Friday, May 10, 2013

BEFORE BENGHAZI, REPUBLICANS VOTED TO CUT EMBASSY SECURITY FUNDING

GOP Rep: I ‘Absolutely’ Voted To Cut Funding For Embassy Security
GOP Rep: I ‘Absolutely’ Voted To Cut Funding For Embassy Security: pRep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said today that he voted to cut funding for U.S. embassy security amid political attacks from Republicans that the Obama administration did not do enough to secure the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya that was attacked last month. Republicans and their allies have been trying to politicize the attack — [...]/p

From Think Progress.org

Toney Atkins says: IT'S IMPORTANT to note during this Benghazi controversy perpetrated by the GOP is that Republicans had voted to CUT FUNDING FOR EMBASSY FUNDING before the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on Benghazi. We rarely hear this remarkable truth as the Republicans try to blame the Obama Administration in the attack. If the embassy had had substantial funding, there likely would have been more security. The above link takes you to an October report on the vote to cut funding, and I believe the news media is negligent in not bringing this up more often.

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