House Issues Subpoena for Release of Diplomatic Spending Documents

Washington Free Beacon ^ | June 1, 2015 | Adam Kredo

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The House Foreign Affairs Committee has issued a subpoena to the Obama administration compelling it to release long-withheld documents concerning the training of diplomatic security personnel tasked with defending Americans abroad.

Since 2014, Rep. Ed Royce (R., Calif.) the committee’s chairman, has been seeking key documents from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding State Department plans to construct a nearly $1 billion training facility for diplomatic security personnel.

Royce issued a subpoena to the OMB on Friday to force the release of documents detailing whether construction of the new training facility will be cost effective.

Critics such as Royce argue that an existing training site operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would address current training needs and save the taxpayers nearly $1 billion.

Following the deadly attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, the State Department issued plans to build a new Foreign Affairs Security Training Center in Blackstone, Va.

The initial cost of the facility was projected to be about $413 million. However, further estimates elevated the cost to around $950 million, prompting questions from Royce and other lawmakers.

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More GOP BB stacking.

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The initial cost of State Dept plans to build a new Foreign Affairs Security Training Center in Blackstone, Va. was projected to be about $413 million. However, further "estimates" elevated the cost to around $950 million, ......

The original estimate wasn't enough.....so an extra $500 million was tacked on and will be split between The Clinton Fouindation and The Obama Foundation.