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Town Hall Meetings in Tampa on Government Budget Cuts; and The GOP Compares Benghazi to Watergate

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Tags: poverty, government budget cuts, The Golden Rule, For the Family, Benghazi, Watergate, Iran-Contra scandal, impeachment of President Obama, WMD, Iraq invasion

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up we'll speak with Ward Cox with the non-profit group For The Family. FTF is holding a series of town halls to discuss how government budget cuts are impacting citizens. Tonight a town hall will be held at 7PM at the Beulah Baptist Church 1006 West Cypress in Tampa.

Later, the tragedy in Benghazi which too place in September of last year, is bringing conservatives to compar...

White House denies allegations that Benghazi talking points were changed 12 times

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Tags: Benghazi, Jay Carney, White House, CIA, Republicans

Conservative news outlets have claimed the Obama administration altered talking points on the 2012 Benghazi attack 12-times. Other allegations have surfaced claiming the words Al Qaeda were removed. The White House is denying those claims saying there was only one change made to the CIA-approved talking points and that was only changing "consulate" to "diplomatic post." Spokesperson Jay Carney also says officials released only the information that could be confirmed as it was received.

Reaction to death of U.S. Ambassador in Libya listen

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Tags: Libya, Benghazi, Barack Obama, islamophobia, Islam, Mitt Romney

President Barack Obama is condemning in the "strongest possible terms" an attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that killed four Americans, including the American ambassador.

Today Obama said the U.S. will work with the Libyan government to bring the perpetrators of the attack to justice. He says "no acts of terror" will shake America's resolve.

Obama said the U.S. rejects any efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, but says there is "absolutely no justification" for viole...

CAIR's Hassan Shibly on death of US Ambassador to Libya listen

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Tags: Libya, Benghazi, islamophobia, Islam, CAIR, Bill Nelson

The day after Tuesday's attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya we spoke with Hassan Shibly. He’s executive director of the Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Four Americans have died, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, following riots by Libyans upset at a low-budget film critical of Islam.

We heard audio of Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) suggesting Al-Qaeda could be responsible for the attack.

We also touched on the ongoing effort by conservat...