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In considering Susan Rice for running mate role, Biden campaign unafraid to relitigate Benghazi

By Naomi Lim
Published June 16, 2020 7:01pm ET
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In considering Susan Rice for running mate role, Biden campaign unafraid to relitigate Benghazi
Joe Biden’s campaign is prepared to dredge up partisan divides over Benghazi for a third straight election season. The deadly 2012 attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, ignited a bitter, protracted political fight between former President Barack Obama, then-Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and […]

Joe Biden’s campaign is prepared to dredge up partisan divides over Benghazi for a third straight election season.

The deadly 2012 attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, ignited a bitter, protracted political fight between former President Barack Obama, then-Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and congressional Republicans. The battle raged on well into Obama’s 2012 reelection bid and the 2016 cycle, which Clinton lost narrowly to President Trump.

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