[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]First, it's my understanding that the Benghazi attack was not on the embassy itself but on a consulate -- a satellite facility, if you will -- that was actually a CIA cover.

Secondly, it would be very appropriate to include the fact that the Republicans slashed requested funding for our State Department last year, including for overseas security.

Otherwise, a very useful infographic!

One on the consulate itself and one on the CIA safe house about a mile away. Two different buildings.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]The point about the reTHUGs cutting the budget should still be mentioned, though.

See post #5 in this thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021579791#post1 :

"On Bush's watch, there were 12 attacks on US diplomatic facilities:

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22 January 2002 Calcutta, India Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami gunmen attack Consulate
14 June 2002 Karachi, Pakistan al-Qaeda truck bomb detonates outside Consulate
12 October 2002 Denpasar, Indonesia Consular Office bombed by Jemaah Islamiyah
28 February 2003 Islamabad, Pakistan Unknown gunmen attack Embassy
30 June 2004 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Islamic suicide bomber attacks Embassy
6 December 2004 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia al-Qaeda gunmen raid diplomatic compound
2 March 2006 Karachi, Pakistan Car bomb explodes outside Embassy unknown
12 September 2006 Demascuc, Syria Gunmen raid US Embassy
12 January 2007 Athens, Greece RPG Fired at Embassy by Revolutionary Struggle none
18 March 2008 Sana'a, Yemen Mortar attack against US Embassy
9 July 2008 Istanbul, Turkey Armed attack against Consulate
17 September 2008 Sana'a, Yemen Two car bombs outside US embassy in Yemeni capital



Around 60 died.

Where was Darryl Issa, Mitt Romney & the GOP's outrage in the media for all those attacks?

Bush got massive funding increases for diplomatic security. Obama got massive funding decreases for diplomatic security.

Score: Bush 12 attacks in 8 years, Obama 2 attacks in nearly four years."