Benghazi: Soledad O'Brien Calls Out Giuliani

"CNN host Soledad O'Brien and Rudy Giuliani clashed on Monday, with the the former New York City mayor accusing O'Brien of trying to blame George W. Bush for the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

While interviewing Giuliani, O'Brien played a clip of former Bush adviser Matthew Dowd comparing Benghazi to the invasion of Iraq, arguing it was possible for the intelligence to be initially wrong on Benghazi, just as intelligence indicating Iraq had weapons of mass destruction turned out to be false.

"We're going to blame this on Bush, too?" Giuliani said.

"You've got to stop putting words in my mouth, sir," O'Brien retorted. "Let me finish, because every time I ask you a question, let me finish my point — every time I ask you a question, you like to push back like the question I'm asking you is unfair. It's not. I'm a journalist, you said some things. I'm trying to get accurate responses from you. You are welcome to answer."

"OK, here's the answer: It sounds like we're trying to blame Benghazi on Bush," Giuliani responded. "It's absurd to blame Benghazi on Bush. All [President Barack Obama] needs to do is answer a simple question: Did he know about the consulate attacks that took place before Sept. 11, 2012? There were two of them, one of which blew a hole in the embassy wall. Also, did he know the British consulate, which was basically next door, that they moved out because of the tremendous amount of risk to that consulate?"

The attack on the consulate in Benghazi killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya. Republicans have criticized Obama for an initially muddled response and Giuliani has suggested the administration was trying to cover up the attacks."*

*Read more from Kevin Robillard/Politico

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