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"What is clear is that this administration, including the president himself, has intentionally misinformed -- read that, lied -- to the American people in the aftermath of this tragedy," said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California, a GOP member of the House Foreign Affairs committee that on Thursday convened a panel of experts not directly connected with the Benghazi attack. "The arrogance and dishonesty reflected in all of this is a little bit breathtaking."
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FredHayek wrote: When the attack happened, it only had 400 views. Now, of course it has many more.
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Read more: http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/opini ... z291aXl52NFor fiscal 2013, the GOP-controlled House proposed spending $1.934 billion for the State Department's Worldwide Security Protection program -- well below the $2.15 billion requested by the Obama administration. House Republicans cut the administration's request for embassy security funding by $128 million in fiscal 2011 and $331 million in fiscal 2012. (Negotiations with the Democrat-controlled Senate restored about $88 million of the administration's request.) Last year, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that Republicans' proposed cuts to her department would be "detrimental to America's national security" -- a charge Republicans rejected.
Ryan, Issa and other House Republicans voted for an amendment in 2009 to cut $1.2 billion from State operations, including funds for 300 more diplomatic security positions. Under Ryan's budget, non-defense discretionary spending, which includes State Department funding, would be slashed nearly 20 percent in 2014, which would translate to more than $400 million in additional cuts to embassy security.
It is still too early for the slinging of accusations and the holding of hearings.....let the investigation into the incident continue and see what the results are. Yesterday's fiasco was one of the most blatantly partisan hack jobs I have seen in a long time....and in trying to embarrass Obama and give Romney some much needed foreign policy help they not only caused the GOP to look vengeful, but they endangered the safety of CIA agents in Libya and the classified nature of what they are doing there.
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