House Republicans Spent Millions Of Dollars On Benghazi Committee To Exonerate Clinton

[Lakhota]

Frankly I am surprised they only wasted 7 million taxpayer dollars on it. The figure came from Hillary Clinton.

The question should be how much did the Republican party receive in donations for their Benghazi dog and pony show? They should be required to pay the taxpayers of the country back for the money they spent on 8 investigations.

I still want to see a detailed accounting for all of it. Or you could just stop repeating the lies.

800 pages is a lot of reading.

Go ahead and give it a try.

The lady on PBS News Hour read all of it and said it is not really worth the trouble.

There is nothing much in the report.

Must be one hell of a speed reader.

Intelligent people can also split the task among several and really whip through it.

Excuse me oh ignorant one, what did you fail to understand when the poster said "The lady on PBS News Hour read all of it". The lady is a singular term, not a team effort. More BS from fauxcahunches.

Yes, Texass I read the poster loud and clear - which is why I used the word "also" in my sentence.

 

[OKTexas]

How about you provide detailed accounting of those millions of dollars to substantiate your claim.

Frankly I am surprised they only wasted 7 million taxpayer dollars on it. The figure came from Hillary Clinton.

The question should be how much did the Republican party receive in donations for their Benghazi dog and pony show? They should be required to pay the taxpayers of the country back for the money they spent on 8 investigations.

I still want to see a detailed accounting for all of it. Or you could just stop repeating the lies.

800 pages is a lot of reading.

Go ahead and give it a try.

The lady on PBS News Hour read all of it and said it is not really worth the trouble.

There is nothing much in the report.

Must be one hell of a speed reader.

Well it really doesn't take a lot of time to read a New York Times article. Now maybe you can open up your personal investigation by going through 800 pages of testimony and evidence--but the end result will still be the same.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/us/politics/hillary-clinton-benghazi.html

The easiest thing for you to do is turn on "Mr. Talent on Loan from Gaaaawwwwddd-d" tomorrow, and I am certain he will have another version of the Benghazi events that you will agree with.

Feel free to view post #61.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Like eight previous reports, the bitterly partisan panel finds failings, but no blame for the former secretary of state.

WASHINGTON — After spending more than two years and $7 million, the House Select Committee on Benghazi released a report Tuesday that found — like eight investigations before it — no evidence of wrongdoing by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or other members of the Obama administration.

The House voted to create the committee after Republicans were frustrated that even their own GOP-led committees failed to find wrongdoing in the events surrounding the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

But the new report also fails to find evidence of wrongdoing, revealing as all previous reports did that the administration’s response to the terror attacks was flawed, but not malicious or derelict.

The select committee report largely repeats the findings of other reports, with a handful of new details and a lot of fresh condemnation.

“We expect our government to make every effort to save the lives of Americans who serve in harm’s way. That did not happen in Benghazi,” said Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), a committee member. “Politics were put ahead of the lives of Americans, and while the administration had made excuses and blamed the challenges posed by time and distance, the truth is that they did not try.”

Pompeo’s conclusion, however, runs counter to statements of his committee’s top lawyer, who said during the probe that the Department of Defense did all it could.

Democrats were quick to hammer the exercise, pointing to “new” revelations that actually surfaced three years ago, such as testimony in 2013 at the House Oversight Committee that Clinton had hoped to open a permanent facility in Benghazi. The report presents that as a fresh revelation. Although the report did not highlight it, the committee’s most important new information was probably the news that it revealed more than a year ago — that Clinton used a private email server.

House Majority Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) admitted last year that the email revelation was a political coup for the GOP, and it has caused trouble for Clinton on the campaign trail. It also sparked an FBI probe over her handling of classified data. The report’s lack of any reference to clearly classified material on her email server, however, could be a sign that there is little chance any prosecution could stem from the unusual arrangement.

Democrats, who were excluded from drafting the GOP report, countered with the release their own report.

Their version, less than half the length of the 800-page Republican report, also reaffirmed earlier work, repeating the conclusions that U.S. forces that were able responded courageously. At the same time, the Democrats’ version says: “The State Department’s security measures in Benghazi were woefully inadequate as a result of decisions made by officials in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.”

That is also old news.

Democrats have repeatedly accused the GOP of using the committee as a partisan crusade aimed at hurting Hillary Clinton in the presidential election and firing up the GOP base.

It failed to achieve that goal as well, if early comments from conservatives are any indication.

“While the report from the Select Committee on Benghazi shines some light on widespread incompetence reaching the highest levels of government, I find it incomprehensible and insulting that this Committee spent two years and $7 million in taxpayer dollars to release an 800-page report with no firm findings or conclusions,” said David Bozell, who heads the group ForAmerica.

“Congressional Republicans, by lacking the courage to bring those responsible to justice, have wasted everyone’s time and money, plain and simple,” Bozell said. “Hillary Clinton is sure to take a victory lap today due to the fecklessness of the Majority on this committee.”

Still, the select committee’s chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy, appealed to Americans to read the report if they wanted to make up their own minds.

“I simply ask the American people to read this report for themselves, look at the evidence we have collected, and reach their own conclusions,” Gowdy said. “You can read this report in less time than our fellow citizens were taking fire and fighting for their lives on the rooftops and in the streets of Benghazi.”

Gowdy insisted that some of the information really was new, including details of why Clinton wanted to open a facility in Benghazi. He also said his report reveals for the first time that the U.S. military did not mount an armed response during the attack, although other reports have mentioned the extensive internal discussion at the time to try to respond.

Still, even Gowdy declined to say that the two Americans who died later in the attacks — Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods — would have lived if the administration showed better coordination.

“I’m not going to make a reckless allegation that [they] could have been saved,” Gowdy said.

Asked directly if Gowdy thought Americans who read the report should find culpability for Clinton, Gowdy declined to say so.

Here is the GOP report, and here is the Democratic version.

House Republicans Spent Millions Of Dollars On Benghazi Committee To Exonerate Clinton

There you have it, folks. House Republicans spent millions to exonerate Hillary. She is by far the most vetted presidential candidate in history.

See... Democrats make a deal out of wasting 7 million bucks on an investigation, but say nothing of the 7 trillion in national debt we've racked up since Obama took office. Priorities much?

Well, smartass, since you like diversions - answer this question:

How much new debt has Obama created that wasn't a direct or indirect result of Bush actions and/or policies?

Excluding 2009? $6.695 trillion.

Counter question: How much of the debt has he reduced since he became president?

 

[Lakhota]

Like eight previous reports, the bitterly partisan panel finds failings, but no blame for the former secretary of state.

WASHINGTON — After spending more than two years and $7 million, the House Select Committee on Benghazi released a report Tuesday that found — like eight investigations before it — no evidence of wrongdoing by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or other members of the Obama administration.

The House voted to create the committee after Republicans were frustrated that even their own GOP-led committees failed to find wrongdoing in the events surrounding the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

But the new report also fails to find evidence of wrongdoing, revealing as all previous reports did that the administration’s response to the terror attacks was flawed, but not malicious or derelict.

The select committee report largely repeats the findings of other reports, with a handful of new details and a lot of fresh condemnation.

“We expect our government to make every effort to save the lives of Americans who serve in harm’s way. That did not happen in Benghazi,” said Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), a committee member. “Politics were put ahead of the lives of Americans, and while the administration had made excuses and blamed the challenges posed by time and distance, the truth is that they did not try.”

Pompeo’s conclusion, however, runs counter to statements of his committee’s top lawyer, who said during the probe that the Department of Defense did all it could.

Democrats were quick to hammer the exercise, pointing to “new” revelations that actually surfaced three years ago, such as testimony in 2013 at the House Oversight Committee that Clinton had hoped to open a permanent facility in Benghazi. The report presents that as a fresh revelation. Although the report did not highlight it, the committee’s most important new information was probably the news that it revealed more than a year ago — that Clinton used a private email server.

House Majority Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) admitted last year that the email revelation was a political coup for the GOP, and it has caused trouble for Clinton on the campaign trail. It also sparked an FBI probe over her handling of classified data. The report’s lack of any reference to clearly classified material on her email server, however, could be a sign that there is little chance any prosecution could stem from the unusual arrangement.

Democrats, who were excluded from drafting the GOP report, countered with the release their own report.

Their version, less than half the length of the 800-page Republican report, also reaffirmed earlier work, repeating the conclusions that U.S. forces that were able responded courageously. At the same time, the Democrats’ version says: “The State Department’s security measures in Benghazi were woefully inadequate as a result of decisions made by officials in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.”

That is also old news.

Democrats have repeatedly accused the GOP of using the committee as a partisan crusade aimed at hurting Hillary Clinton in the presidential election and firing up the GOP base.

It failed to achieve that goal as well, if early comments from conservatives are any indication.

“While the report from the Select Committee on Benghazi shines some light on widespread incompetence reaching the highest levels of government, I find it incomprehensible and insulting that this Committee spent two years and $7 million in taxpayer dollars to release an 800-page report with no firm findings or conclusions,” said David Bozell, who heads the group ForAmerica.

“Congressional Republicans, by lacking the courage to bring those responsible to justice, have wasted everyone’s time and money, plain and simple,” Bozell said. “Hillary Clinton is sure to take a victory lap today due to the fecklessness of the Majority on this committee.”

Still, the select committee’s chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy, appealed to Americans to read the report if they wanted to make up their own minds.

“I simply ask the American people to read this report for themselves, look at the evidence we have collected, and reach their own conclusions,” Gowdy said. “You can read this report in less time than our fellow citizens were taking fire and fighting for their lives on the rooftops and in the streets of Benghazi.”

Gowdy insisted that some of the information really was new, including details of why Clinton wanted to open a facility in Benghazi. He also said his report reveals for the first time that the U.S. military did not mount an armed response during the attack, although other reports have mentioned the extensive internal discussion at the time to try to respond.

Still, even Gowdy declined to say that the two Americans who died later in the attacks — Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods — would have lived if the administration showed better coordination.

“I’m not going to make a reckless allegation that [they] could have been saved,” Gowdy said.

Asked directly if Gowdy thought Americans who read the report should find culpability for Clinton, Gowdy declined to say so.

Here is the GOP report, and here is the Democratic version.

House Republicans Spent Millions Of Dollars On Benghazi Committee To Exonerate Clinton

There you have it, folks. House Republicans spent millions to exonerate Hillary. She is by far the most vetted presidential candidate in history.

See... Democrats make a deal out of wasting 7 million bucks on an investigation, but say nothing of the 7 trillion in national debt we've racked up since Obama took office. Priorities much?

Well, smartass, since you like diversions - answer this question:

How much new debt has Obama created that wasn't a direct or indirect result of Bush actions and/or policies?

Excluding 2009? $6.695 trillion.

Counter question: How much of the debt has he reduced since he became president?

Funny. The Bush clusterfuck didn't end on the day President Obama was sworn in.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Like eight previous reports, the bitterly partisan panel finds failings, but no blame for the former secretary of state.

WASHINGTON — After spending more than two years and $7 million, the House Select Committee on Benghazi released a report Tuesday that found — like eight investigations before it — no evidence of wrongdoing by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or other members of the Obama administration.

The House voted to create the committee after Republicans were frustrated that even their own GOP-led committees failed to find wrongdoing in the events surrounding the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

But the new report also fails to find evidence of wrongdoing, revealing as all previous reports did that the administration’s response to the terror attacks was flawed, but not malicious or derelict.

The select committee report largely repeats the findings of other reports, with a handful of new details and a lot of fresh condemnation.

“We expect our government to make every effort to save the lives of Americans who serve in harm’s way. That did not happen in Benghazi,” said Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), a committee member. “Politics were put ahead of the lives of Americans, and while the administration had made excuses and blamed the challenges posed by time and distance, the truth is that they did not try.”

Pompeo’s conclusion, however, runs counter to statements of his committee’s top lawyer, who said during the probe that the Department of Defense did all it could.

Democrats were quick to hammer the exercise, pointing to “new” revelations that actually surfaced three years ago, such as testimony in 2013 at the House Oversight Committee that Clinton had hoped to open a permanent facility in Benghazi. The report presents that as a fresh revelation. Although the report did not highlight it, the committee’s most important new information was probably the news that it revealed more than a year ago — that Clinton used a private email server.

House Majority Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) admitted last year that the email revelation was a political coup for the GOP, and it has caused trouble for Clinton on the campaign trail. It also sparked an FBI probe over her handling of classified data. The report’s lack of any reference to clearly classified material on her email server, however, could be a sign that there is little chance any prosecution could stem from the unusual arrangement.

Democrats, who were excluded from drafting the GOP report, countered with the release their own report.

Their version, less than half the length of the 800-page Republican report, also reaffirmed earlier work, repeating the conclusions that U.S. forces that were able responded courageously. At the same time, the Democrats’ version says: “The State Department’s security measures in Benghazi were woefully inadequate as a result of decisions made by officials in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.”

That is also old news.

Democrats have repeatedly accused the GOP of using the committee as a partisan crusade aimed at hurting Hillary Clinton in the presidential election and firing up the GOP base.

It failed to achieve that goal as well, if early comments from conservatives are any indication.

“While the report from the Select Committee on Benghazi shines some light on widespread incompetence reaching the highest levels of government, I find it incomprehensible and insulting that this Committee spent two years and $7 million in taxpayer dollars to release an 800-page report with no firm findings or conclusions,” said David Bozell, who heads the group ForAmerica.

“Congressional Republicans, by lacking the courage to bring those responsible to justice, have wasted everyone’s time and money, plain and simple,” Bozell said. “Hillary Clinton is sure to take a victory lap today due to the fecklessness of the Majority on this committee.”

Still, the select committee’s chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy, appealed to Americans to read the report if they wanted to make up their own minds.

“I simply ask the American people to read this report for themselves, look at the evidence we have collected, and reach their own conclusions,” Gowdy said. “You can read this report in less time than our fellow citizens were taking fire and fighting for their lives on the rooftops and in the streets of Benghazi.”

Gowdy insisted that some of the information really was new, including details of why Clinton wanted to open a facility in Benghazi. He also said his report reveals for the first time that the U.S. military did not mount an armed response during the attack, although other reports have mentioned the extensive internal discussion at the time to try to respond.

Still, even Gowdy declined to say that the two Americans who died later in the attacks — Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods — would have lived if the administration showed better coordination.

“I’m not going to make a reckless allegation that [they] could have been saved,” Gowdy said.

Asked directly if Gowdy thought Americans who read the report should find culpability for Clinton, Gowdy declined to say so.

Here is the GOP report, and here is the Democratic version.

House Republicans Spent Millions Of Dollars On Benghazi Committee To Exonerate Clinton

There you have it, folks. House Republicans spent millions to exonerate Hillary. She is by far the most vetted presidential candidate in history.

See... Democrats make a deal out of wasting 7 million bucks on an investigation, but say nothing of the 7 trillion in national debt we've racked up since Obama took office. Priorities much?

Well, smartass, since you like diversions - answer this question:

How much new debt has Obama created that wasn't a direct or indirect result of Bush actions and/or policies?

Excluding 2009? $6.695 trillion.

Counter question: How much of the debt has he reduced since he became president?

Funny. The Bush clusterfuck didn't end on the day President Obama was sworn in.

It is funny, because Obama's financial clusterfuck began on October 1st, 2009, or the beginning of the 2009-10 fiscal year. From then on his policies directly contributed $6.695 trillion to the national debt.

But you didn't answer the question. How much of the national debt has Obama reduced while he's been in office?

 

[oreo]

Like eight previous reports, the bitterly partisan panel finds failings, but no blame for the former secretary of state.

WASHINGTON — After spending more than two years and $7 million, the House Select Committee on Benghazi released a report Tuesday that found — like eight investigations before it — no evidence of wrongdoing by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or other members of the Obama administration.

The House voted to create the committee after Republicans were frustrated that even their own GOP-led committees failed to find wrongdoing in the events surrounding the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

But the new report also fails to find evidence of wrongdoing, revealing as all previous reports did that the administration’s response to the terror attacks was flawed, but not malicious or derelict.

The select committee report largely repeats the findings of other reports, with a handful of new details and a lot of fresh condemnation.

“We expect our government to make every effort to save the lives of Americans who serve in harm’s way. That did not happen in Benghazi,” said Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), a committee member. “Politics were put ahead of the lives of Americans, and while the administration had made excuses and blamed the challenges posed by time and distance, the truth is that they did not try.”

Pompeo’s conclusion, however, runs counter to statements of his committee’s top lawyer, who said during the probe that the Department of Defense did all it could.

Democrats were quick to hammer the exercise, pointing to “new” revelations that actually surfaced three years ago, such as testimony in 2013 at the House Oversight Committee that Clinton had hoped to open a permanent facility in Benghazi. The report presents that as a fresh revelation. Although the report did not highlight it, the committee’s most important new information was probably the news that it revealed more than a year ago — that Clinton used a private email server.

House Majority Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) admitted last year that the email revelation was a political coup for the GOP, and it has caused trouble for Clinton on the campaign trail. It also sparked an FBI probe over her handling of classified data. The report’s lack of any reference to clearly classified material on her email server, however, could be a sign that there is little chance any prosecution could stem from the unusual arrangement.

Democrats, who were excluded from drafting the GOP report, countered with the release their own report.

Their version, less than half the length of the 800-page Republican report, also reaffirmed earlier work, repeating the conclusions that U.S. forces that were able responded courageously. At the same time, the Democrats’ version says: “The State Department’s security measures in Benghazi were woefully inadequate as a result of decisions made by officials in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.”

That is also old news.

Democrats have repeatedly accused the GOP of using the committee as a partisan crusade aimed at hurting Hillary Clinton in the presidential election and firing up the GOP base.

It failed to achieve that goal as well, if early comments from conservatives are any indication.

“While the report from the Select Committee on Benghazi shines some light on widespread incompetence reaching the highest levels of government, I find it incomprehensible and insulting that this Committee spent two years and $7 million in taxpayer dollars to release an 800-page report with no firm findings or conclusions,” said David Bozell, who heads the group ForAmerica.

“Congressional Republicans, by lacking the courage to bring those responsible to justice, have wasted everyone’s time and money, plain and simple,” Bozell said. “Hillary Clinton is sure to take a victory lap today due to the fecklessness of the Majority on this committee.”

Still, the select committee’s chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy, appealed to Americans to read the report if they wanted to make up their own minds.

“I simply ask the American people to read this report for themselves, look at the evidence we have collected, and reach their own conclusions,” Gowdy said. “You can read this report in less time than our fellow citizens were taking fire and fighting for their lives on the rooftops and in the streets of Benghazi.”

Gowdy insisted that some of the information really was new, including details of why Clinton wanted to open a facility in Benghazi. He also said his report reveals for the first time that the U.S. military did not mount an armed response during the attack, although other reports have mentioned the extensive internal discussion at the time to try to respond.

Still, even Gowdy declined to say that the two Americans who died later in the attacks — Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods — would have lived if the administration showed better coordination.

“I’m not going to make a reckless allegation that [they] could have been saved,” Gowdy said.

Asked directly if Gowdy thought Americans who read the report should find culpability for Clinton, Gowdy declined to say so.

Here is the GOP report, and here is the Democratic version.

House Republicans Spent Millions Of Dollars On Benghazi Committee To Exonerate Clinton

There you have it, folks. House Republicans spent millions to exonerate Hillary. She is by far the most vetted presidential candidate in history.

See... Democrats make a deal out of wasting 7 million bucks on an investigation, but say nothing of the 7 trillion in national debt we've racked up since Obama took office. Priorities much?

Well, smartass, since you like diversions - answer this question:

How much new debt has Obama created that wasn't a direct or indirect result of Bush actions and/or policies?

Excluding 2009? $6.695 trillion.

Counter question: How much of the debt has he reduced since he became president?

You're not going to get much debt reduction when there are 10K baby boomers entering social security/medicare on a daily basis. This rate is expected to continue for the next 12 to 13 years. In fact this alone will add another 84 trillion in unfunded liabilities in the years to come.

And that's the real problem. Sooner or later something has got to give. This is the problem for any administration. The other problem is that back in the 50's average family size was 4 kids. Over the last several decades family sizes have dropped to 2 or less kids. There are not enough youth in this country to support these funds. So we either cut these funds, find a plan to save them, or we integrate more working youth into this country to take up the slack.

 

[OKTexas]

I still want to see a detailed accounting for all of it. Or you could just stop repeating the lies.

800 pages is a lot of reading.

Go ahead and give it a try.

The lady on PBS News Hour read all of it and said it is not really worth the trouble.

There is nothing much in the report.

Must be one hell of a speed reader.

Intelligent people can also split the task among several and really whip through it.

Excuse me oh ignorant one, what did you fail to understand when the poster said "The lady on PBS News Hour read all of it". The lady is a singular term, not a team effort. More BS from fauxcahunches.

Yes, Texass I read the poster loud and clear - which is why I used the word "also" in my sentence.

So who are these "Intelligent people" you referred to, or were you referring to the lady? So what were you doing, an ignorant deflection or just making your usual ignorant statements that so many let you get away with?

 

[TemplarKormac]

You're not going to get much debt reduction when there are 10K baby boomers entering social security/medicare on a daily basis. This rate is expected to continue for the next 12 to 13 years. In fact this alone will add another 84 trillion in unfunded liabilities in the years to come.

That's not what I asked.

 

[Lakhota]

Like eight previous reports, the bitterly partisan panel finds failings, but no blame for the former secretary of state.

WASHINGTON — After spending more than two years and $7 million, the House Select Committee on Benghazi released a report Tuesday that found — like eight investigations before it — no evidence of wrongdoing by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or other members of the Obama administration.

The House voted to create the committee after Republicans were frustrated that even their own GOP-led committees failed to find wrongdoing in the events surrounding the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

But the new report also fails to find evidence of wrongdoing, revealing as all previous reports did that the administration’s response to the terror attacks was flawed, but not malicious or derelict.

The select committee report largely repeats the findings of other reports, with a handful of new details and a lot of fresh condemnation.

“We expect our government to make every effort to save the lives of Americans who serve in harm’s way. That did not happen in Benghazi,” said Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), a committee member. “Politics were put ahead of the lives of Americans, and while the administration had made excuses and blamed the challenges posed by time and distance, the truth is that they did not try.”

Pompeo’s conclusion, however, runs counter to statements of his committee’s top lawyer, who said during the probe that the Department of Defense did all it could.

Democrats were quick to hammer the exercise, pointing to “new” revelations that actually surfaced three years ago, such as testimony in 2013 at the House Oversight Committee that Clinton had hoped to open a permanent facility in Benghazi. The report presents that as a fresh revelation. Although the report did not highlight it, the committee’s most important new information was probably the news that it revealed more than a year ago — that Clinton used a private email server.

House Majority Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) admitted last year that the email revelation was a political coup for the GOP, and it has caused trouble for Clinton on the campaign trail. It also sparked an FBI probe over her handling of classified data. The report’s lack of any reference to clearly classified material on her email server, however, could be a sign that there is little chance any prosecution could stem from the unusual arrangement.

Democrats, who were excluded from drafting the GOP report, countered with the release their own report.

Their version, less than half the length of the 800-page Republican report, also reaffirmed earlier work, repeating the conclusions that U.S. forces that were able responded courageously. At the same time, the Democrats’ version says: “The State Department’s security measures in Benghazi were woefully inadequate as a result of decisions made by officials in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.”

That is also old news.

Democrats have repeatedly accused the GOP of using the committee as a partisan crusade aimed at hurting Hillary Clinton in the presidential election and firing up the GOP base.

It failed to achieve that goal as well, if early comments from conservatives are any indication.

“While the report from the Select Committee on Benghazi shines some light on widespread incompetence reaching the highest levels of government, I find it incomprehensible and insulting that this Committee spent two years and $7 million in taxpayer dollars to release an 800-page report with no firm findings or conclusions,” said David Bozell, who heads the group ForAmerica.

“Congressional Republicans, by lacking the courage to bring those responsible to justice, have wasted everyone’s time and money, plain and simple,” Bozell said. “Hillary Clinton is sure to take a victory lap today due to the fecklessness of the Majority on this committee.”

Still, the select committee’s chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy, appealed to Americans to read the report if they wanted to make up their own minds.

“I simply ask the American people to read this report for themselves, look at the evidence we have collected, and reach their own conclusions,” Gowdy said. “You can read this report in less time than our fellow citizens were taking fire and fighting for their lives on the rooftops and in the streets of Benghazi.”

Gowdy insisted that some of the information really was new, including details of why Clinton wanted to open a facility in Benghazi. He also said his report reveals for the first time that the U.S. military did not mount an armed response during the attack, although other reports have mentioned the extensive internal discussion at the time to try to respond.

Still, even Gowdy declined to say that the two Americans who died later in the attacks — Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods — would have lived if the administration showed better coordination.

“I’m not going to make a reckless allegation that [they] could have been saved,” Gowdy said.

Asked directly if Gowdy thought Americans who read the report should find culpability for Clinton, Gowdy declined to say so.

Here is the GOP report, and here is the Democratic version.

House Republicans Spent Millions Of Dollars On Benghazi Committee To Exonerate Clinton

There you have it, folks. House Republicans spent millions to exonerate Hillary. She is by far the most vetted presidential candidate in history.

See... Democrats make a deal out of wasting 7 million bucks on an investigation, but say nothing of the 7 trillion in national debt we've racked up since Obama took office. Priorities much?

Well, smartass, since you like diversions - answer this question:

How much new debt has Obama created that wasn't a direct or indirect result of Bush actions and/or policies?

Excluding 2009? $6.695 trillion.

Counter question: How much of the debt has he reduced since he became president?

Funny. The Bush clusterfuck didn't end on the day President Obama was sworn in.

It is funny, because Obama's financial clusterfuck began on October 1st, 2009, or the beginning of the 2009-10 fiscal year. From then on his policies directly contributed $6.695 trillion to the national debt.

But you didn't answer the question. How much of the national debt has Obama reduced while he's been in office?

It's a little hard to reduce the national debt when still paying for the Bush clusterfuck.

Obama's term isn't over, but it is hard to believe he could increase the debt by as large a percentage as Ronald Reagan did.

What isn't answered in any of these graphs is the key question: To what extent does this debt matter? The answer to that is a subject of debate among economists. And to the lay person, it too tends to break along partisan lines.

The story behind Obama and the national debt, in 7 charts

 

[TemplarKormac]

See... Democrats make a deal out of wasting 7 million bucks on an investigation, but say nothing of the 7 trillion in national debt we've racked up since Obama took office. Priorities much?

Well, smartass, since you like diversions - answer this question:

How much new debt has Obama created that wasn't a direct or indirect result of Bush actions and/or policies?

Excluding 2009? $6.695 trillion.

Counter question: How much of the debt has he reduced since he became president?

Funny. The Bush clusterfuck didn't end on the day President Obama was sworn in.

It is funny, because Obama's financial clusterfuck began on October 1st, 2009, or the beginning of the 2009-10 fiscal year. From then on his policies directly contributed $6.695 trillion to the national debt.

But you didn't answer the question. How much of the national debt has Obama reduced while he's been in office?

It's a little hard to reduce the national debt when still paying for the Bush clusterfuck.

Obama's term isn't over, but it is hard to believe he could increase the debt by as large a percentage as Ronald Reagan did.

What isn't answered in any of these graphs is the key question: To what extent does this debt matter? The answer to that is a subject of debate among economists. And to the lay person, it too tends to break along partisan lines.

The story behind Obama and the national debt, in 7 charts

LOL.

How Much Did Obama Really Add to the Nation's Debt?

FYI: I wasn't holding Obama responsible for FY 2008-09 (July 1, 2008 -- September 30, 2009). I am calculating based on fiscal years, not calendar years.

 

[TemplarKormac]

What isn't answered in any of these graphs is the key question: To what extent does this debt matter? The answer to that is a subject of debate among economists. And to the lay person, it too tends to break along partisan lines.

Debt matters a lot. Debt can be you making an investment where the returns will make the debt worthwhile OR it can be just reckless spending. Given how much debt we've accrued in the past 30 years, I'd seem to think it is the latter.

 

[Lakhota]

800 pages is a lot of reading.

Go ahead and give it a try.

The lady on PBS News Hour read all of it and said it is not really worth the trouble.

There is nothing much in the report.

Must be one hell of a speed reader.

Intelligent people can also split the task among several and really whip through it.

Excuse me oh ignorant one, what did you fail to understand when the poster said "The lady on PBS News Hour read all of it". The lady is a singular term, not a team effort. More BS from fauxcahunches.

Yes, Texass I read the poster loud and clear - which is why I used the word "also" in my sentence.

So who are these "Intelligent people" you referred to, or were you referring to the lady? So what were you doing, an ignorant deflection or just making your usual ignorant statements that so many let you get away with?

Funny. Do you also drink or shoot-up when posting your needling drivel?

 

[oreo]

You're not going to get much debt reduction when there are 10K baby boomers entering social security/medicare on a daily basis. This rate is expected to continue for the next 12 to 13 years. In fact this alone will add another 84 trillion in unfunded liabilities in the years to come.

That's not what I asked.

Where would you cut the budget? Clearly the major portion is Social Security/Medicare and Defense spending.

 

[TemplarKormac]

You're not going to get much debt reduction when there are 10K baby boomers entering social security/medicare on a daily basis. This rate is expected to continue for the next 12 to 13 years. In fact this alone will add another 84 trillion in unfunded liabilities in the years to come.

That's not what I asked.

Where would you cut the budget?

Objectively?

Defense (by 1%), pensions (5%), and healthcare (5%). Given the current national debt (as of 2:08 am EDT) which is $19,292,203,200, that's $2,122,142,352 in cuts.

Does that answer your question?

 

[TemplarKormac]

And Lakhota gets run out of her thread. Again.

 

[oreo]

See... Democrats make a deal out of wasting 7 million bucks on an investigation, but say nothing of the 7 trillion in national debt we've racked up since Obama took office. Priorities much?

Well, smartass, since you like diversions - answer this question:

How much new debt has Obama created that wasn't a direct or indirect result of Bush actions and/or policies?

Excluding 2009? $6.695 trillion.

Counter question: How much of the debt has he reduced since he became president?

Funny. The Bush clusterfuck didn't end on the day President Obama was sworn in.

It is funny, because Obama's financial clusterfuck began on October 1st, 2009, or the beginning of the 2009-10 fiscal year. From then on his policies directly contributed $6.695 trillion to the national debt.

But you didn't answer the question. How much of the national debt has Obama reduced while he's been in office?

It's a little hard to reduce the national debt when still paying for the Bush clusterfuck.

Obama's term isn't over, but it is hard to believe he could increase the debt by as large a percentage as Ronald Reagan did.

What isn't answered in any of these graphs is the key question: To what extent does this debt matter? The answer to that is a subject of debate among economists. And to the lay person, it too tends to break along partisan lines.

The story behind Obama and the national debt, in 7 charts

Well the question is why are we in debt and this goes through every administration, not just one. It's clear to see that Social Security/Medicare are real issues that cannot be ignored. We do not have the working population that can continue to support these funds.

There are Presidents on both sides of the isle that have spent like drunken sailors. Pointing fingers isn't going to fix anything.

Here is what 1 trillion dollars looks like. These are $100.00 bills stacked on pallets. I believe we are now around 19 trillion in red ink.

 

[oreo]

You're not going to get much debt reduction when there are 10K baby boomers entering social security/medicare on a daily basis. This rate is expected to continue for the next 12 to 13 years. In fact this alone will add another 84 trillion in unfunded liabilities in the years to come.

That's not what I asked.

Where would you cut the budget?

Objectively?

Defense (by 1%), pensions (5%), and healthcare (5%). Given the current national debt (as of 2:08 am EDT) which is $19,292,203,200, that's $2,122,142,352 in cuts.

Does that answer your question?

At least you answered, most refuse too. Now let's see you get it past and through the congress and Senate and onto the Presidents desk for their signature. And that's where your battle begins.

We need Republican and Democrats that will work together on this. More gridlock spells more debt.

 

[OKTexas]

Must be one hell of a speed reader.

Intelligent people can also split the task among several and really whip through it.

Excuse me oh ignorant one, what did you fail to understand when the poster said "The lady on PBS News Hour read all of it". The lady is a singular term, not a team effort. More BS from fauxcahunches.

Yes, Texass I read the poster loud and clear - which is why I used the word "also" in my sentence.

So who are these "Intelligent people" you referred to, or were you referring to the lady? So what were you doing, an ignorant deflection or just making your usual ignorant statements that so many let you get away with?

Funny. Do you also drink or shoot-up when posting your needling drivel?

Nope, I just enjoy screwing with ignorant asses such as yourself. Why are you avoiding my questions? After all, you're the one who painted yourself into a corner, I just pointed it out.

 

[Claudette]

Like eight previous reports, the bitterly partisan panel finds failings, but no blame for the former secretary of state.

WASHINGTON — After spending more than two years and $7 million, the House Select Committee on Benghazi released a report Tuesday that found — like eight investigations before it — no evidence of wrongdoing by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or other members of the Obama administration.

The House voted to create the committee after Republicans were frustrated that even their own GOP-led committees failed to find wrongdoing in the events surrounding the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

But the new report also fails to find evidence of wrongdoing, revealing as all previous reports did that the administration’s response to the terror attacks was flawed, but not malicious or derelict.

The select committee report largely repeats the findings of other reports, with a handful of new details and a lot of fresh condemnation.

“We expect our government to make every effort to save the lives of Americans who serve in harm’s way. That did not happen in Benghazi,” said Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), a committee member. “Politics were put ahead of the lives of Americans, and while the administration had made excuses and blamed the challenges posed by time and distance, the truth is that they did not try.”

Pompeo’s conclusion, however, runs counter to statements of his committee’s top lawyer, who said during the probe that the Department of Defense did all it could.

Democrats were quick to hammer the exercise, pointing to “new” revelations that actually surfaced three years ago, such as testimony in 2013 at the House Oversight Committee that Clinton had hoped to open a permanent facility in Benghazi. The report presents that as a fresh revelation. Although the report did not highlight it, the committee’s most important new information was probably the news that it revealed more than a year ago — that Clinton used a private email server.

House Majority Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) admitted last year that the email revelation was a political coup for the GOP, and it has caused trouble for Clinton on the campaign trail. It also sparked an FBI probe over her handling of classified data. The report’s lack of any reference to clearly classified material on her email server, however, could be a sign that there is little chance any prosecution could stem from the unusual arrangement.

Democrats, who were excluded from drafting the GOP report, countered with the release their own report.

Their version, less than half the length of the 800-page Republican report, also reaffirmed earlier work, repeating the conclusions that U.S. forces that were able responded courageously. At the same time, the Democrats’ version says: “The State Department’s security measures in Benghazi were woefully inadequate as a result of decisions made by officials in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.”

That is also old news.

Democrats have repeatedly accused the GOP of using the committee as a partisan crusade aimed at hurting Hillary Clinton in the presidential election and firing up the GOP base.

It failed to achieve that goal as well, if early comments from conservatives are any indication.

“While the report from the Select Committee on Benghazi shines some light on widespread incompetence reaching the highest levels of government, I find it incomprehensible and insulting that this Committee spent two years and $7 million in taxpayer dollars to release an 800-page report with no firm findings or conclusions,” said David Bozell, who heads the group ForAmerica.

“Congressional Republicans, by lacking the courage to bring those responsible to justice, have wasted everyone’s time and money, plain and simple,” Bozell said. “Hillary Clinton is sure to take a victory lap today due to the fecklessness of the Majority on this committee.”

Still, the select committee’s chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy, appealed to Americans to read the report if they wanted to make up their own minds.

“I simply ask the American people to read this report for themselves, look at the evidence we have collected, and reach their own conclusions,” Gowdy said. “You can read this report in less time than our fellow citizens were taking fire and fighting for their lives on the rooftops and in the streets of Benghazi.”

Gowdy insisted that some of the information really was new, including details of why Clinton wanted to open a facility in Benghazi. He also said his report reveals for the first time that the U.S. military did not mount an armed response during the attack, although other reports have mentioned the extensive internal discussion at the time to try to respond.

Still, even Gowdy declined to say that the two Americans who died later in the attacks — Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods — would have lived if the administration showed better coordination.

“I’m not going to make a reckless allegation that [they] could have been saved,” Gowdy said.

Asked directly if Gowdy thought Americans who read the report should find culpability for Clinton, Gowdy declined to say so.

Here is the GOP report, and here is the Democratic version.

House Republicans Spent Millions Of Dollars On Benghazi Committee To Exonerate Clinton

There you have it, folks. House Republicans spent millions to exonerate Hillary. She is by far the most vetted presidential candidate in history.

If being shown to be incompetent is being exonerated than she sure was.

She did nothing criminal and you can't be thrown in jail for incompetence.

To bad because half of DC and most of the Clowns in Congress would be in jail.

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

Like eight previous reports, the bitterly partisan panel finds failings, but no blame for the former secretary of state.



If being shown to be incompetent is being exonerated than she sure was.

The Sham committee blamed the Military not Clinton....