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November 5, 2012

Why America's Ambassador Died

Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia

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There is one person and one only who is responsible for that state of affairs. Hint: it isn’t the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense or the Director of the CIA. Ambassador Stevens didn’t die because the White House had a bad night. He died because the White House has bungled North Africa.

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TAGGED: Benghazi, Libya, United States

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