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Politico #39;s Maggie Haberman: Democrats Acknowledge Economic Message Isn #39;t Resonating With Voters (May 4, 2014)
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Democrats should boycott a select committee that House Speaker John Boehner plans to form to investigate the 2012 attacks on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, Representative Adam Schiff said.
The California Democrat, who sits on the House intelligence committee, said today theres no reason for Democrats to participate in another probe of the Benghazi attacks thats aimed partly at undermining former Secretary of State Hillary Clintons potential presidential bid in 2016.
Its a colossal waste of time, Schiff said on Fox News Sunday.
I dont think it makes sense for us to give this select committee any more credibility than it deserves, he said. And frankly, I dont think it deserves very much.
Schiffs comments underscored the partisan tensions that continue 20 months after the attacks that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans and became a political flashpoint in the 2012 presidential election.
Boehner, an Ohio Republican, called for a select committee last week after the release of a White House e-mail that Republicans say shows the Obama administration tried to blame the attacks on an anti-Islamic video for political advantage. Boehner had resisted calls for a select committee until the e-mail surfaced, aides said last week.
A Bloomberg poll in March found that 51 percent of adults dont believe former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clintons claim that she never saw requests for increased security at the Benghazi mission before the 2012 attacks. Close
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A Bloomberg poll in March found that 51 percent of adults dont believe former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clintons claim that she never saw requests for increased security at the Benghazi mission before the 2012 attacks.
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Democrats blasted House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, on Sunday for opening a select committee to investigate the September 2012 attack on an American facility in Benghazi, accusing Republicans of playing politics with the incident that claimed the lives of four Americans, including then-U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens.
"I think it's a colossal waste of time," Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., told "Fox News Sunday" about the new panel. "We've had four bipartisan investigations of this already."
Schiff suggested House Democrats might decline to participate, calling the probe a "tremendous red herring and a waste of taxpayer resources."
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House Republicans are pressing the Obama administration over the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2012. House Speaker John Boeh...
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New emails are renewing controversy over the Obama administration's response to Benghazi. Bill Plante reports.
In it, Rhodes spelled out several goals for television appearances by then-United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice just days after the attack. He advised Rice to emphasize that protests in Benghazi and elsewhere in the region before the attack "are rooted in an Internet video, and not a broader failure or policy." Republicans have cited that line as evidence that the administration tried to spin the attack to minimize political fallout.
The email was obtained by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch through a Freedom of Information Act request, rather than through a congressional subpoena, leading Republicans to also accuse the administration of stonewalling their investigation by withholding relevant materials.
Democrats, though, see nothing but politics behind Republicans' continued investigations.
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