A defiant Hillary Clinton said in an interview that aired Monday night that criticism of her handling of the attacks in Benghazi, Libya gives her “more of a reason” to run for president in 2016.
“Actually, it’s more of a reason to run, because I do not believe our great country should be playing minor league ball. We ought to be in the majors,” Clinton told ABC News’ Diane Sawyer. “I view this as really apart from — even a diversion from — the hard work that the Congress should be doing about the problems facing our country and the world.”
Clinton has yet to decide whether or not to launch a presidential bid, however. She sat down with Sawyer to promote her new memoir “Hard Choices,” which deals in part with the Benghazi attacks that occurred under her watch as secretary of state.
Clinton declined to tell Sawyer whether or not she would testify before a GOP-led House Select Committee on Benghazi if called to do so later this year.
“We’ll see what they decide to do, how they conduct themselves,” she said. “But what I do not appreciate is politicizing this at the expense of four dead Americans. That’s not what we used to do in this country.”
Clinton said that she ultimately takes responsibility for the 2012 attacks but did not tell Sawyer what she would have done differently to prevent them from happening.
“Well, I certainly would give anything on earth if this had not happened,” Clinton said. “And I certainly would wish that we had made some of the changes that came to our attention to make as a result of the investigation. But I also am clear in my own mind that we had a system and that system, of course, ended with me.”
“I take responsibility, but I was not making security decisions,” she added.
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BENGHAZDAHL!!!11one!!
We all want to know if she is sitting on her Rascal Mobility Scooter…
“…Actually, it’s more of a reason to run…”
There are some people who respond to scare tactics by becoming scared. They are called “conservatives”.
Then, there’s us.
Hooray for Hillary!!
She knows exactly how to gobsmack the goobers in their pieholes. They have good reason to be afraid of her.
She will have my vote when she runs, and we will savor the sound of millions of RWNJ heads exploding like ripe watermelons smashed by a huge wooden mallet.
Agree 100%. The Right has been on one of their stupid fear frenzies, showing us pitchers of the mean nasty swarthy bearded vicious terrorists coming out of Guantanamo, ready to tear out our lungs, blow up the Freedom Tower, and impose Sharia Law on Mississippi.
I saw some very disoriented middle-aged men, over a decade behind bars and likely micro-chipped and under 24/7 extreme surveillance, who will be within easy reach of a Hellfire missile from a Reaper drone for the rest of their miserable lives.
Priceless opportunity to listen in as they try to get in touch with their old pals and new crews, and a great way to gain both respect and fear in the Middle East.
We should have traded Bergdahl for EVERY prisoner at Guantanamo.
So Hillary, you are running so just come out and say it.