Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Sunday that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been the one playing politics with Benghazi.
Mrs. Clinton played a part in a White House “cover up” that associated an anti-Muslim video with the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, Mr. Priebus said on “Fox News Sunday.”
Mrs. Clinton writes in a chapter of her soon-to-be-released book that “those who exploit this tragedy over and over as a political tool minimize the sacrifice of those who served our country.”
But Mr. Priebus said there are still unanswered questions about the attack.
“Hillary Clinton is politics 24/7, and this is no different,” Mr. Priebus said.
Though she has not announced a 2016 run for president, Mrs. Clinton starts out as the presumed front-runner for the Democratic nomination. Should she run, her role in the U.S. response to the Benghazi attack it figures to play a significant part.
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Mr. Priebus also assigned her an “F” grade as Secretary of State, and didn’t appear terribly impressed with her tenure in the U.S. Senate.
“Go to her Senate days - what’s there? I don’t know,” he said.
• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.
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