Jason Chaffetz, other GOP, voted to cut funding for embassy security

[JakeStarkey]

Of course they do, right along with the GOP.

That's my point.

I so get tired of Willow's tired extremist partisanship.

Willow, honey, you were the ones who said the GOP carried the day in 2003 and the Dems were responsible, too.

Ryan does have bloody hands, and Biden will point that out tomorrow night loud and clear.

the democrats carried the day. sorry,, it's on ewe.

oh right and the 149 dems who voted to cut it? they have bloody hands?

 

[Trajan]

Of course they do, right along with the GOP.

That's my point.

Willow, honey, you were the ones who said the GOP carried the day in 2003 and the Dems were responsible, too.

Ryan does have bloody hands, and Biden will point that out tomorrow night loud and clear.

oh right and the 149 dems who voted to cut it? they have bloody hands?

thats not what you said though....

 

[JakeStarkey]

What I said was that Willow was blaming one side, as usual, and ignoring our party's culpability.

You need to start telling the full narrative, here.

 

[Dot Com]

From the Christian Science Monitor:


Libya attack: Congressmen casting blame voted to cut diplomatic security budget



Reps. Jason Chaffetz and Darrell Issa claim the Benghazi consulate sought more security before the deadly attack. They also both voted to cut the State Department's embassy security budget.



Libya attack: Congressmen casting blame voted to cut diplomatic security budget - CSMonitor.com

Facts do seem to have a Liberal bias

 

[Synthaholic]

Rep. 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 — which killed four Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador to Libya — suggesting, without evidence, the Obama administration may have ignored intelligence that the attack was imminent, didn’t properly secure the Benghazi compound and is now trying to cover it up.

But hidden beneath the GOP campaign is the fact that House Republicans voted to cut nearly $300 million from the U.S. embassy security budget. When asked if he voted to cut the funds this morning on CNN, Chaffetz said, “Absolutely“:

O’BRIEN: Is it true that you voted to cut the funding for embassy security?

CHAFFETZ: Absolutely. Look, we have to make priorities and choices in this country. We have — think about this — 15,000 contractors in Iraq. We have more than 6,000 contractors, 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 tough economic times, you have to make difficult choices how to prioritize this.

 

[buckeye45_73]

Right-Wing Media's Libya Consulate Security Mythology Falls Apart


The conservative media talking point that the White House abdicated its responsibility to secure the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, took a hit Wednesday when CNN's Soledad O'Brien pressed Congressman Jason Chaffetz to acknowledge that he joined House Republicans in voting to cut funding for embassy security.

Since the September attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, the right-wing media have attacked the Obama administration for supposedly not having enough security at the compound. That myth is undermined by a State Department explanation that "no reasonable security presence could have successfully fended" off the attack.

Chaffetz, a surrogate for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign who is helping to lead an investigation into the attack, appeared to discuss that investigation on CNN's Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien. During the interview, Chaffetz echoed the right-wing media talking point that security was insufficient in Benghazi. But O'Brien pointed out the fundamental hypocrisy in this argument by noting that Chaffetz, like other Republicans in the House, voted to cut funding for embassy security.

O'Brien asked: "Is it true that you voted to cut the funding for embassy security?" Chaffetz responded: "Absolutely. Look we have to make priorities and choices in this country."

A media matter story? with no specifics...who knew?????
God you liberals are stupid
mabe they could have removed a security team from the Canadian or UN ambasadors and sent them to Libya.....sorry but blaming money is all liberals do....it's what you do with the money you have......liberals dont want to hear it....but the budget is not why those teams were removed.