Susan Rice is questioned as front runner candidate for Secretary of State

U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, has fallen under the attack of Republican politicians for her recent statements on talk shows.

The controversy surronds public statements made by Rice after a Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya.

Rice has stressed that her original comments about the attack being a protest triggered by an anti-Muslim video were incorrect, according to the Los Angeles Times

Rice has been accuse by Republicans for using these misleading statements to help the president stay in good favor during the event of the attack.

According to the Associated Press, some of Rice's talking points may have been started by the intelligence community and only repeated by her.