House asks Clinton to testify on Benghazi
November 10, 2012 | 1:05 pm
House investigators asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to testify next week about the September 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, but she declined citing a scheduling conflict.
“[Clinton] was asked to appear at House Foreign Affairs next week, and we have written back to the Chairman to say that she’ll be on travel next week,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters yesterday. “She has a commitment with the Secretary of Defense to the AUSMIN Ministerial.” Per AFP, “AUSMIN is the highest level forum for Australia and US consultation on foreign policy, defense and strategic issues.” The United States is reportedly concerned about Australia’s plan to cut their defense spending.
Clinton has not been asked to testify at any of the other hearings next week, Nuland said.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., has been frustrated with the State Department’s failure to provide information that she has requested.
“While I understand that investigations by the FBI and the State Department’s own Accountability Review Board are ongoing, it is imperative that this Committee, having direct oversight responsibility, be kept informed every step of the way of developments in the matter,” Ros-Lehtinen wrote to Clinton on November 7th. “[P]lease be prepared to present State Department officials to testify on these issues when Congress reconvenes later this month.”
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Comment by Chuck Downs,Sr. 2 hours ago
- Those interests in other lands always come before answers to our problems and getting to the truth that took 4 American lives in Libya!
- As I keep saying, "The game is rigged." You can't win in a rigged game. How effective has Congress been in getting Eric Holder to come clean on the dirty business of "Fast and Furious"? As soon as they get the mirrors set up and the smoke machine in place they'll start the hearings ...
- LOL.
Comment by Arthur L. Harvey 1 hour ago
- Don't expect too much from second liar in chief.
- What a joke. Why can't the average American see what is happening to this great nation.
Comment by Wayne Mercier 1 hour ago
- Gene Abernathy I do and I am average."What a joke. Why can't the average American see what is happening to this great nation."
- The average American DOES see whats happening. But our version of the average American is a patriot, and patriot are not the ones who voted zero in.
- I may be below average and I see it, too. There has to be a lot of severely handicapped people!
Comment by lamont cranston 1 hour ago
- Hey: Twana, why aren't you posting my message?
- The "average" American wants to be in the wagon instead of pulling it. We may have passed the tipping point.
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