 AP Photo With U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s withdrawal from consideration for the position of secretary of state, some have assumed that Congress will now be less insistent on a full accounting of the facts surrounding the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack in Benghazi that resulted in the murder of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. TAGGED: Chris Stevens, Kelly Ayotte, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Africa, Susan Rice, Barack Obama, United States, Libya, BenghaziRECOMMENDED ARTICLES| When Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) retires from the upper chamber he will leave behind a gap in the “three amigos” on foreign policy, as he and Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) have been dubbed. The... more ›› |
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