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Dems Meeting This Week To Formulate Plan To Deal With Hillary Clinton’s Involvement In Benghazi Scandal…
A broad array of Democrats — including Hillary Clinton’s allies — are meeting this week to hammer out a united front on national security issues, including a clear response to Republicans over the Benghazi controversy.
They see an opportunity to wrest control of a narrative that some allies fear could be damaging to Clinton if she moves ahead with a 2016 presidential campaign.
A major milestone in the effort will take place this Friday, when a coalition of Democratic-leaning groups and influentials converges at the headquarters of the centrist think-tank Third Way for a briefing that includes top Clinton adviser Philippe Reines.
The meeting is one in a series that Third Way has convened with Democrats since the George W. Bush era to discuss and shape national security policy. But at least some Democrats involved in the upcoming session are hoping it results in a coordinated and strengthened response to the new congressional probe into the deadly Benghazi attack.
Several people involved in the meeting say Reines was invited to speak at Third Way on Friday to discuss the chapter of Clinton’s upcoming book “Hard Choices” that covers the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks on U.S. diplomatic outposts in Benghazi that left four Americans dead — including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Reines is one of a handful of guests who are expected to speak on a number of topics. Other anticipated areas of discussion include President Barack Obama’s Wednesday speech about foreign policy.