HILARY CLINTON ON A "HOT SEAT" FOR OVER 5 HOURS, LOST HER COOL

Hillary Rodham Clinton

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was on a “hot seat” Wednesday in the Capitol Hill before US lawmakers as she delivered fiery rejoinders to Republican critics of the Obama administration's handling of the deadly attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, on September 11, 2012, which led to the death of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. She was at times emotional, defiant, complimentary and willing to chastise lawmakers during the more than 5 hours of testimony before two separate committees.

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Clinton came face to face with lawmakers who included potential 2016 presidential rivals, that is, if she decides to seek the presidency again as she did in 2008, losing the Democratic nomination to President Barack Obama.

Clinton who barely resumed work two weeks ago after being treated of an illness described as a “concussion and a blood clot near her brain” in a New York hospital, lost her cool when Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican serving his first term, persistently questioned her about what he described as Rice "purposely misleading" the American people. Johnson was referring to U.N Ambassador Susan Rice’s account four days after the incident that the attack grew spontaneously from a protest over an anti-Islam film produced in the United States.

Hilary Clinton, a former US first lady, fired back at Senator Johnson, shouting and gesturing with her arms in apparent annoyance, saying "With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night decided they'd go kill some Americans?"

Her fists shaking, she continued "What difference, at this point, does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator." 

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