Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has turned down an invitation to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee next Thursday on the Benghazi attack.
A committee update this evening indicated that Michael Courts, acting director of International Affairs and Trade for the Government Accountability Office, will be testifying followed by a RAND Corp. analyst.
The committee indicated further witnesses could be added, but the State Department confirmed that Clinton won’t be one of them.
“She was asked to appear at House Foreign Affairs next week, and we have written back to the chairman to say that she’ll be on travel next week,” said department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. She did not answer a question about whether Clinton would be willing to fly back from Australia to address either the Foreign Affairs panel or the Senate and House closed-door intelligence committee hearings getting to the root of the Benghazi scandal.
“The Committee plans to hold the second segment of this hearing the week of November 26, 2012 and will request Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testify before the Committee at that time,” the Foreign Affairs Committee said in an advisory.
Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) wrote Clinton on Tuesday to demand that the State Department respond to the panel’s requests for information on Benghazi.
“It is disappointing that we have yet to receive any response from your Department and that we are receiving more information from the press than from the Administration,” Ros-Lehtinen wrote.
On Sept. 12 and Sept. 14, the chairwoman requested State Department witnesses for both an open hearing and closed-door members’ briefing. On Sept. 25, committee members requested information on intelligence leading up to the attack and the role former Guantanamo detainees may have played. On Oct. 15, fresh requests were sent from Ros-Lehtinen directly to Clinton. No responses have been received.
“While I understand that investigations by the FBI and the State Department’s own Accountability Review Board are ongoing, it is imperative that this Committee, having direct oversight responsibility, be kept informed every step of the way of developments in the matter,” Ros-Lehtinen wrote. “Accordingly, I respectfully request access, in accordance with standard procedures for classification information, to all cables regarding embassy security in Benghazi before, during, and after the September 11th attack and all memoranda establishing security protocols, including agreements with other agencies.”
“Moreover, I continue to have concerns more broadly about embassy post security in frontline countries and I request an expeditious response to the questions raised in my October 15th letter,” the chairwoman added. “Finally, please be prepared to present State Department officials to testify on these issues when Congress reconvenes later this month.”
I’m shocked!
You really surprised?? I’m not. Check out her history.
Maybe she’ll get “Billy Jeff” to step in for her and dazzle em’ with some bullsh*t about what the meaning of “is” is. That ought to show em’. Most certainly it will satisfy our worthless Republican “leadership”.
Don’t “request”…subpoena
Don’t pussy-foot around….take concrete action and make Clinton and anyone else that was connected to Benghazi testify under oath. Obama and his thugs should not be allowed to rule in their Chicago ways! To the Congress…you are almost down to zero rating wise and the American voted you in and we will vote you out. DO YOUR JOB AND “get er done.”
Hi: President Clinton was under oath testified that “I did not have a sexual relationship with that woman.”
Mrs. clinton was already thrown under the bus by obama, she went to Pakistan and on TV apologize for the film about mohammed. She admitted that is her fault after that.. She indignated herself when she took a position of Secretary of States in obama admin. She should be smarter, she was well awared of what kind of person obama is. Remember during the candidate campaign of 2008, she used to state that : “Shame on you Barack Obama!” Even how much I sympathize her, I am still going to say: “you got what you deserved”
The Congress hearing is going to be a “kangaroo court”. The Muslim Kenyan is going to get away just like Fast and Furious. The deaf, dumb, blind, stupid medias and presstitutes are going to twist all the fact, sad! By the way, the death of Americans in Benghazigate are now 5, another injured American who able to escape just die after in the hospital since 9/11 2012.
I am mourning since Nov.6 and my blood is still boiling.
Maybe she has an affair with Holder and then both resign.
This “cancer on the presidency” is metastasizing rapidly.
51%—Ye suckers!
Let us not forget that pantsuit made history as the first “First Lady” to testify before Congress re Whitewater. The beeeeeeeeeeetch knows no bounds and she has fat cankles. Meow, meow.
how must it feel to know you are guilty and caused the death of 4(+) people, and just keep trying to push that out of your head – she can run, but no hiding! karma, justice, it comes….
MAKE HER show up. How can they get away with this bs???
Because the American peoplwe let them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT is the bottom line. It is also how they avoid all their scandals.
Why is Congress letting her have a choice? I thouhgt they had to power to make these things happen!
Most of these clowns have been neutered and do not have what it takes to get to the bottome of what is going on in our government!
“On Sept. 12 and Sept. 14, the chairwoman requested State Department witnesses for both an open hearing and closed-door members’ briefing.”
How could they be requesting witnesses 24 hours after the event and convening a committee before all the details were clear and known. If I remember correctly the situation was still ‘fluid’ at the time.
That doesn’t seem right.
Maybe four dead including and American ambassador while acting in the capacity of offical government business?
Some one mentioned the situation was still fluid 48 hour after the tragic killings in Benghaize on 9/11/2012. I would wonder if mavbe the fluid during that period may have been Vodka or just a good strong Southern Whiskey. The results sure make it look like the entire staff in the white house situation room were drunk out of their minds. Or were paralyzed from fear of how they were going to cover up what they had been in bed with over their, while Countries were falling with our help. Which leads me to ask, what kind of help were we providing that was worth giving the “STANDING DOWN order, that killed four of our good men and made them hero’s. We don’t even hear much about these hero’s coming from the white house. Don’t you think it looks like a white house, white wash?
Of coarse it is.
I have read most of the comments submitted. Guys… what happened was horrendous! No doubt! But all need to calm down and give time for the investigation to be completed. To request information the day after a major event when the information was not yet researched and verified is unrealistic. No responsible government ANYWHERE should ever speak before having all the facts. What we have all heard is a lot of speculation and a lot of exaggeration or distorted “facts.” None of us knows the actual facts. Name-calling and nastiness does not help the situation. PLEASE stay calm and the truth will come out; believe me! Then, the chips will fall where they should fall.
And this investigation will take how long ? and will cost how much ?
Are you really gullible enough to think that any of the people involved in the obvious cover-up of this tragedy would willingly tell the truth? If so, I feel sorry for you. Helluva way to live one’s life.
Most of these people involved from Obama on down would not tell the truth unless you held a gun to their head or maybe water-boarded them. I forgot, they made that illegal. Feinstein is head of committee ? I can see her holding Hillary’s feet to the fire. Give me a break. These people will never tell the truth about any thing you question them about. Accept it.
someone is trying to avoid their head rolling
will these 4 people EVER get justice
When they are ALL (from the top down) chareged witheverything from FRAUD to TREASON and convicted and given LIFE senrences.
Hmmmmmm she must be guilty. Amazingly so is the Nazi in the White House.
I just want to know how in the world he does it. He’s like a snake who is able to slither his way out of every situation. How is he so able to control everything and everyone? Scary.
He’s a Lawyer, what did you expect?
She’s taking the Rap for Barrack hussein! Haven’t you figured that out yet??? And now the peanut gallery has taken the bait and your running with it. Nothing will happen to her because she did nothing except provide a momentary distraction during the election. Period!
Hillary a distraction? We put her out of our minds long ago. She is just one of obama’s dolls that he keeps in his day room. Now the Storm Sandy, that’s the big distraction and big play obama used, to milk the voters. That post storm area is a disaster and what did obama do after making his appearance and having the N.J. governor lick his pant legs? Probably fly Air Force 1 back to the w. h. and go to bed, get a nice sleep!!! Our Country is in for some very big storms that have nothing to do with global warming… some of them are the economy, jobs, obamacare, the Middle East, China, Japan, Russia, it’s all up in the air and falling on us. What will obama do about it? Play golf, basketball, mingle with the stars (not real ones), vacation, vacation, vacation, while he has Air Force One at his disposal? Who knows, he is a very secret man, we know hardly anything about him, but he will write history in the eight years he is in washington. I would guess many of his followers will not even bother to read the history books in the future, that will tell of his acts. They may not have read the great history of how this Nation was built, (oh yeah, “our forefather’s didn’t build this country, some body else did that”), so why would they bother later, when their children may ask them, how and why did our Country fail us?
It’s a very simple rule of thumb. Give her immunity and testify, or hang.
INVITATION? RESIGNATIONS? THIS IS NOT A CASUAL TEA PARTY! WHERE ARE THE SUBPOENAS? THIS IS TREASON! WAR CRIMES! OBAMA TOLD OUR MILITARY TO STAND DOWN. DO NOT GO HELP THEM. WE ALL WATCHED IN HORROR. ARE YOU GOING TO MAMBY PAMBY THIS FOR OBAMA LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE GETS DONE? THEY RESIGN SO NOW THEY DON’T HAVE TO TESTIFY? WHEN YOU KNOW THEY HAVE THE ANSWERS! WHAT KIND OF JUSTICE IS THIS? WE HAVE NO GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE ANYMORE. Obama writes out his orders and over rides our Senate, Congress, Representatives and You. I GUESS YOU WILL LET HIM GET AWAY WITH THIS TOO. SAY THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO. HE HAS NO PAID THE PENALTY FOR ONE SINGLE PERSON HE HAS MURDERED. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU! THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE FAMILIES OF THOSE DEAD HEROS DESERVED AN ANSWER. YOU’RE JUST GOING TO BE PART OF THE CONSPIRACY RATHER THAN THE TRUTH. YOU ARE NOT AMERICANS!
Good God!!!
Relax – then find the cap locks – and remove it from your keyboard.
There is no need to shout in a crowded room.
She’s p!ssed and I for one don’t blame her. The whole situation is extremely frustrating, not to mention infuriating when you’re a good upstanding American citizen and you feel like your hands are tied by a Government who cares nothing about its people.
Who are you to dictate someone being able to use caps lock?
In case you didn’t know, it’s used to yell and to make/prove a point, as well as a firm way of typing. If you don’t like it, don’t read it and move on.
Everyone here should be using their darn caps over this atrocity that has unfold before Americas eyes and still it sits.
There is no way she is going to take the fall for Obama’s feckless handling of Benghazi. He sat there watching the violence taking place and did nothing. He was willing to let up to 30 Americans die – only the unauthorized actions of two ex navy seals saved all but two – and the lives of the seals were taken too. Heroes by all accounts.
Zero had the affair information on Petraeus for some time – when he needed a fall guy he made an offer to Petraeus that Zero figured he couldn’t refuse – but Petraeus DID refuse. Leaving Zero with a quandary – who to blame this on?
Does this leave the Hill-De-Beast to take the fall? Probably not unless it was her recommendation to Zero that no action should take place so as to not offend the sensibilities of the locals in Benghazi. This would be a twofer in my book – she’d be knocked off the podium for considerations for 2016 and it’d take Zero down a notch too.
Right now it looks like Petraeus will in all likelihood tell the American people a story of just how feckless Zero is – and possibly the Hill-De-Beast. If I were the good General I’d make sure to sign up a few good men (USN Seals, Rangers etc.) as body guards until he can
spill the beans– err – tell his side of the story.Makes sense since in his first testimony to Congress in the first days after the killings he went against what we now believe was a lie. I think he purposefully lied to Congress at the request of Zero or his campaign to fit the narrative that the bad guys were on the run and no longer a threat. Why did he do it? Because Zero or his campaign threatened him with exposure of the affair. His lying to Congress left a bad taste in his mouth – he decided honesty is the best policy and resigned – and will likely be requested or subpoenaed to tell what he knows and when he knew it. As long as he doesn’t end up dead…
My comment on Paleo: I believe you got it right. Very interesting. We must both think, a good General when cornered, will bust out and fight the good fight, against all odds… because he is a soldier!!!
Well u know what they say about KARMA
IT WILL BITE YA!
Then send the FBI, handcuff her and drag the ugly bitch to the meeting.
This would be the same FBI that flew to Bengazi, tpent three weeks in Tripoli, flew to Bengazi for three hours after the delay, and then flew home.
Or would that be the FBI who invested all the time investigating Petreus and suddenly it became an issue when he was asked to testify.
Sorry, they aren’t your father’s FBI.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me three hundred and seventy thousand times……..
What? Invitation? Why is it not mandatory? This smells of the Nixon ploy. Do they think it will work? Heil Obama!;o(
So let me get this straight. If it was me or some other regular person who was requested to testify and we said no, we would either be harassed unmercifully by the feds or we would go to PRISON. But it’s Hitlery Clinton, so she gets a pass. Again. I would like to thank all you morons who voted for her and for Obama. Idiots.
I would like to second that emotion.
Simple at the time you request her appearance suspend all state department disbursements until she appears. That is how the feds make states do what they want them todo.
What did you expect, Mr. Obama, Secretary of State Mrs. Clinton, or any other member of this Treasonous Administration to come forth and say, Yup, we murderred all those people, we watched it live, and we enjoyed it.
Hilary is a busy woman. Those children aren’t going to climb onto the altar and sacrifice themselves, now are they?
I don’t believe that these politicians in senat and congress sitting there and doing nothing to support Us the People
Subpoena her A$$, and throw her in jail if she refuses to show up. Same with all the lib-rats. You can see very plainly what this country has become, they are above any law, past or present.
A request??? How about a subpoena??? How about that Hilly???
Hillary Clinton should have resigned on 9/11/2012. She is a disgrace. Invite? Someone should drag her butt in. The same way her good friend Chris Stevens was dragged through the streets of Benghazi.
Subpoena her with no hesitation….she’s was definitely on top of this and to excuse her is not acceptable!….BO and BC have definitely have planned a cover-up for everyone involved and again, this administration will not held accountable for any of it!There will be no justice for these 4 gallant men who lost their lives!
Subpoena her and anyone else who was involved, doesn’t matter that they resigned or flew to China bring the *sses in as you would anyone else and get the job done. Stop being robots for Obama and do what you are there to do, the American people are tired of you playing games with our welfare and those of the very people who sign up to serve this great country, get to the truth!!
I doubt very much that Ms Clinton or any other high official will submit to questions. They consider themselves above the law and the only way they will comply is by subpenas
So Mrs Clinton will be in Australia at the time of the hearings? Will any Aussie journalists ask her some difficult questions (assuming any journos are even aware of the discrepancies in the murder of Ambassador Stevens).
Hitlery is extracting information from the Commie Aussies on how to take away firearms from citizens, so that it can be duplicated in the US.
OMG! I am Sooooo shocked (insert e-baby shocked face here)!
Just subpoena all the rats, get sworn testimony, then subpoena all the little mice to give up their masters and provide testimony to CYA themselves. Thus, they will give up their masters to protect themselves.
Comments all were well taken but we all know that nothing will be done. We have a weak Congress, a weak Senate and by far the weakest White House ever. We have what the people of the US wanted, now we have to live with it, like it or not. God Save America.
This is a long shot but just maybe Obama told Petraeus he would spill his dirty laundry if he was to testify. Petraeus beat him to the punch and resigned spilling all his dirty laundry before Obama could do it. Petraeus will testify I’am sure of that either voluntary or subpoena. Obama has nothing on him now he will give all the details. Hilary took the bait and just said she was too busy to testify because Obama threaten her with something I do not know what yet. Like I said it is a long shot.
woo hoo the shits hittin the fan this will be around for a while
Anyone involved should be summoned and forced to testify under oath
Then tried for treason, including Obama.
Hey Congress – get a clue. She doesn’t respond to “requests”. Give her a choice. She can testify in a blue dress or an orange jump suit. Up to her to decide.
The Tree of Liberty must occassionally be watered with the blood of opressers…and patriots. I, sir am a Patriot. Rid ourselves of this blight. Stand and be counted.
We’re looking at potential TREASON charges and Hillary is receiving RSVP’s instead of a subpoena?
This request should be mandatory! Secretary of State Clinton cannot purposefully plan another trip abroad on the tax-payer dole just to escape having to testify about her incompetence in preventing the murder of four American heroes.
The FBI should be sent to wherever she is and bodily return her to the United States to testify. Anything less is a slap-in-the-face to every American citizen—that public servant elites are above the law and not subject to normal moral dictates of “we the people.”
I can assure you, President Obama allegedly may be responsible for dictating his ideological foreign policy creed of disassociation, but—the ONLY individual responsible for embassy security was and is the Secretary of State—Hillary Clinton.
At the Department of State, upper echelon officers are given an equivalent military rank of compatibility. Like a soldier, who is given an order that pales against the laws of humanity and common decency—she should have stated unequivically that “the Buck Stops Here” and “I respectfully refuse to follow your coverup order Mr President—because it is “MY DUTY” to protect the people under my responsibility!”
ENOUGH obfuscation and ongoing coverups!