And then Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) exploded:
Ackerman said, “The stench of hypocrisy that hangs over this city today emanates from this room. I’ve listened to my colleagues talk about the President of the United States and others in the administration using [the] terms ‘deliberate’, ‘lies’, ‘unmitigated gall’, ‘malfeasance,’ which is malicious and knowing evil-doing, ‘disgust’, ‘coverups’.
If you want to know who is responsible in this town, buy yourself a mirror!”
He accused the Republicans of, according to NBC, having:
“the audacity to come here” when the administration requested, for worldwide security, “$440 million more than you guys wanted to provide. And the answer is that you ______ didn’t provide it! You REDUCED what the administration asked for to protect these people. Ask not who the guilty party is, it’s you! It is us. It is this committee, and the things that we insist that we need have to cost money.”
He added, “Could you tell me which of my colleagues on this committee was as bodacious in their insistence that we provide more money for American security in the State Department budget. I would appreciate it.”
Ackerman then asked them to raise their hands and gave them a count of five to do so. None did.
http://www.politicususa.com/democrat...uy-mirror.html
So the GOP actually REDUCED America's ability (financially speaking) to secure State Department missions (like Benghazi) all around the world!
Do you think the GOP was waiting for this "gotcha" moment?
Furthermore, from the begining, I found the focus on the President for whatever happened at Benghazi to be profoundly political, but not very practical.
The GOP pretty much gave the State Department a pass on all this. But, the GOP was trying to make Obama look bad so that he would lose the election, so I guess our party's actions were acceptable.
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