WH: President Obama Was Not Scheduled To Watch Clinton Testimony

A spokesman for the White House said Thursday that President Obama was not expected to watch Democratic presidential candidate and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s testimony about Benghazi.

Clinton testified at the House Benghazi Committee hearing Thursday — an interrogation that was expected to last eight hours.

“I don’t believe that this hearing was on the President’s morning schedule to watch,” said deputy press secretary Eric Schultz.

“I will tell you that what struck me was that I was reminded of why President Obama chose Hillary Clinton to be his secretary of state in the first place,” Schultz said. “This is someone who clearly cares deeply about the issues, someone who has worked tirelessly to strengthen our relationships with our partners around the world, someone who cares deeply about our men and women who serve overseas in stations across the globe and someone who when something goes wrong takes responsibility and owns up to that mistake and is happy to answer questions on however many occasions because she is being held accountable.”

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  1. Good one, Eric.

  2. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    Then he’s missing the reals…He’s gotta be giving a glance or two, this GOimPlosion is just car accident-level eye candy.

  3. Avatar for tomj tomj says:

    That makes two of us! I’ll catch the highlights later.

  4. “The President was busy catching up on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ reruns.”

  5. Smart move, what a bunch of BS, he said, she said, nitpicking of details taken out of context, and no one except with a photographic memory could remember, it is.

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