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House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., arrives on Capitol Hill on Oct. 10 for a hearing on the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that resulted in the death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
The GOP attack dog is not letting go of the Obama Administration's leg.
On Sunday, U.S. Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, who has spent years investigating the alleged misdeeds of Democrats, accused Team Obama on CBS' Face the Nation of being prioritizing public relations over security at the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
"We believe they didn’t want the appearance of needing the security. We want to put real security ahead of the appearance of not needing security,” said Issa, who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
The criticism was in response to last month's attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, which killed American Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
The California Republican said the consulate attack reminded him of President Bush's "mission accomplished moment," referring to the 2003 incident in which Bush announced the end to major combat operations in Iraq underneath a banner behind him that read "Mission Accomplished." The fighting, obviously, did not end following that event.
Obama, Issa argued, should not be "in denial" about the presence of terrorism in Libya.
Meanwhile, Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings accused Team Romney on CBS of treating the Libya situation "like a political football."
"We don't have substantial evidence yet," Cummings said. "We're still gathering evidence, coming to conclusions and searching for facts."
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This is not about getting facts to ensure what happened won't happen again! Its all political. Anyone who is honest about this situation knows that! Issa is doing nothing more than finger pointing to score political points for his party...PERIOD!
It is my understanding that the Congress reduced funding for embassy security during this time of war. Can anyone explain this? It is disconcerting, outrageous and even creepy that despite the fact that an American embassy was brutally attacked, the news reporting is all about the political drama, ever since Governor Romney issued his prepared statement on 9/11/2012. The developing political narrative is creepy and non-informative.
America is at war. We were attacked. I am hoping for some real investigative journalism or I will have to conclude that Romney's initial statement, reduced embassy security, the hullabalooh raised by Netanyahu during the UN meeting, the State Department's silence, and the White House's apparent surprise (throw in there Romney's hidden-camera discussion on how he would handle such a crisis) are not all coincidental.
Issa is a partisan tool who was sent to congress by his constituents to govern and get things done. Instead, he spends his full time investigating non-issues. If I lived in his California district, I would be demanding some answers not - not about Libya, but about Issa's ability to perform his job duties.