Vintage Political Theater on Capitol Hill
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Republicans still haven't chosen a new Speaker -- the top job in Congress, but they were united today in attacking Hillary Clinton for the deaths of four diplomats in Benghazi, Libya while she was Secretary of State.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Josh Barrow, your new host of Left, Right, and Center. |
| 0:03.0 | Every week, join Rich Lowry, Bob Shear and Me for a contentious yet civilized debate of the week's big political stories, from ISIS to the U.S. economy to this 47 candidate presidential election we're having. |
| 0:13.7 | You can find Left, Right and Center on KCRW's iTunes page. |
| 0:17.9 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:26.2 | Vintage political theater on Capitol Hill. |
| 0:31.9 | Hello again, I'm Mormon Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, |
| 0:35.8 | a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:38.2 | A committee of Congress today grilled Hillary Clinton about the deaths of four American officials in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 when she was Secretary of State. |
| 0:47.0 | Republicans used stacks of emails and charts to bolster their claim that she was lax about security. |
| 0:52.8 | Democrats used video to accuse Republicans of another partisan witch hunt that they say has |
| 0:57.5 | failed to turn up any new information. |
| 1:00.3 | All this as the GOP continued to struggle with Paul Ryan's conditions for taking what could |
| 1:05.0 | turn out to be a thankless assignment as House Speaker. |
| 1:08.8 | Today's talking point, competition in a new arena, online grocery shopping. |
| 1:13.9 | First, here's the news. |
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| 1:34.9 | Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International |
| 1:40.7 | Program Fund. Hello again, Wormon-alny, back with To the Point. Republicans still have not chosen a new speaker, the top job in Congress, but they |
| 1:47.6 | were united today in attacking Hillary Clinton for the deaths of four U.S. officials in |
| 1:52.7 | Benghazi, Libya while she was Secretary of State. |
| 1:55.8 | Lots of drama on Capitol Hill. |
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