Friday, May 24, 2013

Obama promotes Benghazi talking points editor to assistant secretary of state

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Obama promotes Benghazi talking points editor to assistant secretary of state

10:24 AM 05/24/2013

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Vince Coglianese

Senior Online Editor

The woman responsible for completely removing references to terrorism from the Benghazi talking points has been nominated by President Obama to become an assistant secretary of state.

Victoria Nuland — the State Department spokeswoman who famously altered the talking points regarding the Sept. 11, 2012 attack — will become assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs if the nomination clears the Senate.

It’s a toxic nomination for the president to put forward, particularly as congressional Republicans hammer the administration for failures in readiness and response to the attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

Nuland is a central character in those criticisms, having expressed “serious concerns” about any mention of terrorism.

Four Americans died in the terror attack, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens.

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