GOP Senators Call For Special Committee To Investigate Benghazi
Source: TPM
SAHIL KAPUR MARCH 31, 2014, 10:09 AM EDT
A trio of Republican senators is pushing for a special committee to investigate the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that left four Americans dead.
"We are once again calling for the appointment of a Joint Select Committee to investigate the terrorist attacks on our compounds in Benghazi," said Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John McCain (R-AZ) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) in a statement Monday. "It is imperative that we learn everything that happened before, during and after the attacks. A Joint Select Committee should be established."
The push comes as House Democrats are demanding that House Oversight Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R-CA) give up his year-and-a-half long probe into purported Obama administration mischief over the attack. Democrats accuse Issa of pursuing a witch hunt aimed at tarnishing the president and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ahead of a possible 2016 presidential run. To date, there isn't evidence to implicate Clinton or senior White House officials in wrongdoing.
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,692 posts)groundloop
(11,519 posts)They just won't give it up.
(I bet they won't ever mention the fact that the embassy security budget was cut by GOPers).
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Issa can cut their mics, but they can still shout it.
SamKnause
(13,103 posts)How many times are these corrupt useless assholes going to investigate this ???
The politicians in the U.S. sicken me.
DC needs an enema to relieve our country of these useless corrupt idiots.
kysrsoze
(6,021 posts)McCane and Graham... imagine my surprise, or lack thereof. Assholes.
3catwoman3
(23,985 posts)My now-retired 92 yr old mom sayd in the early days of her nursing career, they used to have one known as "The Triple H - high, hot, and a hell of a lot." Perfect.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)Guess they are putting that important FAIL aside for renewed Benghazi FAIL./
RepubliWankers really need to send back their paychecks to America's taxpayers. They have not done shit. And apparently that's their plan going forward. What a sorry lot of overpaid Wankers the Repubbies are.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)No ideas, no plans--they are bankrupt. All they can do is play politics. This is nothing more than a pre-emptive strike against Hillary's 2016 campaign.
-Laelth
blm
(113,061 posts).
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
Turbineguy
(37,329 posts)Since noboby seems to have gotten their knob polished there should be no limit on how much they spend.
blm
(113,061 posts)Fvckin' lying McCain and Ayotte - they're putting on this dog and pony show to help Mizz Lindsey win his primary.
broadcaster75201
(387 posts)And YES they will take it back. I have seen NOTHING that indicates Dems will get out and vote. Nothing. Nada. Zip.
UncleYoder
(233 posts)oh my, what will we ever do?
otohara
(24,135 posts)they will make life miserable for POTUS and US
broadcaster75201
(387 posts)But I assume you know that one. At least I hope you do and aren't basing your conclusion on the history of extraordinary turnout by Dems in mid-terms. /s
Haven't seen a damn thing yet to suggest Dems are going to vote in enough numbers.
Sincerely,
Sgt. Shultz
Beacool
(30,247 posts)I think that we are in real danger of losing the Senate.
Heaven help us.....
tridim
(45,358 posts)And who is "us"?
We, the Democrats are going to kick ass in 2014. The GOP is a disaster.
TexasTowelie
(112,171 posts)It's a waste of time and money to keep investigating something that has already been investigated.
TRoN33
(769 posts)Non-Tea Party Fab Three is back at it. Didn't they took the cue from Pentagon that Fab three is literally wasting taxpayer money on this investigations!
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Fire these money wasting fuckers.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Want them to expose what American group filmed/funded that b-grade Muslim hate video, who informed that radical internet Imam two days before the 9-11 date(he called for protests on all embassy buildings & that caused a lot of protests in several countries. ) & exactly who added the subtitles intended to cause global outrage? عربي/عربى
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)that ought to shut them up.
ashling
(25,771 posts)Darrul Issa needs all the help he can get
IDemo
(16,926 posts)Trust Buster
(7,299 posts).......the wing nuts have been alternating between the IRS and Benghazi. When Issa's committee issued it's final report on the IRS, I thought "here comes another dose of Benghazi". As long as Hillary remains a possibility in 2016, Benghazi will not end.
rtracey
(2,062 posts)I believe the Democratic Senators should order an investigation into all the attacks on American Embassies and consulates under the 2 terms of the Bush administration. What are they hiding?
Beacool
(30,247 posts)Don't we already know everything that happened that night, short of what Obama and Hillary had for dinner? And we can find that out if needed.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)I wish I could say I was surprised.
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)AlbertCat
(17,505 posts).....Bush's lies in the SOTU
or maybe
Cheney's payments from Halliburton while in office
I mean if we're gonna dig up old stuff that hasn't been resolved sufficiently.
tridim
(45,358 posts)brooklynite
(94,553 posts)Mitt Romney attempted to make it a political issue, came off looking like an idiot, and President Obama was handily re-elected.
Did I leave anything out?
Festivito
(13,452 posts)We could use a new precedent for government investigations to include full Web coverage, summaries and dissenting opinions.
Straightforwardly we can call their bluff by saying we are calling their bluff. It should be that clear and concise.
Let's make a good show of it!
Blue Owl
(50,373 posts)Response to DonViejo (Original post)
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