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Boehner ‘Appalled’ Over White House Concealing Benghazi Documents
The Daily Caller ^ | 4/30/14 | Alex Pappas Political Reporte

Posted on 04/30/2014 11:16:25 PM PDT by Nachum

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41 posted on 05/01/2014 5:10:08 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Boehner is appalled? What about the rest of us who are waiting for him to do something to get to the truth and jail odumbo and Hitlary?


42 posted on 05/01/2014 5:18:44 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Nachum

Go get your shine box, Johnnie.


43 posted on 05/01/2014 5:20:21 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Aria
I’m really surprised this email was released to Judicial Watch and not the shredder. Did someone screw up the cover up?

I've been wondering the same thing. Could things be starting to unravel inside the White House political machine? Or, is the a calculated move to destroy Hillary?

44 posted on 05/01/2014 5:24:41 AM PDT by IamConservative
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To: DaveA37

He’s a-pauled? I’m a-simoned! And that’s 10 times worse!


45 posted on 05/01/2014 5:25:54 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: AllAmericanGirl44

...THESE freaks are the best we can come up with??
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Sadly, we need to change the old saying “the cream rises to the top” to “the crud rises to the top.”


46 posted on 05/01/2014 5:32:19 AM PDT by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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To: Nachum

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/08/letter-questions-whether-boehner-was-briefed-on-benghazi-ops/

In an interview with radio host Laura Ingraham in January 2013, Boehner was asked about reported weapons transfers raised by Sen. Rand Paul during questioning of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Benghazi. The speaker responded: “I’m somewhat familiar with the chatter about this and the fact that these arms were moving towards Turkey, but most of what I know about this came from a classified source, and really can’t elaborate on it.”

Fox News asked the speaker’s office to clarify his comments to Ingraham, in light of the Benghazi relatives’ letter, specifically whether Boehner was briefed on the covert operations in Libya, and if those briefings covered weapons transfers.

Boehner’s spokesman emphasized that no one has been more dedicated to laying out the facts about Benghazi, adding: “The Speaker does not ever discuss classified information in public. In this case, he simply said he was aware of the rumors that were circulating publicly.”

During her January testimony on Benghazi, Paul pressed Clinton on the weapons issue, referring to reports that weapons from Libya were moving to the Syrian opposition via Turkey. “Is the U. S. involved with any procuring of weapons, transfer of weapons, buying, selling, anyhow transferring weapons to Turkey out of Libya?”

“To Turkey?” Clinton asked. “I will have to take that question for the record. Nobody has ever raised that with me.”

“It’s been in news reports that ships have been leaving from Libya and that may have weapons,” Paul continued.

“And what I’d like to know is the annex that was close by, were they involved with procuring, buying, selling, obtaining weapons, and were any of these weapons being transferred to other countries, any countries, Turkey included?”

Clinton replied: “Well, senator, you’ll have to direct that question to the agency [CIA] that ran the annex. I will see what information is available.”

“You’re saying you don’t know?” asked Paul.

“I do not know,” Clinton said. “I don’t have any information on that.”


47 posted on 05/01/2014 5:36:54 AM PDT by maggief
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323423804579024452583045962.html

The Saudi ambassador, Mr. Jubeir, has long been courting members of Congress who could pressure the administration to get more involved in Syria. He found early support from Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

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Mr. Petraeus in mid-2012 won White House approval to provide intelligence and limited training to Syrian rebels at the base, including in the use of arms provided by others. Saudi and Jordanian agents began vetting the fighters to be trained, said Arab diplomats and a former U.S. military official.

Prince Bandar has largely stayed out of Washington but held meetings with U.S. officials in the region. One was in September 2012. Sens. McCain and Graham, who were in Istanbul, met him in an opulent hotel suite on the banks of the Bosporus.

Mr. McCain said he made the case to Prince Bandar that the rebels weren’t getting the kinds of weapons they needed, and the prince, in turn, described the kingdom’s plans. The senator said that in succeeding months he saw “a dramatic increase in Saudi involvement, hands-on, by Bandar.”

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That winter, the Saudis also started trying to convince Western governments that Mr. Assad had crossed what President Barack Obama a year ago called a “red line”: the use of chemical weapons. Arab diplomats say Saudi agents flew an injured Syrian to Britain, where tests showed sarin gas exposure. Prince Bandar’s spy service, which concluded in February that Mr. Assad was using chemical weapons, relayed evidence to the U.S., which reached a similar conclusion four months later. The Assad regime denies using such weapons.

After Mr. Petraeus’s November resignation over an affair, his job was handled by his deputy, Michael Morell, who privately voiced skepticism the agency could make sure any arms supplied by the U.S. wouldn’t end up with hard-line Islamists, said congressional officials.

Ultimately, the new CIA chief was John Brennan, whose closest Saudi confidant when he was White House counterterrorism adviser was also focused on the risk of inadvertently strengthening al Qaeda. Since moving to the CIA, Mr. Brennan has been in periodic contact by phone with Prince Bandar, officials said.


48 posted on 05/01/2014 5:42:31 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Nachum
This “shocked” mantra is the standard CYA response for feigned ignorance. First, he deliberately covers up and refuses to investigate Obummer and then he stupidly believes Americans are so dumb that they will believe his lies. The stupid fool only winds up insulting the American public’s intelligence by feeding them this putrid BS. Bonner is the epitome of a worthless wussy politician.
49 posted on 05/01/2014 5:53:45 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: Diogenesis; All

“You’re *hic*....you’re *hic*...despthicable” Says the ineffective House Speaker. Great! Now put down that Johnny Walker and start impeachment proceedings.....


50 posted on 05/01/2014 6:19:19 AM PDT by PenguinM
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To: Nachum

Gunna impeach? Of course not. Bonehead is a member of the DC establishment.


51 posted on 05/01/2014 6:44:23 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: Nachum

What would be really shocking would be if he did anything substantial about!


52 posted on 05/01/2014 6:57:39 AM PDT by bonehead4freedom
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To: Nachum
So, Boehner stirs from his drunken stupor at the smoking section of the tanning store and is just appalled that Obama has been withholding documents for 1 year and a half. Got that 1 and a half letter of Obama obstruction, Johnny Boy gets appalled. This is the same John Boehner, who's been obstructing the formation of a special committee to investigate Behghazi. So we see how appalled the Weeper of the House really is. Will he use his authority under the Constituion to investigate the murder of a US Ambassador and luckily only 3 other Americans?

This attack easily could've killed over 30 Americans and leave the Ambassador hostage.

I predict John B. will continue to obstruct.

53 posted on 05/01/2014 7:27:05 AM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (You can have a free country or government schools. Choose one.)
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To: Nachum

You’re appalled. Good. Now what are you going to do about it, Boner? Have a drink? Cry?


54 posted on 05/01/2014 8:17:07 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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