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Charles Krauthammer downplayed President Obama’s continued insistence that he did not mislead voters with claims that al-Qaeda was “decimated.” Over the past week, the White House has stated that the president meant al-Qaeda’s core was weakened, but that separate groups may still pose a threat in light of embassy closings across the Middle East.
“I think Obama is required to attempt this phony distinction, because last year in the election race he made no distinction,” Krauthammer said on Special Report this evening. “It’s a distinction he wants to make, and he wants to pretend he’s always been making it.”
Krauthammer explained that the White House’s reluctance to label last year’s attacks on an American diplomatic facility in Benghazi as coming from an al-Qaeda would have meant negating the campaign-trail narrative. “It was a distinction they only used after an election as a way to cover up a cover-up that happened before the election,” he said.