CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Here the underlying issue -- all the fights about the talking points were about who would take responsibility for the real scandal, which was the neglect, the dereliction in not having security for our people. And that's what the argument was about. But I think there's a bigger story here, and here's the one that will in time come out.



The biggest scandal of all, the biggest question of all is what was the president doing in those eight hours. He had a routine meeting at 5:00. He never after, during the eight hours when our guys have their lives in danger, he never called the Secretary of Defense, he never calls the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, he never called the CIA Director. Who does he call?



About five hours in he calls the Secretary of State. And after the phone call, she releases a statement essentially about the video and how we denounce any intolerance. It looks as if the only phone call was to construct a cover story at a time when the last two Americans who died were still alive and fighting for their lives. There’s the scandal and that I think has to be uncovered. (The O'Reilly Factor, May 28, 2013)