Clinton Jumps On The Benghazi Grenade -- Blake Hounshell, Passport/Foreign Policy
CNN's Elise Labott, traveling with Hillary Clinton in Peru, got the secretary of state to make news by stating the obvious: that she is ultimately responsible for the safety of U.S. diplomats.
There's a bit of editorial sleight of hand going on, because the headline quotes her saying "I take responsibility" and then throws in "... for Benghazi" without quotes. So there may be less to this story than meets the eye. Without the full context of her remarks, it's hard to say whether she was really taking the hit for the whole fiasco or not. (The AP has a slightly different version, as does Fox News.)
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Who is responsible for what in Libya? -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
Benghazi Attack Brings Infantilizing Response -- Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg
Hillary Apologizes for Benghazi, But Where’s Obama? -- Alana Goodman, Commentary
Syrian air defense a paper tiger -- Michael Weiss, NOW Lebanon
The Damascus Road Not Traveled -- Will Inboden, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy
Hamas redefines itself after leaving Syria for new allies -- Dalia Hatuqa, The National
A ‘reset’ in Israeli-U.S. relations? -- Washington Post editorial
Asia Knows How to Get Along With a Bigger China -- Pankaj Mishra, Bloomberg
Who’ll Get Thrown Off the Island? The greater East Asian co-hostility sphere. -- Ethan Epstein, Weekly Standard
To Balance China, U.S. Should Open Up to Vietnam -- Alexander Benard & Paul Leaf, Real Clear Markets
Nigeria’s Most Sadistic Killers: Why Is Boko Haram Not Designated a Terrorist Group? -- Eli Lake, Daily Beast
The Nobel Prize Fantasy: The European Union As a Peacekeeper -- Doug Bandow, Forbes
A preemptive strike on the foreign policy failures of the next administration -- Daniel Byman, Washington Post
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