The mother of a slain American called the president's choice of Rice 'curious.' | REUTERS Benghazi mom: Rice a 'liar'

Unhappy with President Barack Obama’s selection of Susan Rice as National Security Adviser, the mother of one the Americans killed in the Benghazi attack is calling Rice a “proven liar.”

Pat Smith, whose son, Sean Smith, was an information management officer at the diplomatic facility told Sean Hannity on his show on Fox News on Wednesday that the choice of Rice was “curious.”


”I don’t understand why Obama would want a proven liar to be his security adviser. That makes no sense to me at all,” Smith said.

Hannity asked Smith what she would like to say to Obama.

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“I would like to say, ‘Please, just listen to the American people. Don’t listen to whoever it is that’s advising you. I don’t know who’s advising you, I don’t know who you’re listening to, but it’s wrong. It’s very wrong. And it won’t help.’”

Smith, who has been critical of the administration since the death of her son, also said she blames former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the attacks.

“I know it was her [responsibility.] I know it was hers. I can’t prove anything, but I know in the depth of my soul, I know it was hers. It was her department, it was her area, and she was in charge. I don’t care if she doesn’t admit it. She was in charge and she should have been in charge. And that’s who Obama was listening to.”

Her outrage was echoed during the show by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who said the Obama administration was sending a message to the American people with Rice’s appointment.

“Name one person who has been demoted that was in a position of responsibility. Name one person who has lost their job because of Benghazi. Susan Rice being promoted, or being chosen as National Security Adviser after her performance in Benghazi, basically is the president telling us, ‘I’ve got no problem with what my administration did in Benghazi, misleading the American people,’” Graham said.

Though Rice has a “credibility problem,” Graham said he would still work with her.

“She has a credibility problem, I think, with the average American. … Having said all that, I will work with her because the world is about to blow up, Barack Obama’s foreign policy is a failure and our friends are scared and our enemies are emboldened.”