Partisan split over UN Ambassador Rice widens

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans continue to argue that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice is unfit to be secretary of state. Democrats say the criticism is unfair.

Republican senators say they remain deeply concerned over Rice’s statements about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, and suggested her motive was to help President Barack Obama’s re-election chances. Democrats, meanwhile, said they saw no reason the statements should disqualify her if she’s nominated.