Posted on 11/15/2012 4:32:33 AM PST by NCjim
Gen. David Petraeus will testify before a House Committee on the Libya embassy attack Friday morning, despite the ongoing FBI investigation into an extramarital affair that led to his resignation as director of the CIA.
The hearing to be held by the House Intelligence Committee is closed to the public and the media. Petraeus is expected to answer questions about the CIA's knowledge and handling of the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi that left U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans dead. Two of those Americans were with the CIA.
It was unclear at first whether or not Petraeus would testify at all on Capitol Hill at all, after he abruptly resigned from the agency amid news of his affair with biographer Broadwell. On Wednesday, before the House Intelligence Committee's announcement, the Senate Intelligence Committee said the retired General would testify to their committee at a separate hearing, though it's still unclear when he'll speak to the Senate panel.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calf., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday that Petraeus was "willing and interested" to talk to the committee, CBS News reported earlier Wednesday.
"It's just on Benghazi. Our hearings are on Benghazi and the intelligence that preceded Benghazi and the intelligence that determined security," she told reporters.
Meantime, the House Intelligence Committee will hear from him at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, an hour that is extremely uncommon for a congressional meeting.
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“Why is Boehner agreeing to a closed-door hearing? Or, is that a dumb question?”
Boner is probably compromised as well. They all are.
Boehner will agree to most anything.
He is a very agreeable man.
IMO, Broadwell’s 10/26 speech intended to send a message.
“The challenging thing for General Petraeus is that in his new position he is not allowed to communicate with the press.”
“IMO, Broadwell’s 10/26 speech intended to send a message.”
I have been thinking the same thing and wondering when she will be called in for question on this.
Read on another thread earlier the wife got that job over a year ago...still fits in your scenario though.
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