2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton is testifying on Capitol Hill today. Here’s what you need to know.
The Benghazi Committee, explained.
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[font size="3"]Hillary is on Capitol Hill today, testifying in front of the House Select Benghazi Committee. Heres what its all about.[/font]
[font size="5"]What happened in Benghazi[/font]
On September 11, 2012, a group of Islamic militia members attacked a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya. Four Americans were killed in the terrorist attack: U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glenn Doherty, and Tyrone Woods.
For Hillary, who was serving as secretary of state at the time, the tragedy is personal. She was the one who had asked the late Chris Stevens to serve as ambassador to Libya. She was with President Obama at Andrews Air Force Base when Marines brought home the caskets of the four Americans. Anyone who knows Hillary knows she isnt the kind of person to stand around wringing her hands after a tragedyshe leapt into action immediately to prevent anything like this from ever happening again.
[font size="5"]The Benghazi Committee is the eighthyes, eighthcongressional review of the tragedy.[/font]
The events in Benghazi have been scrutinized by countless panels, news organizations, and government agencies. After the attack, Hillary set up a nonpartisan panel known as the Accountability Review board (ARB) to investigate. The panel made dozens of recommendations for improvement. By the time Hillary left office, every single reform was on its way to being implemented.
After the ARB, seven congressional panels have also completed investigations. Five were led by Republicans. None found any wrongdoing. But even with these conclusive findings, House Republicans approved an unlimited budgetyup, were talking about your taxpayer dollarsfor an eighth congressional review. Enter the House Select Benghazi Committee.
[font size="5"]The House Select Benghazi Committee has one goal.[/font]
Now, if youre wondering why Republicans are still at it even after the thorough reviewsor if youre thinking that sounds a little fishyyoure onto something. Over the past few weeks, a number of key Republicansfrom House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to New Yorks Rep. Richard Hannahave copped to the truth about why this committee was established in the first place: to go after Hillary Clinton and to hurt her presidential candidacy. A whistleblower has even come forward to say that he was fired because he objected to how partisan the inquiry was.
Trey Gowdy, the chair of the committee, has predicted the probe will continue well into 2016. Their aim is clear: hurt Hillarys chances of winning the presidential election. And for those of you who are curious, no, the committee has not been able to produce any new facts about the attack.
[font size="5"]What youll hear today[/font]
[font size="3"]No one wants to find out what happened more than I do.[/font]
- Hillary, October 24, 2012
Hillarys first priority is to get to the bottom of what happened in Benghazi. Thats the right thing to doand the way to make sure it doesnt happen again. Thats why she has already testified on Capitol Hill about the tragedy (twice, in fact), and she has been asking to testify before the this committee for more than a year so that the public can hear her answers.
Republicans, on the other hand, are going to exploit whatever they can to mislead voters about Hillarys record. Theyll grill her about emails and anything else they can think of to discredit her.
But heres what Hillary is going to do: stay focused, clarify the facts, and offer some lessons that we can learn to protect Americans going forward. The men and women who serve our country deserve nothing less.
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NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Is the room is designed to give the committee members the appearance of power. They are often sitting in an elevated position with a slight curve to their perch. That is by design. Yet in the past Hillary has taken that position and appeared more powerful, more knowledgeable, and more intelligent; all while making them look weak. It's truly impressive considering one starts the process in a visually weaker position. Amazing woman she is.
There will only be a couple of people in that room today who actually care about the issue itself. Hillary is one of them.
DURHAM D
(32,607 posts)where she testified as First Lady regarding her health care plan. Apparently Andrea is hoping for another failure.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Would make her Repub hubby, Alan, hap-happ-HAPPY.
ColesCountyDem
(6,943 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)to the American people.
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)or maybe they aren't...which is more evil and maddening to you?
It is like someone resurrected the body of George Orwell and used his zombie brain to turn America into Animal Farm 2015.
world wide wally
(21,739 posts)treestar
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workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)make me violently ill!
Not to even mention all the dead of 9-11
Who was on watch that day REPUBLICANS!?
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)Brooks tried but just enable Hillary to explain that she did not conduct the security official business of the State Department using her e-mail. She was able to explain in great detail about all kinds of actions involved in conducting official business.
Sugarcoated
(7,716 posts)She's simply telling the truth and very skillfully untwisting their partisan bullshit. She rocks, I'm very impressed.
flamingdem
(39,308 posts)Hillary is handling this with ease, so it seems.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)time by Hillary Clinton who wins each and every time. The woman is amazing. She's TOUGH.
Sugarcoated
(7,716 posts)and all can see, or are reminded of, how good she is. I'm glad I got this reminder.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Sugarcoated
(7,716 posts)BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)You're very welcome!
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)much information she keeps in her head.
She's making the republicans look stupid.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)world wide wally
(21,739 posts)to safety
Gamecock Lefty
(700 posts)Republicans are the enemy!
calimary
(81,139 posts)Good stuff!
My favorite quip so far - by Hillary:
"I'm sorry it doesn't fit your narrative, Congressman."
Can't help it, I CANNOT look at trey gowdy and NOT see Zippy the Pinhead.
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polynomial
(750 posts)An interesting news event
Just this afternoon a news break televised, I was so shocked and dazed forgot what station it was that made the broadcast. However it might have been by CNN but on free air TV.
Tony Blair long time Bush friend and profiteering business partner with the Bush Crime Inc. family declared an apology for the Iraq war. Blair went on to describe Intelligence for that time line was not accurate and openly declared an apology to America and the world
Specifically acknowledged that Intelligence during that time line was bad, or from my view the implication it was fraudulent.
Now this will fill the time space political derivative in the calculus, in applying the political chain effect means not only is Benghazi a questionable deception to scrub records that go back to Reagan/ British/ Bush connections.
It was only lately my research discovered a British printing firm printed the money supply for this Arab area during that time line.
Imagine the advantage of knowing the money supply and demand or likely profiteering that took place.
Of course the Bush Crime Inc. family Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush as Reagans handyman business partners with the Bin Ladens stretches back that far. It wreaks of treason.