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Monday, January 28, 2013

Report details changes in Benghazi explanations | Essentials

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Report details changes in Benghazi explanations

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WASHINGTON –  The FBI, CIA and other intelligence agencies — but not the White House — made major changes in talking points that led to the Obama administration's confusing explanations of the attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, a Senate report concluded Monday. The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee report said the White House was only responsible for a minor change. Some Republicans had questioned whether the presidential staff rewrote the talking points for political reasons. The committee, headed by independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, also said the director of national intelligence has been stonewalling the panel in holding back a promised timeline of the talking point changes. U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the Sept. 11 attack.

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Susan Rice

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Matthew Olsen

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-0.16654Matthew Olsen told the Homeland committee that the four Americans died "in the course of a terrorist attack."
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  • Number of Quotes: 1
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  • Mean: -0.16654
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James Clapper

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Hillary Rodham Clinton

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Relevance: 0.367397

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-0.149224Hillary Rodham Clinton also used the words "terrorist attack"
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  • Number of Quotes: 1
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President Barack Obama

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Relevance: 0.352332

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Jay Carney

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Relevance: 0.338517

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-0.0950564Jay Carney said, "It is, I think, self-evident that what happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
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  • Mean: -0.0950564
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Sen. Susan Collins

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Sen. Joe Lieberman

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Victoria Nuland

Overall Sentiment: 0.048921

Relevance: 0.314158

Ansar al-Sharia

Overall Sentiment: -0.307719

Relevance: 0.306767

Chris Stevens

Overall Sentiment: -0.399268

Relevance: 0.301613

Sen. John Kerry

Overall Sentiment: 0.051517

Relevance: 0.300787

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  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
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Organization: State Department

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City: Benghazi

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Facility: White House

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Relevance: 0.31033

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What the cease-fire means to Israel and Hamas | Redux

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What the cease-fire means to Israel and Hamas

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The White House was quick to credit President Obama for brokering the ceasefire deal between Israel, Egypt and in turn Hamas. In the official statement released by the White House today, it said "The President commended the Prime Minister [of Israel] for agreeing to the Egyptian ceasefire proposal - which the President recommended the Prime Minister do." Obama sent his Secretary of State at the last minute to broker the deal as 30,000 Israeli troops sat poised to enter the Gaza Strip, even though State Department officials said Tuesday that the Secretary was not carrying any proposals. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent the next 24 hours shuttling between Jerusalem, Ramallah and Cairo putting the final touches on a deal that Hamas had agreed to with Egypt 24 hours before.

People:

Prime Minister Netanyahu

Overall Sentiment: 0.0787307

Relevance: 0.416292

SentimentQuote
-0.050365“No country can tolerate a wanton attack on its civilians,” Netanyahu said ...
0.0388142“Now, if there is a possibility of achieving a long-term solution to this problem through diplomatic means, we prefer that,” Netanyahu added. ...
0.0545263“Now, if there is a possibility of achieving a long-term solution to this problem through diplomatic means, we prefer that,” Netanyahu added. “But if not, I am sure you understand that Israel will have to take whatever action is necessary to defend its people.”
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 3
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0429755
  • Mean: 0.014325166666667
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Hillary Clinton

Overall Sentiment: 0.145369

Relevance: 0.415363

SentimentQuote
0.201455“durable solution,” as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...
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  • Mean: 0.201455
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President Obama

Overall Sentiment: 0.156087

Relevance: 0.356821

President Mahmoud Abbas

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.250436

Osama Hamdan

Overall Sentiment: 0

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President Morsi

Overall Sentiment: 0.28312

Relevance: 0.238414

Clinton

Overall Sentiment: 0.202046

Relevance: 0.229343

SentimentQuote
0.104593“The goal must be a durable outcome that promotes regional stability and advances the security and legitimate aspirations of Israelis and Palestinians alike,” Clinton said ...
Sentiment Stats:
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  • Mean: 0.104593
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731
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Greg Myre

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.21166

Jennifer Griffin

Overall Sentiment: -0.171679

Relevance: 0.20415

Khaled Meshaal

Overall Sentiment: 0.0280472

Relevance: 0.192017

Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

Organization: Hamas

Overall Sentiment: -0.0663269

Relevance: 0.654625

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Country: Israel

Overall Sentiment: 0.0450093

Relevance: 0.876719

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Country: Egypt

Overall Sentiment: 0.139978

Relevance: 0.413021

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Country: United States

Overall Sentiment: 0.1538

Relevance: 0.311895

Disambiguation: Location | Region | AdministrativeDivision | GovernmentalJurisdiction | FilmEditorReferences:

StateOrCounty: Gaza

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City: Tel Aviv

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Relevance: 0.382557

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City: Gaza Strip

Overall Sentiment: 0.12101

Relevance: 0.30889

City: Jerusalem

Overall Sentiment: -0.0742611

Relevance: 0.30302

City: Gaza

Overall Sentiment: 0.0668534

Relevance: 0.30072

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