Full responsibility for the failure of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's security in the United States in Benghazi, Libya, last month said that U.S. President Barack Obama will not participate in the decision is a special diplomatic missions security detail.
Secretary of State Clinton said in an interview with CNN on Monday night, she wanted to avoid the "political gotcha", described the tragedy in Benghazi, seems to be in order to protect her boss, the president is locked in a tight reelection battle from further political consequences. Killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. diplomats, including Libya's ambassador to China, Christopher Stevens.
However, Clinton's efforts did not blunt fierce Republican Obama's offensive attack Benghazi processing, recognition of a problem, why the consulate is no better preparation for this attack, why it took so long to manage terrorist attacks.
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Obama's Republican challenger, Mitt Romney (Mitt Romney), is expected in Tuesday night's debate, held Benghazi attack in an attempt to depict not the leadership of the President, some political experts say Clinton may have even unknowingly served as Romney purpose.
"It is very important [Clinton] public statement, to say what we all know - her secretary is responsible for:" in foreign policy at the Washington Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Lawrence Korb said. "But you such statements be careful, because it can improve what your boss, in this case, the President of the United States, need to know the problem. '
Clinton raft Monday night television interview, and she is from Washington to the diplomatic mission in Peru, to solve the first problem, around the Benghazi attack. She insisted that the public statement by the U.S. State Department officials - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, five days after the attack, including Notes - reflects information made a statement.
However, Clinton also hit any proposal, the White House is trying to use her to do damage control for Obama. "You see, I take responsibility I am responsible for the country, more than 60,000 people around the world, including 275 jobs," she told CNN.
The president and vice president, certainly not by safety experts to understand the specific decision, "she added," They are weighing all the threats and risks, need a thoughtful decision. "
This argument does not convince Republican criticism quickly seize double down on their attack Obama on Clinton's statement - may provide a preview of the attack line, Romney may need to Tuesday night.
Three Republican senators, including Obama's opponent, John McCain, Clinton's actions in 2008, "a commendable gesture, especially when the White House's efforts to avoid shall not accept any responsibility for it." But Senator John McCain, the Arizona and two colleagues, 林赛格雷厄姆 South Carolina and Kelly Ait New Hampshire went on to say, "the safety of Americans around the world for our country, and ultimately commander. responsibility to stop there. "
Is there a way to Korb, the Reagan administration Pentagon official said, Republicans would accept Clinton's call for "unity of the people," three weeks before the general election approaching Benghazi tragedy, and allow the investigation to clarify what happened .
"Until now, they do not have a good national security issues Obama Osama bin Laden and other" base "organization is responsible for the support, the Democratic Party on national security is strong narrative," he said. Their stuff at the White House, there is no deal. "
However, Obama's own assets, as commander-in-chief, called for in the face of Republican attacks, Korb said. The president should serve as knowledge, he said, and explained that the Tripoli embassy Marines have not traveled with the Ambassador and protect him, because "Ambassador own security detail." On the contrary, the responsibility of the Marines in order to protect the confidential files of the embassy.
"He should be clear that, even if you have some of the higher level of security, it would not have been able to prevent this attack, you will need a department to do that," Korb said, "The fact is that the maximum so that does not want a whole entourage around them safe. "
Obama should also be noted that the Ambassador Stevens's father said publicly that his son's death should not be politicized, and score in the campaign, Korb said.
What is increasingly fierce debate in Benghazi just some opinion polls show that American voters want to hear more on international issues, and the role the United States plays in the world, from the presidential candidates.
This week a better world movement to promote interaction with the United Nations, the organization of a public opinion survey found that three-quarters of Americans say that international issues will affect how they vote - or about half of the voters said presidential candidate diplomacy policy and international issues are not resolved enough.
Americans say their top concern of the international community in response to an open-ended problem, end the war in Afghanistan, Iran's nuclear program, the threat of nuclear weapons in Iran's relations with Israel, as well as how to solve the Middle East earth-shaking changes.
This last reaction may include Benghazi terrorist attacks, but opinion polls do not seem to hint that the voters want a debate on international issues dominated the blame game.


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