Two years ago the Republican House of Representatives cut almost half a billion dollars from an Obama Administration request to beef up State Department security. The cuts included funds for security staffing and security technology. Other cuts were proposed. In 2008 Darrel Issa, Chair of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, voted for an amendment that would have cut almost 300 diplomatic security positions.
Last week this same Representative Issa said his committee should be “...examining security failures that led to the Benghazi tragedy.” All he has to do is look in the mirror.
You can read the sordid story in the New York Times editorial entitled “No Shame” at <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/opinion/republicans-have-no-shame.html?ref=opinion&_r=0>.
I don't believe Mr. Issa owns a mirror. If he does it is always fogged over. When he points his finger at the President he should remember that his other fingers are pointing back at himself. I would like to see Mr. Issa called out on this point in the next debate.
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