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Barbara Boxer: 'The Benghazi Scandal' 'Starts With Republicans' Who Cut Funding For Embassy Security
Mediaite, LLC ^ | 10:56 am, May 14th, 2013 | Noah Rothman

Posted on 01/15/2016 8:13:39 PM PST by Utilizer

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) said that Republicans in Congress should look into a mirror when asking why the attack on an American consulate in Benghazi was as deadly as it was. She said that House Republicans who voted to cut security funding for overseas embassies are directly responsible for the lack of security personnel at that outpost. Boxer's claim is contradicted by testimony delivered before a Congressional Oversight Committee hearing last week.

Boxer exonerated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday for any responsibility relating to the Benghazi attack, saying that it she testified before Congress in good faith and took full responsibility for what occurred under her watch.

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To: Da Coyote

Boxer - - just another deceiving ****** up liberal scumbag.


21 posted on 01/15/2016 8:35:11 PM PST by Mr Apple ( NO TO ALL ISLAMIC MUSLIM RAPEFUGEES WEARING HALLOWEEN GOWNS)
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To: Utilizer

At the same time the state department had plenty of money to make their embassies green.


22 posted on 01/15/2016 8:42:12 PM PST by Rusty0604
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To: Squantos

Remember her last presidential run’s famous bumper sticker:

“Monica Lewinsky’s
ex-boyfriend’s
wife for president!


23 posted on 01/15/2016 8:42:28 PM PST by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
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To: Utilizer

Thanks for the reminder.


24 posted on 01/15/2016 8:43:52 PM PST by Rusty0604
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To: Utilizer

So she does admit there is a Benghazi scandal. That is a step in the right direction. I think we all know who called back the rescue operation.


25 posted on 01/15/2016 8:44:18 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Texas Eagle
Uhhhhh...she exonerated Hitlery of responsibility because she took responsibility?

The Janet Reno defense.

26 posted on 01/15/2016 8:46:06 PM PST by KarlInOhio (CNBC = Clowns Neutered By Cruz)
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To: El Cid
FWIW, so was Bernie. Sanders went from integrated New York, to integrated Chicago, and decided after all, to settle down in the whitest state in America. Bernie is the godfather of white flight.
27 posted on 01/15/2016 8:46:25 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: Utilizer

LOL....I forgot that ..... thanks for the reminder. Need to add that to the break room chatter.

Thanks !!


28 posted on 01/15/2016 8:47:19 PM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Utilizer

I have a deep respect for Ms. Boxer’s superlative skill in water carrying. Few people appreciate the difficulties involved in doing so with a colander.


29 posted on 01/15/2016 8:54:39 PM PST by davius (You can roll manure in powdered sugar but that don't make it a jelly doughnut.)
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To: Utilizer

Except that in early on testimony before Congress, Department of State officials said that lack of funding was not a factor in what happened......


30 posted on 01/15/2016 9:01:07 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Utilizer
Barbara Boxer is a liar.

Hillary Clinton on State Dept. budget for FY 2012.

FY 2012 Budget Request March 10, 2011

Testimony Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State March 10, 2011

The second part of our request funds the extraordinary, temporary portion of our war effort the same way the Pentagon's request is funded: in a separate Overseas Contingency Operations account known as OCO. Instead of covering war expenses through supplemental appropriations, we are now taking a more transparent approach that fully reflects the integrated civilian-military efforts. Our share of the President's $126 billion request for exceptional wartime costs is $8.7 billion. So all told, we have a $47 billion operational account and an $8.7 billion Overseas Contingency Operations account.

(snip)

But let me just quickly walk you through this, because on this issue of our $8.7 billion Overseas Contingency Operations, we have the strongest support from Secretary Gates, from Admiral Mullen. And next week – I was speaking with General Petraeus last night. He will be here on the Hill strongly supporting the civilian effort that goes hand-in-hand with what he is doing so heroically in Afghanistan. So we are funding vital civilian missions in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq with this $8.7 billion.

So, with a $47 billion dollar operational account and an additional $8.7 billion dollars for Overseas Contingency Operations Hillary spends $200k on security giving the contract to some unknown British contrator who hired the local 17th of February Martyrs Brigade. The ones who photographed the consulate hours before the attack and ran like rabbits when the attack came.

In addition to that Hillary rejected keeping the DoD provided security which doesn't come out of the State Dept. budget. It's DoD.

I quiet literally mean it when I say Boxer should be publicly horsewhipped for promoting this lie.

31 posted on 01/15/2016 9:11:32 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: Utilizer
Official Testifies Funding Not a Factor in Benghazi Attacks.....
32 posted on 01/15/2016 9:13:47 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Texas Eagle

It’s a time-honoured way for the media to portray a poor, unfairly-targeted democrat politician as figuratively throwing themselves upon their own swords for repeated holier-than-thou references later on, while in reality there are no consequences for their actions and it is expected that the incident(s) are now unworthy of further comments or justice-seeking attempts.


33 posted on 01/15/2016 9:15:05 PM PST by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
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To: Rusty0604

And quietly disappear about 9 mil in vanished and unrecorded funds.


34 posted on 01/15/2016 9:17:40 PM PST by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
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To: Rusty0604

No worries. :)


35 posted on 01/15/2016 9:18:05 PM PST by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
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To: Utilizer
If it were only $9 million...

$6 Bil Vanishes From State Dept. Under Hillary Clinton APRIL 07, 2014

36 posted on 01/15/2016 9:21:22 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: Utilizer
I wish that harpy would fall down an elevator shaft.


37 posted on 01/15/2016 9:32:19 PM PST by Viking2002 (The Avatar is back by popular request.)
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To: Utilizer

Remembering that Hill’s brother Tony Rodham married Nicole Boxer, daughter of Barbara. The marriage is over, but Barbara could be a natural to feed talking points to the press.


38 posted on 01/15/2016 9:32:25 PM PST by ntnychik
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To: Utilizer
"Barbara Boxer: 'The Benghazi Scandal' 'Starts With Republicans' Who Cut Funding For Embassy Security"

No amount of money in the hands of a democrat could make any embassy a safe environment. Any additional funding that was required was probably dwarfed by waste and fraud.
39 posted on 01/15/2016 9:38:37 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: Parley Baer

Actually, it now appears that BHO never issued the Cross Border Authority necessary for our forces to provide assistance. With no CBA received, our military units were unable to cross into the country legally and were eventually RTB.


40 posted on 01/15/2016 9:39:35 PM PST by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
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