GOP Blames Obama For Libya Embassy Deaths; Forget They Cut Funding For Embassy Security

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GOP Blames Obama For Libya Embassy Deaths; Forget They Cut Funding For Embassy Security

Posted by icarus on 11 Oct 2012

“I had not seen an attack of such ferocity and intensity previously in Libya nor in my time with the Diplomatic Security Service.”
~Eric A. Nordstrom, former State Department official

With less than a month left to go in the election and President Obama being the first democrat in decades to have an advantage in polling among Americans on whom they trust on foreign policy affairs – the Republican party is trying to politicize the events that occurred at the Libyan embassy. I would say this is par for the course for both parties – either party would use the Oversight Committee like a cudgel to beat their political opponents. But this happening so close to the election is disgraceful because it isn’t about the American patriots who died; for them it’s about winning political points and damaging President Obama. So let’s talk about it.

#1 – Republicans have been cutting hundreds of millions out of Obama’s proposed budget for embassy security (source) and that put all embassies at risk.

#2 – The Paul Ryan Budget that every House Republican voted for cut funding to the State Department by 20% (source); that includes funding for embassy security.

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http://www.classwarfareexists.com/gop-blames-obama-for-libya-embassy-deaths-forget-they-cut-funding-for-embassy-security/#axzz28zDXcLtS

[madrchsod]

1. thanks to the republicans we know this compound was in a cia base

i wonder if the republican committee member who exposed this fact could be tried for treason. you know dam well the republicans would if a democrat did this.

[babylonsister]

2. That would be Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah). Now he has the balls to...

"demanding answers on to the Benghazi security detail." Up is down...


Jason Chaffetz Admits House GOP Cut Funding For Embassy Security: 'You Have To Prioritize Things'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/jason-chaffetz-embassy_n_1954912.html

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For the past two years, House Republicans have continued to deprioritize the security forces protecting State Department personnel around the world. In fiscal year 2011, lawmakers shaved $128 million off of the administration's request for embassy security funding. House Republicans drained off even more funds in fiscal year 2012 -- cutting back on the department's request by $331 million.

Consulate personnel stationed in Benghazi had allegedly expressed concerns over their safety in the months leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks that killed four Americans, including Amb. Chris Stevens. Chaffetz and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, claim those concerns were ignored.

"It seems to be a coordinated effort between the White House and the State Department, from Secretary {Hillary} Clinton to President Obama's White House," Chaffetz told Fox and Friends on Tuesday.

Chaffetz and Issa co-signed a letter to the State Department, demanding answers on to the Benghazi security detail. State Department officials and other witnesses will testify before the House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense, and Foreign Operations on Wednesday.