Susan Rice On Capitol Hill To Meet Fiercest GOP Critics

UN ambassador is said to be frontrunner to head State department

U.N. Amb. Susan Rice is meeting with her biggest Republican critics, Senators John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who bashed her dissemination of incomplete intelligence after the deadly terrorist attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Rice’s Tuesday meetings with McCain, arguably her most vocal critic, could be her final pitch for support in her likely nomination to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. On Tuesday morning, McCain told CNN he was open to hearing Rice’s explanation, after just weeks ago saying he would do everything in his power to block her nomination to head the State Department in the Senate. McCain said it was Rice who requested the meeting with him. (Associated Press)

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