HOW’S THAT “SMART DIPLOMACY” WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? AFRICA IN CRISIS: U.S. Abandons Embassy, France Won’t Intervene. “The last time the U.S. abandoned an embassy? Syria.”

According to a State Department spokesperson, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was unable to comment, because “she fell and twisted her cankle.”

UPDATE: Related: NPR Covering For Hillary on Benghazi. In a story by Michelle Kelemen, with an assist from Aaron David Miller, vice president of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.