Reporters poked fun at State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke on Friday as he tried to elaborate on the Obama administrations stance on the recent UN report linking Ansar al-Sharia to Al Qaeda.
"These groups are associated with Al Qaeda in Maghreb," Rathke said, "but they are not arms of core Al Qaeda.
Ansar al-Sharia is said to be responsible for the 2012 Benghazi attacks on the U.S. consulate in which four Americans were killed.
Reporters gave Rathke some terms that they deemed more fitting, including, "Al Qaeda light", "the jayvee team", and a subsidiary of McDonald’s.