
President Barack Obama focuses his gaze on a reporter as he responds to a question regarding the criticism of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice and the Benghazi, Libya, attacks, during a press conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

President Obama focuses his gaze on a reporter as he responds to a question regarding the criticism of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice and the Benghazi, Libya, attacks, during a press conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks at the world body's headquarters on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks at the world body's headquarters on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Susan Rice

** FILE** Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (Associated Press)

Mark Lyall Grant (left), British ambassador to the United Nations, and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice of the United States confer at the United Nations on Thursday, July 19, 2012, during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Syria. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Mark Lyall Grant (left), British ambassador to the United Nations, and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice of the United States confer at the United Nations on Thursday, July 19, 2012, during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Syria. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)