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Showing Original Post only (View all)THIS should be the headline: REPUBLICANS CUT FUNDING FOR BENGHAZI CONSULATE.... [View all]
Last edited Fri Nov 16, 2012, 03:49 PM - Edit history (1)
instead we get........dana rohrabacher "This administration has lied to the American people about this tragedy"
fuck these fucking fucks.
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House Republicans cut the administrations request for embassy security funding by $128 million in fiscal 2011 and $331 million in fiscal 2012....Last year, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that Republicans proposed cuts to her department would be detrimental to Americas national security a charge Republicans rejected.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/10/breaking-protecting-our-embassies-costs-money
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THIS should be the headline: REPUBLICANS CUT FUNDING FOR BENGHAZI CONSULATE.... [View all]
spanone
Nov 2012
OP
And every single Democrat should respond to every question about Benghazi with that
malaise
Nov 2012
#4
media working overtime to not report the full story. Most people do not realize that closed door
still_one
Nov 2012
#5
1 Problem: The Bill was for funding Embassy security, not missions in provincial hinderlands.
leveymg
Nov 2012
#6
Agreed and a kick for your post leveymg. There seems to be as much disconnect on DU
riderinthestorm
Nov 2012
#15
disconnect this....GOP Rep. Chaffetz admits voting against more security for Libyan consulate
spanone
Nov 2012
#37
The SECOND REAL issue is: WHY were at least SIX Top Brass fired and/or made to resign? Just sex? HA!
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#20
The Republicans have lied to the American people about this tragedy. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2012
#8
Which begs the question..are Republicans playing politics -again - with our national security?
Old and In the Way
Nov 2012
#14
There are dots, but not yet all the connections: the CIA and Benghazi; Rove's computers and shock
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#23