{"id":4125,"date":"2013-01-23T16:47:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T21:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=4125"},"modified":"2013-01-23T16:47:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T21:47:42","slug":"rand-paul-benghazi-attack-worst-tragedy-since-911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/23\/rand-paul-benghazi-attack-worst-tragedy-since-911\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul: Benghazi Attack &#8220;Worst Tragedy Since 9\/11&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his questioning of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today, Sen. Rand Paul characterized the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi as the \u201cworst tragedy since 9\/11.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m glad that Rand made it warm for Hillary, but the invasion of Iraq was a much greater tragedy than Benghazi\u2026.  as were plenty of other post 9\/11 policies.<\/p>\n<p>(I discussed some of Rand Paul&#8217;s foreign policy views in a November review of his book, Government Bullies, in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/getting-a-read-on-rand-paul\/\"><strong>American Conservative<\/strong><\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his questioning of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today, Sen. 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