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[By tradition], every cable from an embassy bears the signature of the ambassador and every cable from Washington bears the signature of the secretary of state. The protocol is explained in the State Departments Foreign Affairs Manual: [
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Because of this protocol, Secretary Clinton signed hundreds of thousands of cables during her tenure as secretary, said State Department spokesman Patrick H. Ventrell. As then-Secretary Clinton testified, the security cables related to Benghazi did not come to her attention. These cables were reviewed at the assistant secretary level.
Yep. The entire House Republican "investigative" team didn't know that, and they didn't check, and/or they didn't listen to Every Damn State Department Employee Who Could Tell Them That. Or, as Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings puts it:
The allegations in your staff report are false, extremely irresponsible, and lack even a rudimentary understanding of how State Department cables are processed, Cummings wrote in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). [
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Although a telephone call could have clarified this issue in a matter of moments, you chose not to check with the Department before making these highly inflammatory and erroneous accusations in a public forum.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/26/1205051/-Conspiracy-riddled-House-Republican-Benghazi-report-suffers-fatal-very-stupid-flaw
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Sounded reasonable and it would destroy their opportunity to cry conspiracy and ended their questions. They don't talk about the eleven times US facilities was struck and 53 lives lost during the Bush administration. Even now they are rewriting history about the invasion of Iraq because the Democrats voted for it.
UTUSN
(70,496 posts)sheshe2
(83,324 posts)Thank you, appleannie.
sakabatou
(42,082 posts)and not a peep from the Republicans.
Stinky The Clown
(67,670 posts)Kablooie
(18,571 posts)Their whole ideology would collapse.
The only way they can continue to pursue their philosophy is to ignore and deny that any facts are relevant.
pampango
(24,692 posts)that they are using.
madokie
(51,076 posts)Their goal appears to be a twofer, to hamstring the president in the present and to stop Hillary's run for the white house before she even announces in the long run.
Led by a thief, my o my