-Monk
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:22pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham just suggested that Rand Paul should have kept quiet the other day.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:27pm
  Give him a pass on Benghazi, it’s the only issue he’s been helpful on in years.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 6:41pm
  Yes, you are right Gonzo. A pass he has.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:20pm
Keep digging, there is something smelly buried here.

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- gyro
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:59pm
  Gonzo it is fare worse than smelly
  
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STREBOR
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:20pm
We’re still waiting to find out who killed JFK!

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- Grandpa Dave
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:25pm
  I believe that was Killroy.
  
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- Grover_Standpipe
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:57pm
  The President was cleaning a gun in his car when it discharged by accident.
  
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- ares338
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 9:28pm
  Bush did it!
  
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- marmond
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:12pm
  Kennedy was in Dallas at Johnson’s request to help unify the Democratic party. Wouldn’t it be political suicide for Johnson to admit that as the most powerful Democrat in his state he could not hold the Democratic Party together. Who would have gained the most from Kennedy’s death? Did Johnson ever have any hope of ever becoming president with all the Kennedy family popularity at the time. Could Johnson have lived long enough to be president after two terms each for John, Robert and Ted Kennedy? During the assassination investigation the squids shot plenty of ink in the water to make things confusing; the Mafia, Castro, the Russians, Marxist extremists but no one inside our own political system were suspect. Many of the assassination investigators moved on to much bigger and better things after the investigation was closed, two of the investigators eventually became president. Some times there are simple answers to questions that the people in charge never ask. Who would have benefitted the most from Kennedy’s death?
  
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- Dudley Do-Right
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 5:34pm
  The Mafia since they put Kennedy over the top in Chicago. And then the first thing newly appointed RFK did was to go after the mob. That’s my story and I’m stickin with it!
  
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- electroencephalographic
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 10:20pm
  The Rothchilds.
  
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USAFRetired
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:20pm
And we are surprised, WHY?

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Walkabout
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:18pm
Benghazi: Six Months of Deceit

http://sofrep.com/18038/benghazi-six-months-of-deceit/

From SOFREP: Special Operations Forces Report.

This is not going to go away.

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- RLTW
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:42pm
  SOFREP is a great window into the SOF world, it should be noted that Special Operations Soldiers will only be used to a point by any admin, they are standing now and the word I’m getting through friends and relatives still serving is they see something evil coming and they’re discussing what their way forward will be.
  
  I can tell you during my time in SOF Clinton’s picture never hung within our Company AO in the 90′s
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 6:38pm
  RTLW- all the way.
  
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- chips1
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 7:04pm
  I keep telling you people that the military isn’t going to follow the muslim. They are going to stand by their oath.
  
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- RLTW
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:02pm
  Thanks FUBARED I know you know where I stand my friend.
  
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micko77
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:17pm
Witness tampering is my suspicion as well, along with threats and bribes, isolation from family, community, peers. Puts one in mind of “re-education”. I wonder how many who resist will turn up missing altogether, and we’ll never know because we don’t know who they are.

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RLTW
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:17pm
These people need to find the courage to come forward, the problem is capsulized in this quote from CG Jung.

“there are always upright and truth loving people to whom lying and tyranny are hateful, but one cannot judge whether they exert any decisive influence on the masses under the police regime.”

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tommytruck
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:17pm
That’s fine – Perhaps these folks need to be straightened out, Chicago-style.

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crusaderx9
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:17pm
“When asked about Benghazi survivors, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters, “I’m sure that the White House is not preventing anyone from speaking.””

Talk about a worthless response that purposefully says nothing conclusive.

Let’s see if RINO Graham can get a definitive response or better yet a live witness/survivor from the Benghazi attack. Perhaps he should go by the offices of Senator Cruz or Senator Rand Paul for some tips.

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- TyrannyNoMore
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 9:15pm
  You need to dissect his statement like a lawyer would. Specifically, Carney said, “I’m sure the (White House) is not preventing anyone from speaking.”
  Well yeah, if you consider a building made of wood and stone can’t do any such thing anyway. I would have preferred him to say, The president, nor anyone who works for him, is preventing anyone from speaking. If you think I am splitting hairs, this is how these weasels obfuscate the truth all the time. They speak in terms of what can be technically called the truth. Remember Clinton’s insane twisting and contorting of the truth during his impeachment; “That depends on what the definition of is, is.”
  
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- blownaway
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:26pm
  @TyrannyNoMore
  You just hit the nail on the head, my friend…
  
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jbruce1111
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:17pm
They may have evacuated 33 bodies, but, I doubt they were “survivors”. The ambassador was running guns, and these people will never be heard from again.

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gyro
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:14pm
so it begins
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revelation2012
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:13pm
the lack of interest from this ADMIN allowed those there TO BE SLAUGHTERED!

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- Max jones
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 7:21pm
  Oh yeah….it wasn’t “lack of interest”……it was a lack of loyalty.
  
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NILAP
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:13pm
They all wish to express the great heroic feats of courage President Obama performed that day, but the President being the humble man he is, has asked them not to speak about it.

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nesmond
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:11pm
This admin. thinks if they keep playing these stall tactics, the whole Benghazi thing will eventually go away. I hope they’re wrong.

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- jbruce1111
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:23pm
  Isn’t it odd that not a single relative or friend of any of the 32 so-called survivors have come forward ? Not one? Not a single person in the US knew someone that was in Benghazi on the day of the attack? And why hasn’t anyone interviewed a single ********** over there?
  
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- momrules
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:40pm
  JBRUCE1111………excellent point.
  
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chips1
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:08pm
Witness tampering. That’s what the mafia does best. Chicago is just being Chicago.

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:28pm
  All too true, and I imagine the threats were of the kind that goes, “Keep silent or we do in your family…”
  
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- barber2
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 6:02pm
  CHIPS: We have all witnessed how the Democrat Media Assassination Squad has operated since the Obama Administration began to Occupy the White House. Zimmerman found ” guilty” , daily, in the media for months. Reputations and careers shredded. OWS mobs clogging city streets. MIC checks. ACORN bullhorns in bankers’ front yards. Glitter bombers at political rallies. Carney put- downs at press conferences. Can only imagine what goes on BEHIND the scenes with these guys.
  
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- Proverbs17-12NLT
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 6:29pm
  Obama administration will go down in History as the most corrupt ever. Sad it gives democrats such a crappy name just like cliton did, what a disgrace.
  
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