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Apr 29, 2016
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“Ever since their disastrous 11-hour marathon hearing with Secretary Clinton backfired last fall, Republicans have been trying to redeem themselves by demanding more and more duplicative and unnecessary interviews and dragging out their sham of an investigation closer to the election,” said Ranking Member Elijah Cummings. “The Department of Defense has a critical job to do, which is to keep our nation safe from those who would do us harm. But Republicans continue to squander millions of taxpayer dollars chasing right-wing conspiracy theories and forcing Pentagon officials to waste their time on this partisan fishing expedition.”
Aug 1, 2015
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Congressional investigations into the attacks in Benghazi have been plagued by a series of inaccurate, partisan leaks designed to attack former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Many of these attacks rely on anonymous sources to describe -- and often mischaracterize -- documents reporters have not seen.
Feb 6, 2015
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The Benghazi committee is on course to spend more than $3 million in 2015, exceeding the annual budgets of long-standing committees that oversee veterans affairs and other issues, according to the letter.
Nov 24, 2014
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The CIA and the military acted properly in responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, a Republican-controlled House committee has found. Its report asserted no wrongdoing by Obama administration officials.
Sep 2, 2014
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Just four months ago, the future chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi delighted core elements of the Republican base when he declared that the panel would be probing “what appears to be a White House cover-up.”
Aug 5, 2014
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“… the bipartisan, unanimous Intelligence Committee report -- compiled with complete access to witnesses, documents, etc. -- definitively refutes every single right-wing conspiracy theory spun about Benghazi… Its findings also put the still-pending select investigative committee headed by U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy in an interesting little quandary… I very much doubt that Gowdy will uncover evidence that the House Intelligence Committee overlooked, and the committee's vote to release its report suggests that it too is confident that it won't be embarrassed by later revelations.”
Aug 4, 2014
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“The Republican-led House Intelligence Committee—officially now just a bunch of RINO traitors, I guess—is about to release a report saying that what happened in Benghazi is pretty much what the entire non-insane world has figured all along: The House Intelligence Committee, led by Republicans, has concluded that there was no deliberate wrongdoing by the Obama administration in the 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, said Rep. Mike Thompson of St. Helena, the second-ranking Democrat on the committee.”
Aug 4, 2014
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“After two years of investigation, it found no evidence to buttress any of the conspiracy theories surrounding the Sept. 11, 2012, attack that killed Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, and three other Americans…As Steve Benen at msnbc.com reports, there have been eight separate investigations into the Libyan attacks. Not one has uncovered the rumored (and hoped-for) cover-up. That’s because there isn’t one.”