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Republicans skip Benghazi hearing; complain about lack of information on Benghazi
Posted By Josh Rogin Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 10:37 AM
This week, a number of Republican senators have strongly criticized the administration for failing to properly explain the circumstances surrounding the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi. Some of those senators failed to show up for a briefing on the attack Wednesday.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has been the leading congressional critic of the administration's handling of the Benghazi attack and what he sees as the administration's lack of candor with Congress on the matter. On Wednesday, he pledged to block the potential nomination of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton due to Rice's statements on the attack. That drew a sharp rebuke from President Barack Obama at Wednesday's press conference.
But although McCain had time to speak on the Senate floor and on television about the lack of information provided to Congress about the attack, he didn't attend the classified briefing for senators Wednesday given to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, of which he is a member.
Committee ranking Republican Susan Collins (R-ME) called out McCain for skipping the briefing and said his call for a special committee to investigate the Benghazi attack was not necessary because the Homeland Security committee could handle it.
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), "who was there at briefing, and Senator McCain, who was not, are members of our committee, and I know they would play very important roles," Collins told Politico.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), another Homeland Security committee member who was on television complaining about the lack of Benghazi information, also did not show up for the Wednesday hearing. Paul did a CNN interview from the Capitol building Wednesday in which said he had questions about the anti-Islam video, the lack of Marines in Libya, and diplomatic security. At one point he says, "I don't know enough of the details."
The closed and classified briefing included representatives from the State Department, the Defense Department, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the National Counterterrorism Center, and the FBI, an administration official said. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a classified hearing on Benghazi on Tuesday and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will hold one Thursday, but McCain and Paul are not members of either of those committees.
"If you want answers, a good first step is to show up and ask a question," an administration official told The Cable. "That's what a senator does."
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Pisces
(5,783 posts)to dispute their nonsense. This is the kind of bullshit that they should be called on when interviewed. Where are the
journalist???
Dalai_1
(1,301 posts)shouted from the roof tops!
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)"That One" is President and Droopy is not. That is all he needs to know.
AAO
(3,300 posts)warrior1
(12,325 posts)then get the fuck out of the way and shut your damn mouths.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Obviously, they aren't interested in finding out any more info.
Perhaps someone who cares should be on the committee....
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)It just gets in their way when they want to rant and prove their ignorance
Their committee assignment should be taken from them
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Baitball Blogger
(47,690 posts)Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts)But if you live in the conservative entertainment bubble where "facts" are confusing and ridiculed as bias then you don't need no stinking facts. You need one of these.
obamanut2012
(27,710 posts)I do wish she would cross the aisle, or at least go (I-ME).
SDjack
(1,448 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,400 posts)gollygee
(22,336 posts)and not at all about getting information.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,165 posts)stillcool
(32,632 posts)other than piss people off?
MynameisBlarney
(2,979 posts)probably told them not to go, because it would totes ruin his "FOUR DEAD AMERICANS" meme.
underpants
(186,156 posts)I have to memorize the Fox News script
Harriety
(298 posts)They just did this for show anyway. All they ever want to do is to make a big stink about nothing so our Pres looks bad. I am sick of their chatter and even more sick of the way the press caters to them.
TahitiNut
(71,611 posts)McCain's entire life is a testimonial to missed briefings and steadfast ignorance. Rand Paul is a Legacy Ignoramus!
AAO
(3,300 posts)allan01
(1,950 posts)these are the same ones who have been braying for these hearings. thes same rs want to fry his ass. aint going to happen. they are pissed off because their right to assencian to the white house has been inttrupted . they feel that they own the country and the rest of us can go to hell. u aint going to fry obama because u (repukes ) cut the embasy funding. you have your selves to blame
. on edit : since when does it make mmake mcain a authority on military matters whilt being a prisoner of war ?
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)Ya can't make this shit up......
Can't wait to see what John Stewart has to say......
Gary 50
(397 posts)There were no cameras to catch his feigned outrage. No cameras to bloviate in front of. Thank God this bitter old loser and his half wit half governor never disgraced the country as president and VP.
lobodons
(1,290 posts)Sure, by missing the meetings they can continue to bitch about not knowing enough details.
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(9,596 posts)CindyinIndy
(90 posts)Why aren't they bitching about the thousands of dead and maimed Americans from two illegal wars? Two-faced bastards.
bluesbassman
(19,762 posts)McCain needs to go.
applegrove
(122,629 posts)might result in clarity. Bet they are banking on the facts in Benghazi remaining secret for national security reasons; they can then create a conspiracy theory in the void that is left.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)ErikJ
(6,335 posts)patrice
(47,992 posts)YYYyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HHHHHhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! . . . .
Flying Squirrel
(3,041 posts)JBoy
(8,021 posts)kentuck
(112,526 posts)The people that voted for them??
spanone
(137,448 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)During committee hearings: "LALALA, we can't hear you!!11!" After hearings: "FOUR DEAD AMERICANS!! We want answers, but only if they hurt the President!!!11"