Susan Rice On Contending With Crisis -- CBS 60 Minutes
President Obama's national security advisor answers questions about the NSA leaks, Iran, Syria and the attack in Benghazi
The following script is from "Susan Rice" which aired on Dec. 22, 2013. Lesley Stahl is the correspondent. Rich Bonin, producer.
From her first day on the job as President Obama's national security advisor, Susan Rice has had to contend with one crisis on top of the other: the Edward Snowden leaks, the chemical weapons attack in Syria, Egypt, Iran, China, Russia…you name it.
During her four years as the U.S. ambassador to the UN, she had a reputation, as one magazine put it, for being "whip-smart, energetic, abrasive, charming, funny, combative, and frequently undiplomatic."
And yet the president wanted to name her to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. But then she walked into the Benghazi buzzsaw. She got swept up in the dispute over who attacked the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. There was no chance she would be confirmed by the Senate. So last July, she became one of the president's closest advisors -- both personally, and in terms of proximity.
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My Comment: Another "puff piece" from CBS on the Obama administration.
Update: not everyone is happy with this interview .... Susan Rice: NSA Officials Didn’t Lie, They ‘Inadvertently Made False Representations’ -- Mediaite
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