Hillary isn't one of my fav people but I never thought she was to blame for what happened in Benghazi. The email server was stupid and I've said that here. I'm a Bernie girl but now I'm a Hillary voter.
I saw the mom that talked at the Republican convention. Her son had died in Benghazi, I believe he was a soldier. My heart went out to her. She wasn't ready to talk in front of a large group regarding her son. She didn't seem mentally well and was very angry. I saw how they assisted her to walk out to the stage. She started the lock her up statements that later went into chanting. That's still happening at the Trump rally's.
I've seen Anne Stevens speak.
Dr. Anne Stevens, the sister of Ambassador Chris Stevens, has served as a family spokesperson since his death. She is the chief of pediatric rheumatology at Seattle Children’s Hospital. We spoke twice in the past three days, including shortly after the House Select Committee report was issued. Dr. Stevens recalled that her brother had been fascinated by the Middle East since childhood, when he dressed up as Lawrence of Arabia, with a towel and a pot atop his head. He served in the Peace Corps, in Morocco, before joining the Foreign Service, and he served twice in Libya before his final posting there, as well as in Damascus, Cairo, Jerusalem, and Riyadh. My interview with Dr. Stevens has been condensed and edited for clarity.
Whom do you fault for the lack of security that resulted in the death of your brother, in Benghazi?
It is clear, in hindsight, that the facility was not sufficiently protected by the State Department and the Defense Department. But what was the underlying cause? Perhaps if Congress had provided a budget to increase security for all missions around the world, then some of the requests for more security in Libya would have been granted. Certainly the State Department is underbudgeted.
I do not blame Hillary Clinton or Leon Panetta. They were balancing security efforts at embassies and missions around the world. And their staffs were doing their best to provide what they could with the resources they had. The Benghazi Mission was understaffed. We know that now. But, again, Chris knew that. It wasn’t a secret to him. He decided to take the risk to go there. It is not something they did to him. It is something he took on himself.
What did you learn from the two new reports by House Republicans and Democrats?
It doesn’t look like anything new. They concluded that the U.S. compound in Benghazi was not secure. We knew that.
What did you think of Secretary Clinton’s conduct on Benghazi?
She has taken full responsibility, being head of the State Department, for what occurred. She took measures to respond to the review board’s recommendations. She established programs for a better security system. But it is never going to be perfect. Part of being a diplomat is being out in the community. We all recognize that there’s a risk in serving in a dangerous environment. Chris thought that was very important, and he probably would have done it again. I don’t see any usefulness in continuing to criticize her. It is very unjust.
After years of congressional investigations, do you feel that your brother’s death has been politicized in Washington?
Yes! Definitely politicized. Every report I read that mentions him specifically has a political bent, an accusatory bent. One point that seems to be brought up again and again is the accusation that the attack was a response to the video. I could understand why that conclusion would be made, because it was right after the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Egypt. But, frankly, it doesn’t matter that that was the thinking, that night, about why the attack occurred. It’s irrelevant to bring that up again and again. It is done purely for political reasons.
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Im not sure why Hillary wouldn't have hugged every single one of those family members. Maybe she was also feeling sadness over the country's loss too? Maybe she felt a huge load to carry over this? Not a loss for us we didn't know them.
I guess Mrs. Clinton is the only one that can answer that. I wouldnt assume to speak for her. We all know she didn't mean for this to happen. It's cruel to say otherwise. It done now. She can only move forward and learn from her mistakes. It's too bad we don't have a wonderful selection to choose from. Some folks will be writing in a candidate. That's an option.
I had to add this he he.
Trump will be so pissed. He deserves all this ridicule.
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