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Sec. Clinton takes parting shots at critics

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Well Hillary Clinton is stepping down today as our secretary of state and she's ending her run with.

Something of a -- taking one final shot at her critics.

Over the deadly terror attack on our consulate in Libya.

Here's part of what she had to say enough sort of an exit interview with the Associated Press quote.

There are some people in politics and in the press who can't be confused by the facts they just will not live in an evidence based world and that's regrettable.

It's regrettable for our political system and for the people who serve our government -- very dangerous difficult circumstances.

All to go is editorial page editor at the Wall Street Journal and has some thoughts on this you know the -- -- that are Cris Stevens was serving our government and dangerous circumstances and asking for more security but didn't get it.

Unfortunately -- -- -- this sector she's protesting too much I mean what evidence as you point to we know the evidence that they ignored security risks.

That were pointed and frequent.

We know that the ambassador himself had requested more security.

We know that the administration decided that they wanted to light footprint.

After Gadhafi Fallon therefore they had we step back there allowing some of these security threats.

To develop to the ambassador and we know that when -- -- incident occurred which occurred over many hours.

The administration did not immediately respond with military assets to do something about it so -- this is not.

An incident John I think that the secretary will be running if she runs in 2016.

For president.

Pointing to as a heroic episode for her tenure at.

A national security.

And you have to I mean you you you can't look at it in in a vacuum -- the president was running for reelection at the time obviously successfully.

And telling everyone that al-Qaeda was on the run so it was a big part of his the salesmanship is national security.

And we know that Secretary Clinton didn't say on the Sunday -- -- she said she didn't do that sort of thing so they sent out the UN ambassador Susan Rice to say.

This is fundamentally.

Response to a YouTube video it was.

It it was it's a bad episode -- man and and I'm surprised that secretary of state to Clinton isn't taking a little more responsibility for it.

She's been in office for years when you look around the world.

During those four years where are our relations better I mean to paraphrase Ronald Reagan.

Where are we better off than we were four years ago Burma.

The Burmese general stuff and I don't I don't laugh the Burmese generals have moved to I'll open up their country that's one thing.

Elsewhere.

Not too many places I think he can point -- she's been a very energetic -- -- she's worked very hard she's been a good face for American diplomacy she's popular around the world.

But if you look at the actual results.

I think that there's a lot more disorder now than there was that and that's something that ultimately will be discussed now.

Of course it was president Obama's watch.

She was and implement her.

You know not the main policymakers but I think it will be an issue if she runs in 2016 and and he drives foreign policy I mean there is no question about that there's no question about that everybody concedes that I think her allies do as well inside the administration this -- -- President Obama show.

She has -- I spokesmen and implement her of that policy.

Paul to go from the Wall Street Journal Paul thank you extra.

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