Benghazi committee tops $5 million in spending
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Source: PBS - story: Matthew Daly, AP November 12, 2015
The House committee investigating the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya, has now spent more than $5 million in taxpayer money, according to a tally by House Democrats.
Democrats say the Republican-led probe is a partisan effort to undermine Hillary Rodham Clinton’s White House bid and said a marathon hearing with Clinton last month only confirmed their views. Clinton, who was secretary of state during the attacks, endured a grueling interrogation by GOP lawmakers at the 11-hour hearing.
The five Democrats who serve on the 12-member committee have said they will stay on the panel for now, despite calls by some Democrats to shut it down. The committee was created in May 2014 to investigate the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya.
The committee’s chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., has said the panel’s work will extend into next year. ...................
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[center]I'm expecting Ben Carson to campaign on appointing a Benghazi special prosecutor
to interrogate everyone Hillary has ever spoken to.
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because, you know, Benghazi is 1/3 as important as the greatest attack that ever occurred on U.S. soil.
BTW, the government spent $175 million on the Challenger investigation.
