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Trey Gowdy Benghazi hearings have begun

Doc

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Sounds like he is off to a good start:

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Trey Gowdy’s first interrogation in the Benghazi hearings started off in true Gowdy fashion with the South Carolina representative grilling the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security.

Questioning Gregory Starr, Gowdy, who’s heading the Select Committee for the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi two years ago, read a report from the 1999 Accountability Review Board (ARB) regarding a previous terrorist attack:

“We are disturbed that the inadequacy of resources to provide security against terrorist attacks. We are disturbed at the relative low priority accorded security concerns and we praise the ambassador for seeking security enhancements long before the attack.”

The ARB report was from the 1998 attacks on Nairobi and Dar es Salaam; however, Starr had no clue it was over a decade old. Gowdy said to him that “you can lay it almost perfectly over what happened in Benghazi.”

Gowdy started reading off recommendations from the 1999 ARB report, one of which was making essential security updates “immediately” should they realize there’s a threat. He then pressed the Assistant Secretary of State as to whether or not the State Department had been in contact with the Libyan government in the event of a security breach at the consulate.

“No, not at that time,” Starr replied, stating that there wasn’t a formal government in which to contact.

The next recommendation from the 1999 ARB report that Gowdy mentioned was that the Secretary of State is to “personally review” all security measures to ensure the safety of all diplomatic personnel. Gowdy pointed out the importance of the previous ARB stating that the Secretary is to ensure the proper security protocols are in place.

“Does the State Department still accept these recommendations from the 1999 ARB and is it being done?”

“Yes,” Starr replied.

http://madworldnews.com/trey-gowdy-state-department/
 

Kane

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Trey Gowdy says to the effect ... "at the risk of answering some questions twice, we'll see that every question is answered once."

The truth is coming out. All of it. Hillary is toast.
 

Danang Sailor

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Trey Gowdy says to the effect ... "at the risk of answering some questions twice, we'll see that every question is answered once."

The truth is coming out. All of it. Hillary is toast.

Or ... maybe not. The Washington Free Beacon just did another of their famous college campus "petition drives" to see how
well young voters are informed about current issues. This one was to drum up support for ISIS and get Obama to stop the
horrible bombing. In an hour the guy got a dozen signatures and only two people made an appropriate response. Check
the video:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqY4oesYSPo"]Idiot US college students sign petition supporting ISIS - YouTube[/ame]

And these are people who are going to vote in November! :hammer: Hillary may be okay. :puking:

 

Kane

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And these are people who are going to vote in November! :hammer: Hillary may be okay. :puking:


Yes, it is tragic. Ain't it?

They very same mindless youth that put Barack Hussein Obama into office ... TWICE! The very same mindless youth that will allow political correctness and multi-culturalism to overwhelm the Republic.

Admittedly, these mindless youth are the spawn of my generation. I am ashamed. We did something wrong.
 

300 H and H

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I still have hope that at all campuses it may not be the same. I think the lack of jobs that pay well enough to repay student loans may help in the end....

Repulicans had better have a plan to reach the young voters on the social media sites as well. We really didn't do that in the last election.

Perhaps Gowdy will be much more effective than the likes of Issa... Maybe he will be able to pin the tail on the donkey, and the outh will see the incompatence of Hillary in action. Maybe this may be her undoing. We can hope...

Regards, Kirk
 
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Kane

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Perhaps Gowdy will be much more effective than the likes of Issa... Maybe he will be able to pin the tail on the donkey, Regards, Kirk
The special committee is entirely different than a congressional inquiry.

Under Issa and in front of congress, the "interrogation" was simply a series of 5-minute grandstands by blowhards like Elijah Cummings. Nothing can be conveyed in five minutes of questioning, especially if we are looking for the truth.

But Gowdy has free reign in a court-like setting to seek the truth, with questioning and testimony unfettered by a time limit. And Gowdy is a good prosecutor. Any witness of import will be grilled, examined and cross examined, under oath, until the committee is satisfied. No speeches. No pandering. Just the facts, ma'am.

Just the truth. To anybody listening, Hillary will be toast.
 

Danang Sailor

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Sounds like he is off to a good start:

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Trey Gowdy’s first interrogation in the Benghazi hearings started off in true Gowdy fashion with the South Carolina representative grilling the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security.

Questioning Gregory Starr, Gowdy, who’s heading the Select Committee for the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi two years ago, read a report from the 1999 Accountability Review Board (ARB) regarding a previous terrorist attack:

“We are disturbed that the inadequacy of resources to provide security against terrorist attacks. We are disturbed at the relative low priority accorded security concerns and we praise the ambassador for seeking security enhancements long before the attack.”

The ARB report was from the 1998 attacks on Nairobi and Dar es Salaam; however, Starr had no clue it was over a decade old. Gowdy said to him that “you can lay it almost perfectly over what happened in Benghazi.”

Gowdy started reading off recommendations from the 1999 ARB report, one of which was making essential security updates “immediately” should they realize there’s a threat. He then pressed the Assistant Secretary of State as to whether or not the State Department had been in contact with the Libyan government in the event of a security breach at the consulate.

“No, not at that time,” Starr replied, stating that there wasn’t a formal government in which to contact.

The next recommendation from the 1999 ARB report that Gowdy mentioned was that the Secretary of State is to “personally review” all security measures to ensure the safety of all diplomatic personnel. Gowdy pointed out the importance of the previous ARB stating that the Secretary is to ensure the proper security protocols are in place.

“Does the State Department still accept these recommendations from the 1999 ARB and is it being done?”
Okay, let's accept - just for the sake of politeness - that State may indeed accept these recommendations. As to Starr's
answer to the second part of the question ...
“Yes,” Starr replied.
He is obviously lying out his ass! (My apologies to the sensitive for that wording.) If these recommendations were
being followed, Benghazi would still be just an answer on a high school geography quiz or perhaps an example of why
jihadists shouldn't screw with our diplomatic personnel.

It's a good thing for Starr that the Clinton impeachment hearings seems to have established the precedent that lying
under oath is no longer considered felony perjury!

 

Kane

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It's a good thing for Starr that the Clinton impeachment hearings seems to have established the precedent that lying
under oath is no longer considered felony perjury!

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Ain't that sumptin, DS? Even telling a bold faced lie to Congress is now OK. Perjury is perfectly acceptable, with no penalty or accountability. Perjury before Congress is fashionable.

WTF happened to America over the last six years?
 

Danang Sailor

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Ain't that sumptin, DS? Even telling a bold faced lie to Congress is now OK. Perjury is perfectly acceptable, with no penalty or accountability. Perjury before Congress is fashionable.

WTF happened to America over the last six years?

The last six years? Obama, Biden, Reid, and Pelosi seem to be the prime answers to that (rhetorical) question. Regarding
the perjury: as noted it reaches back before Obama to the Clinton impeachment over fifteen years ago.

 

Kane

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The last six years? Obama, Biden, Reid, and Pelosi seem to be the prime answers to that (rhetorical) question. Regarding
the perjury: as noted it reaches back before Obama to the Clinton impeachment over fifteen years ago.

Indeed. Bearing false witness is an ageless sin. But when Clinton told an embarrassing fib to a bunch of reporters, he was impeached (well, at least until a Democrat Senate failed to convict). He proffered an unsuccessful denial concerning a blow job.

But today, sadly, under Hussein, our elected leaders and their minions are free to tell great, big fucking LIES (serious whoppers) under OATH, in front of CONGRESS.

And nobody says a word.

So I guess the blame goes to the GOP House for tolerating such blatant prevarications. The Republicans of the 111th Congress didn't have the will or the stomach to call these bastards out for their felonious actions in front of the United States Congress. No indictment. No censoring. No impeachment.

Isn't it tragic that our elected leaders in the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches of government have all colluded to end any action that might demand any crumb of ACCOUNTABILITY by said leaders. Anyone that tells a lie an behalf of the Obama administration is either promoted or sent off into retirement with a fat, juicy taxpayer funded pension.

Despicable. Can't wait to air out the White House.
 
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mla2ofus

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IMO they, meaning repubs and dems, are dirty to a greater or lesser extent. I think there are so many dirty ones that are looking over their shoulder they're afraid to do anything to anyone else for fear someone will open their closet and out will come the skeletons. Sounds cynical but I find it hard to believe there is an honest upstanding elected or appointed official in DC.
Mike
 
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