Jason Chaffetz Admits House GOP Cut Funding For Embassy Security: 'You Have To Prioritize Things'

[TroyD]

10/10/2012

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) acknowledged on Wednesday that House Republicans had consciously voted to reduce the funds allocated to the State Department for embassy security since winning the majority in 2010.

On Wednesday morning, CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien asked the Utah Republican if he had "voted to cut the funding for embassy security."

"Absolutely," Chaffetz said. "Look we have to make priorities and choices in this country. We have…15,0000 contractors in Iraq. We have more than 6,000 contractors, a private army there, for President Obama, in Baghdad. And we’re talking about can we get two dozen or so people into Libya to help protect our forces. When you’re in touch economic times, you have to make difficult choices. You have to prioritize things.”

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.

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[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. How much did Big Oil get in subsidies? Or Xi or whatever they call it now?

[brush]

2. GOP tight wads

And they're Romney is chomping at the bit to accuse the President of not having enough security.
Let's see how this plays out in the next debate.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. Chaffetz has a smug smart-assed face just made for rubbing a handful of feces in

Can't stand the little smirky shithead.

[Raster]

4. you are correct, little smirky shithead

[mnhtnbb]

5. They were trying to spin this as the State Dept (read Hillary) cut budget for security

but it turns out the State Dept. ASKED for more funding and they were
denied in Congressional budget.

Liars. Reprehensible liars.

[mojo2012]

6. What an idiot

I was lucky enough to vote against him for re-election. He is purely in Washington to obstruct. He has spent little time for his constituents because he is to busy kissing Romney's butt and thinking he'll get a cabinet position. His first year as congressman, he raised a hissy fit because TSA made him go through the security x-ray at the airport. He's a Congressman for Pete sakes and shouldn't be required to go through the same security as everyone else.

[hrmjustin]

7. you said it my friend.