EXCLUSIVE--RAND PAUL: BENGHAZI WILL HAUNT HILLARY IN 2016, COULD 'PRECLUDE' HER FROM PRESIDENCY
by MATTHEW BOYLE
26 Jun 2013, 6:00 AM PDT
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a likely 2016 Republican presidential candidate, said that unanswered questions surrounding the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack in Benghazi would haunt former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton if she decides to run for president from the Democratic Party in 2016.
“The thing is, is ultimately if she’s considering running for any kind of office in this country again, I think that she’s going to have to answer the questions about what did she know about the gun-running, what was her involvement with Benghazi, why didn’t she provide adequate security for the ambassador or for the mission in Benghazi?” Paul said in a phone interview with Breitbart News.
“These are some pretty important questions that I don’t think she’s ever answered and she is basically exasperated that she even has to answer anybody’s questions. But really I think not providing adequate security for the ambassador I think should preclude her from holding any higher office.”
Politically speaking, this is arguably the first shot of the 2016 election. Paul is all but certainly running for President, and Clinton is similarly likely to attempt another White House run. Both Paul, a Republican, and Clinton, a Democrat, are potential immediate frontrunners for their respective parties' nominations in the next presidential election.
Paul made a similar argument against Clinton in a speech to the Iowa GOP Lincoln Day Dinner in May, but extended his remarks on Tuesday based on new information he had learned since then.
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