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| John McCain has rough day with media after missing Benghazi briefing | John McCain has rough day with media after missing Benghazi briefing |
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| It's been a difficult day for John McCain. First it was revealed that he had been too busy holding press conferences demanding answers from officials into the events in Benghazi to attend briefings from officials into the events in Benghazi. | It's been a difficult day for John McCain. First it was revealed that he had been too busy holding press conferences demanding answers from officials into the events in Benghazi to attend briefings from officials into the events in Benghazi. |
| As as ABC News reports: | As as ABC News reports: |
| Senator John McCain is demanding answers on the Benghazi attack, but his office tells ABC News he missed a classified briefing on the subject because of a "scheduling error." | Senator John McCain is demanding answers on the Benghazi attack, but his office tells ABC News he missed a classified briefing on the subject because of a "scheduling error." |
| The classified briefing was held on Wednesday before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee – of which Senator McCain is a member – and lasted three hours. It featured testimony by officials from the State Department, the Pentagon, the CIA and the National Counterterrorism Center. | The classified briefing was held on Wednesday before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee – of which Senator McCain is a member – and lasted three hours. It featured testimony by officials from the State Department, the Pentagon, the CIA and the National Counterterrorism Center. |
| During part of the briefing, McCain was holding a press conference demanding answers about the administration's handling of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya on September 11 that killed four Americans, including US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. | During part of the briefing, McCain was holding a press conference demanding answers about the administration's handling of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya on September 11 that killed four Americans, including US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. |
| Now his unravelling has continued apace. Gently questioned by a CNN reporter as to why that might have happened, McCain went nuclear, saying: "Who the hell are you to tell me I can or not?" CNN has more: | Now his unravelling has continued apace. Gently questioned by a CNN reporter as to why that might have happened, McCain went nuclear, saying: "Who the hell are you to tell me I can or not?" CNN has more: |
| When CNN approached McCain in a Capitol hallway Thursday morning, the senator refused to comment about why he missed the briefing, which was conducted by top diplomatic, military and counter-terrorism officials. Instead, McCain got testy when pressed to say why he wasn't there. | When CNN approached McCain in a Capitol hallway Thursday morning, the senator refused to comment about why he missed the briefing, which was conducted by top diplomatic, military and counter-terrorism officials. Instead, McCain got testy when pressed to say why he wasn't there. |
| "I have no comment about my schedule and I'm not going to comment on how I spend my time to the media," McCain said. | "I have no comment about my schedule and I'm not going to comment on how I spend my time to the media," McCain said. |
| Asked why he wouldn't comment, McCain grew agitated: "Because I have the right as a senator to have no comment and who the hell are you to tell me I can or not?" | Asked why he wouldn't comment, McCain grew agitated: "Because I have the right as a senator to have no comment and who the hell are you to tell me I can or not?" |
| When CNN noted that McCain had missed a key meeting on a subject the senator has been intensely upset about, McCain said, "I'm upset that you keep badgering me." | When CNN noted that McCain had missed a key meeting on a subject the senator has been intensely upset about, McCain said, "I'm upset that you keep badgering me." |
| While McCain refused to shed light on why he didn't show, his spokesman Brian Rogers emailed CNN a short time later with an explanation. He blamed it on a "scheduling error" but wouldn't provide any more detail. | While McCain refused to shed light on why he didn't show, his spokesman Brian Rogers emailed CNN a short time later with an explanation. He blamed it on a "scheduling error" but wouldn't provide any more detail. |
| This comes a day after McCain told a journalist "I say with great respect that's one of the dumbest questions I've ever heard." Although to be fair, it was a dumb question. | This comes a day after McCain told a journalist "I say with great respect that's one of the dumbest questions I've ever heard." Although to be fair, it was a dumb question. |
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