FOX News Channel's James Rosen reports: Minutes after the American consulate in Benghazi came under assault on Sept. 11, 2012, the nation's top civilian and uniformed defense officials -- headed for a previously scheduled Oval Office session with President Obama -- were informed that the event was a "terrorist attack," declassified documents show.

"Well, for a micromanaging White House, they should go look in the mirror," Gates told Yahoo News Global Anchor Katie Couric in an interview Monday. "Maybe they ought to think about how they do business. And I think it’s fair to say that the book is a lot more critical about the people around the president than it is of the president."

RICHARD LUI: Would we not be talking about this if it was a man that was involved here? VICTORIA DEFRANCESCO SOTO: I absolutely agree. Those of us who study politics aren't surprised that candidates have lists of those who are in favor/not in favor with them, but there's a gendered element here. If a guy has a list of people he's not too keen on

Bill O'Reilly, an opponent, and Hot Air's Mary Katharine Ham, a proponent, face off on marijuana legalization.

GEORGE WILL: Well, this is not a phony scandal because as the principal Watergate scholar knows, John Dean sent a memo to Mr. Higby, who was the assistant of the Chief of Staff Haldeman, saying, we should use the machinery -- the federal machinery of government to screw our enemy. That's what this was about up there. I say one thing about this -

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: I think the why is obvious, it was a way to maintain the fiction as an election was approaching. Obama boasting bin Laden dead, GM alive, al Qaeda on the run, they didn't want this, an obvious instance of a terrorist attack -- on the 9/11 anniversary -- to refute that story. So, the questions remain. How did it start since it o

Crossfire host Van Jones along with Kevin Madden debate whether Democrats or Republicans are better for the middle class. VAN JONES, CO-HOST: In the CROSSFIRE tonight, we've got two senators. They've got different ideas about how to help the middle class. But one thing that we all know would help a lot: extending the unemployment ben

"Extra's" Mario Lopez sat down for a candid interview with former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin about her new show, "Amazing America with Sarah Palin," and she opened up about everything, including whether she will run for president in 2016, Chris Christie's latest scandal involving the George Washington Bridge, and the cancellation of Katie Couric's

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Secretary Gates was an outstanding Secretary of Defense, a good friend of mine, and I’ll always be grateful for his service. Secretary Gates did an outstanding job for me as Secretary of Defense. As he notes he and I and the rest of my national security team came up with a strategy for Afghanistan that was the right strategy and

PRESIDENT OBAMA: If they fail to walk through this door of opportunity, then we are in position to reverse any interim deal and put in place additional pressure to make sure Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon. My preference is for peace and diplomacy, and this is one of the reasons why I’ve sent a message to Congress that now is not the time f

Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) addresses the Senate Democrats utilization of the nuclear option and President Obama's unconstitutional recess appointments in a floor speech.

CANDY CROWLEY: And when you look -- as you know, former defense secretary Gates has a book out now that we've seen the excerpts and will soon be up for sale. In which he describes pretty vividly, both Hillary Rodham Clinton, the secretary of state, and the president talking about the political influence on their decisions about a surge in Afghanist

JOHN ROBERTS: What do you think of Senator Rubio's proposal to do away with the earned income tax credit that lumps some payment that people get at the end of the year and replace it with a federal wage enhancement? REP. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN (D-MD): I think the earned income tax credit has helped. In fact, I think it's a fact, that it's helped lift

"The book has sort of been hijacked by people along the political spectrum to serve their own purposes, taking quotes out of context," former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said on NBC's "Today" show this morning. "It’s sort of the political warfare in Washington that I decry in the book." Gates also defended his book as a fair to all it co

CNN has learned that federal officials are investigating whether Gov. Christie improperly used Superstorm Sandy relief funds to produce tourism ads that starred him and his family.