Sunday, May 19, 2013

Obama Aide: 'Irrelevant Fact' Where President Was During Benghazi Attacks

Obama Aide: 'Irrelevant Fact' Where President Was During Benghazi Attacks | The Weekly Standard
Obama aide Dan Pfeiffer said it's an "irrelevant fact" where the president physically was during the Benghazi terror attack on September 11, 2012: 
Host Chris Wallace reminds Pfeiffer that Obama didn't really talk with Secretary Clinton, Secretary Panetta, or Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that night. "He was talking to his national security staff," Pfeiffer insists. 
Asked about whether the president entered the Situation Room, Pfeiffer says, "I don't remember what room the president was in on that night, and that's a largely irrelevant fact."
Pfeiffer then argues that Wallace's questions about the president's handling of the Benghazi terror attack are "offensive." 
UPDATE: Here's [click link] a full rush transcript of the exchange:" ...