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Republicans hit back, saying the GOP-controlled House has voted for money to ensure the safety of diplomatic staff overseas, and accused Democrats of using last week’s violence to score cheap political points.
“It is extremely distasteful that some ill-informed Democrat staff are using the instability and violence abroad to score cheap political hits,” said Jennifer Hing, communications director for the House Appropriations Committee.
originally posted by: buster2010
originally posted by: thesaneone
originally posted by: buster2010
a reply to: LifeMode
Yet we had no money for security as she stated.
When she said that she was actually telling the truth. If you do a little checking you will find that the GOP pushed for funding for security to be cut.
Could you be so kind to post it?
Here you go.
GOP cuts to embassy security draw scrutiny, jabs from Democrats
originally posted by: LadyGreenEyes
we had units ready to go, told NOT to,
The Associated Press reported July 10 that previously classified testimony given to Congress from the military officers "undermines contentions by Republican lawmakers that a 'stand-down order' held back military assets that could have saved the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans killed at a diplomatic outpost and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya." Instead, the military officers confirmed that the Special Operations team of four who were in Tripoli that night "were instructed to help protect and care for those being evacuated from Benghazi and from the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli. The senior military officer who issued the instruction to 'remain in place' and the detachment leader who received it said it was the right decision and has been widely mischaracterized." This new testimony confirms previous reports that debunked the false claim that someone in the Obama administration or military had denied assistance to Americans at the diplomatic facilities in Benghazi the night of the terrorist attacks. Lt. Col. S.E. Gibson, the former commander of a four-member Army Special Forces unit in Tripoli, Libya, and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both told congressional committees over a year ago that no stand down order was given. Multiple CIA senior officers have repeatedly denied the false charge. In early 2014, a House Armed Services Committee report and a bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report put the myth to rest.
originally posted by: butcherguy
originally posted by: buster2010
originally posted by: butcherguy
originally posted by: Wide-Eyes
a reply to: AmericanRealist
She claimed there was no money while she splashes out tax payers money on parties...
Yes, in particular, the Marines there had asked for a machine gun to put on the roof in case of an attack.
They never got it.
She had a party.
If you think that was her fault then you know nothing about the military. If they didn't get the machine gun they wanted then the fault lays with the Marine command.
I am a veteran.
The machine gun was to be used by the private operators there, so it was the State Department security budget that covered it. The Marines there are embassy guards.
originally posted by: LadyGreenEyes
You used snopes?? They are not credible.
Quotes in the news after all that happened
originally posted by: LadyGreenEyes
a reply to: hellobruce
Snopes is not a valid source. They lie, they misrepresent,
originally posted by: chrismarco
a reply to: LifeMode
Don't see the relevance of including Benghazi in this...this could have been 6 days before any other...what was the point?