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PJMcK

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1. Who cut the budget for embassy protection?

Reply to BlueMTexpat (Original post)

Mon Jun 27, 2016, 03:33 PM

Jun 2016

Oh, I remember. It was the Republican-led Congress that slashed funding for adequate security at the US embassies and consulates around the world. A part of the problem at the Benghazi compound was that there weren't enough security staff. Now, perhaps that wouldn't have made a whit of difference. But the onus for the under-staffing lies squarely at the feet of the GOP.

Why doesn't our media inform us about all of the parameters of these complex issues? (sarcastic wink)

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Democrats' Benghazi report calls compound security 'woefully inadequate' [View all] BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 OP

Who cut the budget for embassy protection? PJMcK Jun 2016 #1

Exactly. BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #2

Who signed that budget bill? former9thward Jun 2016 #3

Which would have left the embassies with zero security Recursion Jun 2016 #4

Not how it works. former9thward Jun 2016 #5