"I personally was not focused on talking points," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Benghazi. "I was focused on keeping our people safe." "I wasn't involved in the talking points process," she later adds.

Dennis Miller opines on President Obama's second inauguration and beginning of his second term.

Rep. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas): "We are all here very happy to have you here, very happy for your recovery. I know I bring greetings from many of our mutual friends in Arkansas. Some of our peers on the other side have expressed their ambitions for your future. I’d like to say that I just wish you’d won the Democratic primary in 2008." Secreta

RUSH LIMBAUGH: So what was happening here was the cleansing of Mrs. Clinton's record in advance of her presidential run in 2016, setting her up. Folks, this was banana republic kind of stuff. You talk about two different worlds in isolation. The ruling class, the political class, existing within its own borders, and its own world, and its own set o

While lauding House Speaker John Boehner's leadership in getting the GOP to temporarily drop its requirement to include spending cuts in exchange for suspending the debt ceiling, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) today said he worried the more conservative Tea Party faction of the House would hold up a budget resolution.

"I want to say to the Speaker before he leaves the floor, I believe the Speaker wants to get to a responsible agreement between our parties, between the House and the Senate and between the Congress and the President on getting to a responsible way to reduce the budget. This bill is not that vehicle. This bill, in my view, is an irresponsible waste

CNN's Jake Tapper reports on how exhaustion may be responsible for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emotional outburst at a Senate hearing on Benghazi today. --- BLITZER: Were you surprised she got as emotional as s

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky grills Secretary of State Hilary Clinton on her lapse of leadership resulting in the terrorist attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya which resulted in the death of Ambassador Stevens and 3 other Americans. SEN. RAND PAUL (R-Kentucky): One of the things that disappointed me most about the original

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made a statement on the Senate floor today regarding the need for action from the President to solve Washington’s out-of-control spending problem. "For Democrats in the Obama age, the era of ‘Big Government Being Over’ is officially over," McConnell said on the Senate floor this morning. "And a

Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State, gives her opening statement at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Benghazi consulate attack. "For me, this is not just a matter of policy, it's personal. I stood next to President Obama as the Marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane at Andrews. I put my arms around the mo

White House press secretary Jay Carney is asked about Vice President Joe Biden's presidential aspirations. Carney: I don't doubt it will happen. I think the Vice President got this question in an interview and addressed it. Got this question and addressed it. And his focus is, and I know this because I do know him. And I worked for him. And I've

The House is expected to vote on suspending the debt ceiling through May. How does this move put pressure on the Democrats? What does House Speaker want from Senate Democrats? The Morning Joe panel – including Joe Scarborough, Mike Barnicle, Time's Mark Halperin, former RNC Chair Michael Steele, NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell and the Huffington Post's

Sen. John McCain grills Secretary of State Clinton about events surrounding Benghazi attack.

Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, discusses Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's testimony before his committee on FOX News' "Special Report With Bret Baier." "Well, I think we had a lot more questions than we got answers," Royce said. "And one of the things I think we really found today was that this attack

Secretary Clinton comments on why she hasn't made any Sunday show appearances recently in response to a question from Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC). "Going on the Sunday shows is not my favorite thing to do. There are other things I'd prefer to do on Sunday mornings. And I haven't been on a Sunday show in way over a year." 

REP. ELIOT ENGEL (D-New York): "Clearly mistakes were made, but let's be absolutely clear: Barack Obama was not responsible for the Benghazi attack any more than George W. Bush was responsible for the 9/11 attacks or Ronald Reagan was responsible for the attacks on our Marine barracks in Beirut, which killed over 200 Marines. And frankly whether i

REP. PETER KING (R-NEW YORK): Well, you know, the president won the election, so he's certainly entitled to pursue his agenda. I thought it would have been more effective, though, if he had spoken more in thematic terms. By being as precise as he was, he was really laying out a liberal agenda which is usually what's done in a State of the Union.

Daily Show: In his inauguration speech, President Obama offers a progressive vision of America at odds with the boogieman Obama who lives only in the minds of his opponents.

Matthews reviews President Obama's Inaugural address and about Obama's outreach to minorities.

Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association, responded Tuesday to President Barack Obama's second inaugural address. LaPierre criticized the president for using language that he says demonizes his opponents, including Republicans and the NRA. He went on in his speech to say: "We believe we deserve, and have eve

JULIE PACE, ASSOCIATED PRESS: Thank you. I know last week you said that you were encouraged by the House Republicans’ decision to move forward on a debt ceiling package, but I'm wondering if you support the specific proposal that they’re going to vote on tomorrow, this three-month extension. JAY CARNEY, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Let me s

ED SCHULTZ: We are a center-left country. We are progressive. Progressives are in the majority. We have to think like that as a movement. We have to think like that as a people. And the chatter across the street, we learned one thing about those folks during the 2012 election. They lie. They do a pretty good job of it. So when we start going down t

Lawrence O'Donnell bashes conservatives and says that they do not want to treat people equally. He argues that "when only white men had the right to vote, conservatives believed our journey was complete."

O'Reilly discusses President Obama's agenda, the attitudes of Americans and social and economic equality.

Bret Baier, Jonah Goldberg, A.B. Stoddard, and Charles Krauthammer discuss the state of the abortion debate on the 40th anniversay of the Supreme Court decision.