October 20, 2011 4:01 PM

Clinton on Qaddafi: "We came, we saw, he died"

By
Corbett B. Daly
Topics
Foreign Policy ,
Obama Administration ,
Libya

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sits down for six consecutive television interviews in Kabul, Afghanistan October 20, 2011

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shared a laugh with a television news reporter moments after hearing deposed Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi had been killed.

"We came, we saw, he died," she joked when told of news reports of Qaddafi's death by an aide in between formal interviews.

Clinton was in Tripoli earlier this week for talks with leaders of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC).

The reporter asked if Qaddafi's death had anything to do with her surprise visit to show support for the Libyan people.

"No," she replied, before rolling her eyes and saying "I'm sure it did" with a chuckle.

Watch the video here:



"Don't shoot": Qaddafi's last moments
Photos: The death of Qaddafi
Photos: The life of Qaddafi
Obit: Qaddafi's warped vision maddened world
Graphic: Dramatic video shows Qaddafi's final moments
Graphic: Qaddafi's body carried by jubilant crowd
"60 Minutes" 2001 interview with Qaddafi
Special section: Anger in the Arab world


  • Corbett B. Daly

    Corbett B. Daly is CBSNews.com's deputy politics editor.

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by ACRScout October 21, 2011 12:49 PM EDT
Yep, "We came, we saw, he died", and the Libyans are burning Hillary in Effigy. What a Country!
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by BlownfuelCoupe October 21, 2011 12:44 PM EDT
Hillary, what ja' say we continue this death parade to Iran's doorstep?

Picking on the weak is just not classy.
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by BlownfuelCoupe October 21, 2011 12:40 PM EDT
Has there ever been a Nobel winner who has more blood on his hands?
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by SemperFidelis72 October 21, 2011 12:28 PM EDT
MS. Hilarious: Wow! Not bad for a 70's hippie radical. Amazing how the liberal wacko wheel turns. Now openly advocating assassination from the sky compliments of the Drone gnome program. Just think, death from the fires of hell (Hellfire) administered with absolute precision from 20,000 ft via video feed to trailers in Nevada in the middle of the night. The good Marine SSgt & Corpsman can attest to that.
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by thinkcarefully October 21, 2011 12:14 PM EDT
Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton, after finally improving enough on their steep learning curves about the realities of dealing with the bad guys and sponsors of the bad guys in the world, owe apologies to Mr. G. W. Bush and Mr. Cheney. Integrity would demand that this be done very prominently and very publicly. Diplomacy and talking and meetings, hoping to achieve harmony based on charm and glib words alone, does not work in all circumstances and may actually weaken one's position. I doubt Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton are capable of acknowledging this misapplied strategy - but their new-found reliance on military strikes and militant advice to rebels shows it.
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by TangentToWhat October 21, 2011 12:08 PM EDT
This from the "woman" who supported the ingrates that spat upon our returning soldiers.
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by dcunning30 October 21, 2011 11:52 AM EDT
Obama supported the Arab Spring, Egypt uprising, and Libyan rebels.

Egypt is becoming radicalized. Coptic Christians are being murdered in the streets by islamists AND the Egyptian army.

The Libyan Rebels are brutalizing black Libyans. One of the emerging top leaders of the new Libyan government is affiliated with Al Qaeda. Libyan surface-to-air missiles went missing and recently turned up in the Sinai desert.

THE WORLD HAS GOTTEN MORE DANGEROUS SINCE OBAMA BECAME PRESIDENT!
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by thinkcarefully October 21, 2011 12:19 PM EDT
Because of ignorance, because of arrogance, because of intention? All of these? Some of these? None of these?
by dcunning30 October 21, 2011 12:33 PM EDT
@thinkcarefully - I haven't yet decided if Obama is just arrogant and ignorant or sinister. How else can any intelligent person explain how everything Obama has done has a bad result, INCLUDING his involvement in the Libyan war?

And you Obama Faithful, I have no love for Gadaffhi, I'm just thinking past my nose. You should try it, and that includes you mainstream (pack) media who's cheerleading all this.
by carol444 October 21, 2011 11:46 AM EDT
These 2 articles are just the TIP of the iceberg on Bush/Clinton crimes. So far, there are 30 White Hats reports, all of which detail the the stolen money from American taxpayers. You might also ask yourselves WHERE did all that money go that W. and Bill raised for Haiti. Into their PERSONAL bank accounts, of course. Stealing millions from the people's Treasury, bailing out all their friends, the Jewis-owned banks on Wall Street, and the Jewish-owned NON-Federal Reserve for 50 years is not ENOUGH for them. Haitians are STILL living in sheet tents.

WHITE HATS REPORT #30
http://tdarkcabal.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-10-2011-white-hats-report-30.html

This article tells us EXACTLY what happened to JFK Jr. who was warned the week before his death NOT to run for the NY Senate seat -- she couldn't STAND that kind of competition! Note the people IN THE ROOM when the decision was made - Tenant, Rockefeller, both Clintons, and SENIOR. Note who was seen at JFK Jr's plane at the airport days before the crash.

DIVISION 4 TEAM NAMES CLINTONS, BUSH 41, 43 in JFK Jr. ASSASSINATION
http://vaticproject.blogspot.com/2011/09/who-killed-john-john-jfk-jr.html#more
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by expatriate2 October 21, 2011 11:30 AM EDT
Ah, there's nothing like diplomacy, is there?
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by carol444 October 21, 2011 11:29 AM EDT
This was out and out MURDER. Gadhafi's people loved him, despite what the PROPAGANDA news mind-controlled TV's tell you day after day. The U.S. wanted his country's resources, his 144 tons of gold, his clean water reservoirs. Both the Clintons and the Bushes are the most EVIL people on the face of the earth. All of you IDIOTS who haven't awakened to that fact after 50 years of their DRUG-RUNNING, GUN-RUNNING, MONEY-LAUNDERING, and ASSASSINATION RINGS are a pitiful lot. The Bushes and Clintons planned to RULE THE U.S. by taking turns in the White House for over 50 years - Senior, Bill, Junior, Hillary, Jeb, Chelsea (where did she get her $5M), George B or the twins.
It didn't quite work out that way, but then SENIOR and HILLARY are pulling Obama's strings, taking us right on down the road THEY STARTED to the NWO. Each successive presidency DESTROYS more of the U.S. and our CONSTITUTION. Now they've put the FEDERAL RESERVE's very own men DIRECTLY into the Treasury to ROB the people by the TRILLIONS. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! THEY SHOULD ALL BE TRIED FOR TREASON AND HUNG, PERIOD. Billions of taxpayer money is sitting in their off-shore accounts!
Try reading VeteransToday.com instead of Propaganda News for once!
GOOGLE: "Bush +Clinton +CIA drugs" for hundreds of youtubes and articles

BUSH/CLINTON SUSPICIOUS DEATHS Google: "Bush +Clinton +CIA drugs"
http://www.newsfollowup.com/bushfortune.htm
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by kiljare October 21, 2011 12:30 PM EDT
lol
by SemperFidelis72 October 21, 2011 12:35 PM EDT
LOL
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