Ever since the attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Sens. John McCain and Lindsay Graham have had their underwear in knots over Ambassador Susan Rice's offical version of the event on "Meet the Press." Rice is an African American women and an easy target for these two angry, old white men.

Where were these two gasbags when President Bush and his staff went on a month-long vacation after the Aug. 6, 2001, daily briefing entitled "Bin Laden determined to strike in America."

Where were they when Bush, Dick Cheney, Condi Rice, Donald Rumsfeld and Fox News lied us into war in Iraq? They were waving the flag for the administration.

McCain has accused Susan Rice of "not being too smart." This comes from a guy who was near the bottom of his class and chose Sarah Palin as a running mate. He was a war hero. Now he is a joke. Rice is a Stanford graduate and a Rhodes scholar.

House Republicans cut the administration's requests for embassy security by $128 million in 2011 and $331 million in 2012. When something happens, they blame Democrats.

In their zeal to manufacture a conspiracy, the House investigation disclosed the classified existence of a CIA annex near the consulate.

Outing CIA personel and operations is nothing new for Republicans. Remember the outing of Valarie Plame? Remember when Sen. Orrin Hatch disclosed classified information regarding intercepts of Osama bin Ladens cell phone calls?

Gene Robke

Carlyle