Marco Rubio Slams Obama, Hillary Clinton on Benghazi

Despite being a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., does not think much of the report it issued on Wednesday on the Benghazi attacks which killed four Americans in 2012. Rubio took aim at former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama on the issue. Clinton, like Rubio, is a possible presidential candidate in 2016.

This report will contribute to the overall examination into those attacks, Rubio said. However, this is not a complete report, and it only sheds light on part of the overall picture. The American people deserve the truth when it comes to the Benghazi attacks, and more work needs to be done.

In particular, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has yet to seriously examine these attacks that resulted in the death of four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, Rubio added. The committee should re-examine former Secretary of State Clintons failure to provide adequate security for our deployed personnel in Benghazi, as well as what actions she and others, including the president, took in the hours and days that followed the attack.

Throughout this investigation, the Obama administration was more of a roadblock than a contributor to committee efforts to look into the root cause of these attacks, Rubio insisted. This is especially troubling given that no one at the State Department, which has direct responsibility for the safety of U.S. diplomatic posts overseas, has been held accountable.

Despite many promises of ensuring justice for those behind this attack, that has not happened, Rubio said in conclusion. This complete absence of accountability is unacceptable, and it is my hope that this administration will finally commit the intelligence, diplomatic and military resources to bring those responsible for these attacks to justice.