Questions - White House Scandals - June 30-July 1, 2013
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted June 30 – July 1, 2013
By Rasmussen Reports
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A number of controversies are swirling around the White House at the moment.
I’m going to read you a short list of topics and ask you to rate whether you
consider each a serious scandal, an embarrassing situation but not a scandal or
no big deal.
The National Security Agency's secret
surveillance of Americans' phone and e-mail communications.
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The Internal Revenue Service’s
targeting of conservative political organizations.
3*
The White House’s explanation of what happened when the U.S. ambassador was
killed in Benghazi, Libya last year.
4*
The Department of Justice secret
subpoenas of reporters’ phone records.
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There are currently four major controversies in
Washington—the government's secret surveillance of millions of Americans' phone
calls and e-mails, the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative
groups, the Justice Department's targeting of reporters and the Obama
administration's handling of the situation in Benghazi, Libya where the U.S.
ambassador was killed last fall. Which of these four controversies is the most
serious?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence