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GOP Rep: I ‘Absolutely’ Voted To Cut Funding For Embassy Security
By Ben Armbruster on October 10, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said today that he voted to cut funding for
U.S. embassy security amid political attacks from Republicans that the Obama
administration did not do enough to secure the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi,
Libya that was attacked last month.
Republicans and their allies have been trying to politicize the attack — which killed
four Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador to Libya — suggesting, without evidence,
the Obama administration may have ignored intelligence that the attack was imminent
, didn’t properly secure the Benghazi compound and is now trying to cover it up.
But hidden beneath the GOP campaign is the fact that House Republicans voted
to cut nearly $300 million from the U.S. embassy security budget. When asked
if he voted to cut the funds this morning on CNN, Chaffetz said, “Absolutely“:
O’BRIEN: Is it true that you voted to cut the funding for embassy security?
CHAFFETZ: Absolutely. Look, we have to make priorities and choices in this
country. We have — think about this — 15,000 contractors in Iraq. We have
more than 6,000 contractors, private army there for President Obama
in Baghdad.
And we’re talking about can we get two dozen or so people into Libya to
help protect our forces? When you’re in tough economic times, you have
to make difficult choices how to prioritize this.
so get of the president's ass and talk to the repubicns
