HRC and Libya aftermath

CNN: During Her Campaign, Secretary Clinton Was Set To “Face A Broader Challenge In What's Become Of [Libya] Since, As Secretary Of State In 2011, She Was The Public Face Of The U.S. Intervention To Push Out Its Longtime Strongman, Moammar Gadhafi.” “Hillary Clinton has another Libya problem. She's already grappling with the political headaches from deleted emails and from the terror attack that left four Americans dead in Benghazi. But she'll face a broader challenge in what's become of the North African country since, as secretary of state in 2011, she was the public face of the U.S. intervention to push out its longtime strongman, Moammar Gadhafi.” [CNN, 6/8/15] CNN: Libya’s Plight Was “Creating An Opening For Republican Presidential Candidates To Question Clinton's Strategic Acumen And To Undermine Her Diplomatic Credentials.” “Libya's lapse into the chaos of failed statehood has provided a breeding ground for terror and a haven for groups such as ISIS. Its plight is also creating an opening for Republican presidential candidates to question Clinton's strategic acumen and to undermine her diplomatic credentials, which will be at the center of her pitch that only she has the global experience needed to be president in a turbulent time.” [CNN, 6/8/15] CNN: Chaos In Libya Demonstrated In Part That Secretary Clinton Would “Have To Answer For Misfires In The Obama Administration's Wider Foreign Policy.” “Gathering questions over Libya also point to one of the central complications of Clinton's campaign for the Democratic nomination, due to formally launch on Saturday: the fact that she must own a record at the State Department that lacks clear- cut diplomatic triumphs. She'll also have to answer for misfires in the Obama administration's wider foreign policy as GOP candidates who have not faced the same tough choices can nitpick her record with the advantage of hindsight.” [CNN, 6/8/15] CNN: Rand Paul “Has Called Libya A ‘Jihadist Wonderland’ And Hillary Clinton A ‘War Hawk’ In Questioning The Mission” In Benghazi. “Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a GOP presidential candidate, has called Libya a ‘jihadist wonderland’ and Hillary Clinton a ‘war hawk’ in questioning the mission, which he is using to flesh out a wider critique that American military interventions in the Middle East have backfired badly.” [CNN, 6/8/15] Rand Paul: “Somebody Needs To Ask Hillary Clinton, Was It A Good Idea To Topple Gadhafi In Libya? I Think It's A Disaster. Libya Is A Failed State. Someone Ought To Pay And Hillary Clinton Needs To Answer Questions About It.” “‘Somebody needs to ask Hillary Clinton, was it a good idea to topple Gadhafi in Libya? I think it's a disaster. Libya is a failed state. Someone ought to pay and Hillary Clinton needs to answer questions about it,’ Paul said at an Iowa Republican Party Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines on May 16.” [CNN, 6/8/15] Marco Rubio: “The Result In Libya Was A Protracted Conflict That Killed People, Destroyed Infrastructure And Left Behind The Conditions For The Rise Of Multiple Militias Who Refused To Lay Down Their Arms.” “Another GOP presidential candidate, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, said in an interview with Charlie Rose of PBS in May that ‘the result in Libya was a protracted conflict that killed people, destroyed infrastructure and left behind the conditions for the rise of multiple militias who refused to lay down their arms.’” [CNN, 6/8/15] Jim Webb: “We Blew The Lid Off Of A Series Of Tribal Engagements. You Can't Get To The Tripoli Airport Right Now, Much Less Benghazi.” “Concern over what has become of Libya is not confined to the Republican Party. Possible Democratic challenger Jim Webb, a former Virginia senator, complained in a recent appearance with CNN's Jake Tapper that: ‘We blew the lid off of a series of tribal engagements. You can't get to the Tripoli Airport right now, much less Benghazi.’” [CNN, 6/8/15] Secretary Clinton: “Imagine We Were Sitting Here And Benghazi Had Been Overrun, A City Of 700,000 People, And Tens Of Thousands Of People Had Been Slaughtered, Hundreds Of Thousands Had Fled… The Cries Would Be, ‘Why Did The United States Not Do Anything?’” “‘Imagine we were sitting here and Benghazi had been overrun, a city of 700,000 people, and tens of thousands of people had been slaughtered, hundreds of thousands had fled,’ Clinton said on ABC's ‘This Week’ in March 2011. ‘The cries would be, “Why did the United States not do anything?”’” [CNN, 6/8/15]