[A.A. Cunningham]

Where’s the link?

[Vendome]

[hosepipe]

Some embassies need less funding than others.. and much less protection..
Some embassies should be closed.. just being there is an effort in FUBAR..

[American Constitutionalist]

( * Did Paul Ryan want $300 million embassy security cut? * )

It's a lie from the Democrats and it's a moot point if there is no, there, THERE as in Joe Biden's " we weren't told about " .....

How can the Republicans could have, might have tried to cut the budget for security at those US Embassies when there is no there, THERE if we follow the lying line of what this Administration and Democrats are saying now... as in " WE KNEW NOTHING " .

[greeneyes]

I listened to testimony of State Dept. Career officials - they stated that budget cuts were not responsible, they were able to cut in other areas.

Besides, how can a proposal that was never adopted be blamed? Senate did not even vote on the plan and has not passed a budget in over 3 years.

[gotribe]

Simply spreading the Solyndra investment across our embassy protection needs would have solved the “problem”. Or shifting US Marines from the French or Barbados embassies to Bengazi.

[9YearLurker]

I wish he’d been specific and asked to cut the hundreds of millions we’re spending on mosque construction and maintenance in the region instead.

[polstar123]

That was one line in the debate that I was a little disappointed with, there were many comebacks to that point by Biden that were unsaid. This article gives the obvious comeback that he simply did not specify a $300mmm cut to embassy security. And not to mention a proposed cut to an overall budget is different from an actual cut to security, in a terrorist hot bed, that directly led to the death of a U.S. Ambassador.

This issue cuts right to the heart of the Obama-Biden problem and why people are getting turned off by them, and why we are seeing them fall behind in the polls. It would have been a good opportunity to remind everyone of that...They do not know how to govern or lead; they are central command and are not willing to play ball with others. The Ryan budget wasn't perfect but it was an example of Congress doing its job-- putting numbers on the table for discussion so that the Congress and the Administration could sit down and have honest conversations about the details, and hash something out that made sense. It is how any household budgets as well.

[gloryblaze]

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