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TWENTY-ONE PEOPLE WERE INJURED THROUGHOUT THE STATE **

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid slams GOP senators for “outrageous” attacks on Amb. Susan Rice

See news release from Senator Reid’s office and post your thoughts…

REID: REPUBLICAN ATTACKS ON RICE “OUTRAGEOUS AND UTTERLY UNMOORED FROM FACTS AND REALITY”

Washington, D.C.  – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released the following statement today in response to Republican attacks on United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice:

“The personal attacks against Ambassador Rice by certain Republican senators have been outrageous and utterly unmoored from facts and reality. I am shocked that senators would continue these attacks even when the evidence – including disclosures from the intelligence community about the information she presented – have made it clear that the allegations against Ambassador Rice are baseless, and that she has done absolutely nothing wrong.

“Ambassador Rice’s service as United States Ambassador to the United Nations has been impeccable. She has answered all questions raised in relation to the Benghazi attacks completely and repeatedly. The Senate committees of jurisdiction are in the midst of examining the events leading up to the Benghazi attacks, and I agree with those – including the ranking Republican members of both the Intelligence and Homeland Security committees – who have said we should let the committees do their work.  There should be no place for such blatant partisanship in oversight of our nation’s intelligence community.

“The election is over. It is time to drop these partisan political games, and focus our attention on the real challenges facing us as a nation.”

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