Kerry Agrees to Testify on Benghazi, With Caveats

NY Times ^ | 5/23/14 | JONATHAN WEISMAN

[Nachum]

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry has agreed to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform over the 2012 attacks on the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

In a letter to Representative Darrell Issa, Republican of California, the committee’s combative chairman, the State Department’s assistant secretary for legislative affairs, Julia Frifield, expressed surprise at Mr. Issa’s May 14 subpoena “commanding the secretary of state to appear.”

While she declined to make Mr. Kerry available next Thursday, the day the chairman had demanded, she offered two dates next month.

“He will be fully occupied with critical diplomatic engagements following the May 25 presidential election in Ukraine,” she wrote, offering June 12 or June 20 instead. Continue reading the main story Related Coverage

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She also wrote that in complying with Mr. Issa’s demands, “we believe this would remove any need for the secretary to appear” before a newly formed special committee on the Benghazi attacks, which killed four Americans, including J. Christopher Stevens, the ambassador to Libya.

[MAKOTHEDOG]

I would suspect not under oath but that doesn’t seem to matter anymore.

[Rocky]

I had caveats once. It was painful. Took about a week of Preparation H to cure them.

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

It is time to stop funding all who do not respond to Congress, no paychecks, no expense money, no nothing.

[ealgeone]

send the police over there, haul his sorry rear end to the meeting and make him testify....

when he was protesting the war he sure as heck made time to be there.

[Veggie Todd]

Just as Lurch is about to testify, Hillary will walk in with Kerry’s brother a la Michael Corleone.

[mowowie]

waz’nt jon Kerry in korea 0r somethin?

[mowowie]

“wonder if the reason the DEMS are so resistant to allowing Kerry to testify, is that they KNOW he will make some stupid remarks ?”

I wish this site had a thumbs-up button.

[Old Yeller]

You sure he didn’t say “with caviar”?

[DoughtyOne]

All questions must be yes or no, and he can answer maybe or "purple heart"...

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