Kerry agrees to testify on Benghazi attack

[DonViejo]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is willing to testify before the House Oversight panel investigating the deadly 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, an appearance that should make subsequent testimony before a newly formed select committee unnecessary, the State Department said Friday.

In a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa, a clearly annoyed department said diplomatic responsibilities prevent Kerry from testifying on May 29, the date of a committee subpoena. The department offered alternative dates of June 12 or June 20.

The department said Kerry’s testimony should be sufficient and “would remove any need for the secretary to appear before the select committee to answer additional questions.”

There was no immediate word from Issa, who is pursuing an ongoing investigation into the Sept. 11, 2012, attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2014/05/23/kerry_agrees_to_testify_on_benghazi_attack/

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1. thanks DV

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2. Republican Clown Committees in Power Clash over a Nothingburger

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3. This disappoints me

I think Secretary Kerry should pen a polite response to the array of Bengazi investigations saying, I wasn't with the State Department at the time of the incident and therefore I have no first-hand knowledge of the event. Any information I would provide would be hearsay.

But I doubt Kerry would do such a thing. Probably a good thing I'm not SOS.