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February 19, 2013

The Benghazi Killers Frolic

Barry Rubin, Rubin Reports

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Five months ago, radical Islamists in Libya murdered four American officials, and President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that the administration would not rest until those responsible were caught.

Yet it seems as if nothing has been done: just as the White House did nothing on September 11, 2012, while the U.S. consulate was under attack, it has done nothing serious since, and is doing nothing now.

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TAGGED: Ansar al-Sharia, Islamists, Libya, Benghazi

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