Biden: Ryan’s Libya Criticism ‘A Bunch Of Malarkey’

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Vice President Biden fired back at Rep. Paul Ryan’s criticism of the administration’s handling of security at the embassy in Libya, at the vice presidential debate Thursday.

“With all due respect, that is a bunch of malarkey,” Biden said, “because not a single thing he said is accurate.”

“First of all, number one, this lecture on embassy security — the Congressman cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we ask for — so much for the embassy’s security, number one,” Biden further said.

“Gov. Romney, before he knew the facts and before he even know knew that our ambassador was killed, he was out making political statements. And this talk about this weakness — I don’t understand what my friend is talking about here. This is a president that has gone out and done everything he has said he is going to do.”

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