US Ambassador Rice defends comments on Benghazi attack
UNITED STATE Ambassador Susan Rice is defending her early account of the attack that eliminated the U.S. ambassador to Libya and 3 various other Americans in Benghazi, saying that her statements were made based upon initial info from the intelligence community. Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has been under fire after she appeared on television five days after the Sept. 11 attacks and stated in several interviews that the strikes on U.S. outposts were "spontaneous" and were stimulated by outrage over an anti-Islamic video. However 3 days later, National Counterterrorism Director Matthew Olsen acknowledged the Benghazi attacks were acts of terror which Al Qaeda might have played a job. "When discussing he attack against our facilities in Benghazi, I relied solely and squarely on the information provided to me by the intelligence community," Rice stated Wednesday night to press reporters outside the U.N. Security Council.
Keywords:
Rice intelligence community White House Susan Rice President Barack Obama Al Qaeda John McCain Matthew Olsen Benghazi United Nations presidential campaign Security Council national security press conference United States The Associated Press anniversary Counterterrorism anti-Muslim outposts outrage Libya video diplomat longtime Barack terrorist YouTube insider reporters Iran enraged a letter discussing interviews information shows the anniversary the intelligence the opportunity the world Sen. U.N.People:
Ambassador Susan Rice
Overall Sentiment: -0.0390355
Relevance: 0.88031
| Sentiment | Quote |
|---|---|
| 0.103564 | "I made clear that the information was preliminary, and that our investigations would give us the definitive answers," she added. ... |
| 0 | "I made clear that the information was preliminary, and that our investigations would give us the definitive answers," she added. "As a senior U.S. diplomat, I agreed to a White House request to appear on the Sunday shows to talk about the full range of national security issues of the day, which at that time were primarily and particularly the protests that were enveloping and threatening many diplomatic facilities, American diplomatic facilities around the world, and Iran's nuclear program." |
| 0.0489707 | Rice said she respects McCain, but says "some of the statements he's made about me have been unfounded, but I look forward to having the opportunity at the appropriate time to discuss all of this with him." |
| Sentiment Stats: |
|
Disambiguation: References:
Barack Obama
Overall Sentiment: 0.0362218
Relevance: 0.291842
| Sentiment | Quote |
|---|---|
| 0.0233054 | Obama defended Rice in a press conference last Wednesday, saying those like Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who has been critical of Rice's comments, should "go after me." |
| Sentiment Stats: |
|
Disambiguation: Politician | President | Appointer | AwardWinner | Celebrity | PoliticalAppointer | U.S.Congressperson | USPresident | TVActorReferences:
Sen. John McCain
Overall Sentiment: 0.0371162
Relevance: 0.210335
Disambiguation: Politician | AwardWinner | MilitaryPerson | Senator | U.S.Congressperson | FilmActor | TVActorReferences:
Matthew Olsen
Overall Sentiment: -0.0712022
Relevance: 0.196633
Hillary Clinton
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.160276
Disambiguation: Politician | Appointee | AwardWinner | BoardMember | Celebrity | HallOfFameInductee | OperaCharacter | Senator | U.S.Congressperson | TVActorReferences:
Key:
- Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
- The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
- The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).
Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.
Additional Info:
Header Info
Site Provided Title:
Provided Desc:
URL Provided Keywords:
Source Site: Click
US Ambassador Rice defends comments on Benghazi attack
Provided Desc:
U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice is defending her early account of the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans in Benghazi, saying that her statements were made based on initial information from the intelligence community.
URL Provided Keywords:
- Al Qaeda
- Barack Obamas
- hillary clinton
- john mccain
- national security
- nuclear program
- Presidential campaign
- security council
- U S
- United Nations
- United States
- White House
Source Site: Click
