Former Security of State Hillary Clinton channeled her righteous anger on Thursday to defend the integrity of security officials who protect U.S. diplomats across the globe.
“I would put them up against anybody,” Clinton told a GOP congressman during testimony before the House Select Committee on Benghazi. “And I just cannot allow any comment to be in the record in any way criticizing or disparaging them.”
The exchange began when Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) brought up their abilities during Thursday’s Benghazi Committee hearing:
“When you say ‘security professionals,’ I’m not trying to be disparaging with anybody, but I don’t know who those folks were,” Westmoreland said, after Clinton explained they, not her, were often making assessments on the ground.
“Well, they were people who risked their lives to try to save—” Clinton shot back.
“Well in my little opinion, the professionals when it came to protecting people —” Westmoreland said, trailing off before launching into a discussion about who had access to Clinton’s personal email address.
Later on the in the questioning, Clinton returned to the topic.
“I have to add, congressman, the diplomatic security professionals are among the best in the world,” Clinton said
“I would put them up against anybody. And I just cannot allow any comment to be in the record in any way criticizing or disparaging them. They have kept Americans safe in two wars and in a lot of other really terrible situations over the last many years,” she said. “I trusted them with my life. You trust them with yours when you’re on [congressional delegations]. They deserve better and they deserve all the support congress can give them because they’re doing a really hard job very well.”
Bag of dicks incoming…
Just the look on her face as she sat listening to Gowdy rave was priceless…Westmoreland, Jordan, Roby and the first lady with the circa 1973 hair-do, shameful.
Westmoreland was way off script here, blaming the security personal, and reiterating it after she defended them.
If you are going to put up a committee for sole purpose of trying to denigrate a particular witness, it would make sense to have a - you know - strategy.
Some Freudian truth seems to have slipped in there.
So when Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) says “well they missed something here because 4 people are dead” (never mind that they themselves were among the dead)… does that apply to Bush for missing something when all the thousands died on 9/11? or the tens of thousands named and multiple thousands killed when he missed something in the decision to invade Iraq?
What about all those who died in Katrina, did Bush obviously miss something there too?
I mean let’s decide on a single standard here with which to assesses who missed what shall we Mr. Westmoreland?