The letter, organized by South Carolina
freshman Jeff Duncan, said Rice's "misleading statements" about the attack that
led to the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other
Americans "caused irreparable damage to her credibility both at home and around
the world."
It was the latest GOP effort to single out
Rice for the mixed signals sent out by the administration in the immediate
aftermath of the September attack in Benghazi. Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham have led criticism in the
Senate, saying Rice is unqualified and untrustworthy and promising to block her
nomination if Obama picks her to take over the State Department after Clinton
steps down.
President Obama responded last week at a news
conference, saying McCain and Graham should "go after me" if they want to
criticize administration actions. He said Rice had nothing to do with the
Benghazi affair and "to besmirch her reputation is outrageous."
On Friday a dozen Democratic female members
of the House also came to Rice's defense, saying the criticisms of her smacked
of sexism and racism.
It's amazing that the Republicans defended former National Security Advisor Condolezza Rice for misleading the American people on the Bush Administration claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, but have hostility toward Susan Rice for sharing the information she had been given by the CIA on several Sunday television talk shows.. Although this information was revised at a later date, Rice gave the position provided to her by intelligence sources. This is the fact supported by outgoing CIA Director David Petraeus.
To learn more about Susan Rice, read my post "Meet Susan Rice: U. N. Ambassador".
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