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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswhat the media has no interest in..GOP Rep: I ‘Absolutely’ Voted To Cut Funding For Embassy Security
on Oct 10, 2012
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said today that he voted to cut funding for U.S. embassy security amid political attacks from Republicans that the Obama administration did not do enough to secure the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya that was attacked last month.
Republicans and their allies have been trying to politicize the attack which killed four Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador to Libya suggesting, without evidence, the Obama administration may have ignored intelligence that the attack was imminent, didnt properly secure the Benghazi compound and is now trying to cover it up.
But hidden beneath the GOP campaign is the fact that House Republicans voted to cut nearly $300 million from the U.S. embassy security budget. When asked if he voted to cut the funds this morning on CNN, Chaffetz said, Absolutely:
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/10/10/985191/chaffetz-absolutely-funding-embassy-security/
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what the media has no interest in..GOP Rep: I ‘Absolutely’ Voted To Cut Funding For Embassy Security (Original Post)
spanone
Dec 2012
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aquart
(69,014 posts)1. The Republican War on Americans continues.
China smiles.
spanone
(135,958 posts)2. i find it odd that this 'fact' is a non-issue. in fact i find it maddening.
librechik
(30,678 posts)3. I'm furious it hasn't been mentioned all day on MSNBC when they run down
the Benghazi story. Just depictions of the State Dept as incompetent for not getting more security. How would they pay for it?
Royal Sloan 09
(406 posts)4. k & R, as has been said many times before,
FOLLOW THE MONEY!