more security, and 12 americans were murdered, plus many more murdered in those two bombings. ambassador rice worked at the state department. were you satisfied with the questions she asked about what she knew in terms of any of the requests for protection or beefing up security? i know you asked her those questions. i did ask her those questions. we take a look at the 1998 accountability review report on the bombings in kenya and tanzania, and at the time susan rice was essentially in charge of african affairs at the state department. this was a searing incident, one of al-qaeda s most successful truck bombings, and 12 americans decide. 4,000 people were injured. 200 people overall lost their
was she there as an advocate too political reasons? that s really a key question. i believe that the white house asked her to come on because they felt that she would emphasize the points that the obama administration wanted emphasizing. that s what s discoaging to me. i don t think it s a coincidence that secretary of state hillary clinton declined the opportunity to go on those shows. i think she realized that the secretary of state and i would argue the u.n. ambassador should be above politics, should not be talking about a very contentious issue right in the midst of a hard-fought political campaign. greta: one of the things you spoke about at the press conference today, when you spoke to reporters, 1998, our embassies were bombed. prior to the bombings, apparently ambassadors asked for
and it can be broken down by them into a series of steps that can be taken without having to be rushed into one gigantic last-minute, little understood, with no hearings, one vote up or down, i think it s a terrible way to govern the united states. greta: well, the sequestration deadline is coming up the 1st of january. what people are saying on capitol hill, the president is saying, congress is saying, it may be scary stuff, but if we go over the fiscal cliff that all sorts of things will happen, that there will be another recession, we ll go deeper into our existing one, if we have an existing one, jobs lost, the market will crater, should we go over the fiscal cliff, even though it s created by the president, the house, the senate, failed to do their work a year and a half ago and pushed us against this deadline. your thoughts. right. my thoughts, they could pass a provision to extend it 90 days,
to set up a state exchange would be far too risky, far too expensive, and it would be an exchange in name only in the state of arizona. it just doesn t make any sense whatsoever at all for us to move forward in that direction. greta: i ve seen that you ve done a study that governors, that it would cost anywhere between $27 million and $40 million in the year 2015, the first year the federal government picks up the cost, then goes to the states from then on. that s a lot of money. i m curious, what do any of the states, if you know, what do any of the states who do their own exchanges, what do they get out of it that would possibly compensate for $27 million to $40 million expense? i would have no idea. after investigating this very, very thoroughly, this was one of the most difficult decisions i ve had to make, and we know that the affordable care act is going to be the law of the land, but the bottom line is is that
was she there as an advocate too political reasons? that s really a key question. i believe that the white house asked her to come on because they felt that she would emphasize the points that the obama administration wanted emphasizing. that s what s discouraging to me. i don t think it s a coincidence that secretary of state hillary clinton declined the opportunity to go on those shows. i think she realized that the secretary of state and i would argue the u.n. ambassador should be above politics, should not be talking about a very contentious issue right in the midst of a hard-fought political campaign. greta: one of the things you spoke about at the press conference today, when you spoke to reporters, 1998, our embassies were bombed. prior to the bombings, apparently ambassadors asked for more security, and 12 americans