The widow of one of the four Americans killed during the 2012 terror attack in Benghazi, Libya, says former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has “no right” telling the country to move on.
Dorothy Woods, the widow of Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods, said Thursday during her first interview since her husband’s death that the Obama administration has been “dismissive.”
“I place the blame on this sentiment,” she said, “this attitude in the upper level of government that says, ’Hey, you know what? I’m just gonna lie about this, gloss over it, because I want to protect what I look like, and you know, I’m thinking about the next job. I’m thinking about my retirement,’ you know? Not being there, not remembering that they were here for us, the people that voted for them.”
After House Republicans released a long-awaited report on Benghazi, Mrs. Clinton said during a campaign stop in Denver, “I’ll leave it to others to characterize the report, but I think it’s pretty clear it’s time to move on.”
Ms. Woods said Mrs. Clinton had “no right” telling her how to feel.
“I think that nobody in government can tell me how I feel, what I should feel about it,” she told CNN. “She has no right, nor does anyone in government, have the right to tell me it’s time to move on. They’re not in my shoes. You know, I think that that’s the essence of what they have done, is they’ve been dismissive. The committee’s been ridiculed. The committee has been — they’ve been criticized, and you know, for them to, sincerely do the right thing, to care about Americans, that’s what’s important, you know.”
• Jessica Chasmar can be reached at jchasmar@washingtontimes.com.
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