Rice hits out at Libya allegations

Susan Rice, US ambassador to the United Nations, said Wednesday she has been the victim of "unfounded" Republican attacks over her account of a militant assault on the US embassy in Libya.
Rice is a frontrunner to be the next US secretary of state but Senator John McCain and other Republicans have said they would block her confirmation by the US Senate because of the controversy.
President Barack Obama has strongly defended Rice, but kept everyone waiting to see whether he would risk naming his trusted confidante to replace Hillary Clinton.
"Let me be very clear. I have great respect for Senator McCain and his service to our country, I always have, and I always will," Rice told reporters in her first public comments on the storm.