Clinton Campaign Says She ‘Misspoke,’ Did Not Land ‘Under Sniper Fire’
Hillary Clinton’s campaign backed off Monday from a disputed campaign claim, saying Clinton “misspoke” when she said she landed “under sniper fire” during a 1996 trip to war-torn Yugoslavia.
There were reports of snipers in nearby hills, but no known shots were taken at the landing craft or tarmac in Tuzla, Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson told reporters on a conference call.
“The facts are clear from contemporaneous news accounts that she was entering a potentially dangerous situation, and she has written about this before, she has talked about this before and there you have it,” Wolfson said in a conference call.
“Now, it is possible in the most recent instance in which she discussed this that she misspoke with regard to, you know, the exit from the plane,” he continued.
“There were reports of snipers in the hills and they were forced to cut short an event on the tarmac. That is what she wrote in her book, that is what she has said many, many times. And on one occasion she misspoke, but it’s — the record is clear in terms what she has said before on this topic.”
Despite a growing number of disputed accounts, Clinton and her supporters have repeatedly claimed that her 1996 to Yugoslavia was evidence that she was considered a key foreign policy adviser in her husband’s administration, largely due to a high level of danger on the trip.
Clinton has said that the plane landed “corkscrew”-style, similar to the way planes land in Baghdad to avoid surface-to-air threats, and that her arrival was “under sniper fire.”
Last week, during a speech at George Washington University in Washington, she said she remembered “that trip to Bosnia. … There was a saying around the White House that if a place was too small, too poor, or too dangerous, the president couldn’t go, so send the First Lady. That’s where we went.
“I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base.”
Comedian Sinbad, who accompanied Clinton on the trip, recently said he recalled a much more relaxed trip, and a Washington Post fact-check piece on Saturday lambasted the claims.
And a CBS News report of the trip posted to YouTube shows a smiling Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, shaking troops’ hands and touring encampments in the open.
FOX News Jim Angle contributed to this report.
Hillary is so full of B.S! I administered the contract that supported the troops as well as dignitaries. I remember very well the taxpayer cost to support her visit. At the time she visited there was snipers as she reported nor was there any eminent danger at Tuzla, Eagle Base. If there was any danger, she and her party would not be able to land. This is just another fabrication to get votes. She is not fit to l lead our country.
Hillary, you are a liar. Please do the honest and upright thing and say goodbye to all of us and DROP OUT!
So her going on that trip PROVES she was involved with foreign policy?
When I was 14 I went to work with my Dad a few times, does that make me ready to do his job?
On an unrelated note I find it hypocritical that every media outlet can bash Obama because of his Pastor, a man who ISN’T Obama if you hadn’t noticed.
However you can’t call Hillary on the IMPEACHMENT!!!
She claims her husbands Presidency as experience, well shouldn’t she be held accountable for the bad stuff too?
Like the perjury in front of congress.
If Obama’s wife had ended a senate run in the mid 90’s with an impeachment then there is NO WAY he would be in this race.
We ignore the terrible things about the Clintons for some reason.
Misspoke = Lied
Lies, lies…nothing new with the Clinton’s. — Do you remember: “I did not have sex with THAT woman” (Monica Lewinsky)… All the lies define who the Clinton’s are!
Don’t forget that Obama also “mis-spoke” initially about not hearing his pastor’s controversial statements in church.
Which politician do you know does not “mis-speak” every now and then ?
And for that matter, can anyone “casting stones” in this column say honestly that he/she has never “mis-spoken” in his/her life ?
I’m all for honesty but let’s not be so judgemental only when it comes to Hillary. She’s just like you and me.
She LIED…..again……..PERIOD.