More than 20 U.S. embassies around the world are currently closed due to what is being described as specific and credible threats to Western targets in Muslim countries. Rest easy, though: new National Security Adviser Susan Rice is on the job, and as we all know, she has some experience with embassy attacks.
WH had principals mtg on terror threat with: COS McDonough, Kerry, Hagel, Clapper, Natl Security Adviser Rice, Joints Chief Chmn Dempsey
— Kevin Bohn (@KevinBohnCNN) August 4, 2013
@AHMalcolm Amazing that ALL the same characters are still involved; like moving the deck chairs around on a "phony" Titanic deck…
— Mimi Schmimi (@marezipenn) August 4, 2013
Not at all confident in Rice’s leadership is Richard Grenell, who tangled with President Obama’s former NSC spokesman over Rice’s handling of that “phony scandal.”
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/363770647278661632
Yes if you work there MT “@RichardGrenell: Rice's 1st big decision is to announce closure of 22 us facilities. Does this make us more safe?”
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) August 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/363772954967949313
.@RichardGrenell you can't regurgitate every insane Benghazi conspiracy theory and then attack admin for taking steps to protect staff
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) August 3, 2013
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https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/363793134297165824
If we recall correctly, the administration didn’t do such a good job protecting Americans overseas last September after the U.S. received a credible threat.
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/363794307028762625
Editor’s note: The headline of this post has been updated to clarify the date.
Editor’s note: The headline of this post has been amended to correct a grammatical error.
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