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riversedge

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Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:38 PM Jul 2016

US House panel approves Benghazi report after two-year probe

and the Witchhunt continues.


US House panel approves Benghazi report after two-year probe

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/us-house-panel-approves-benghazi-report-after-two-year-probe/


Reuters

08 Jul 2016 at 14:59 ET


Trey Gowdy (CNN/screen grab)


The U.S. House of Representatives’ special Benghazi committee approved its report on Friday on the attack in Libya that killed four Americans in 2012, but the Republican-led panel set no date for ending its work after a two-year-long investigation.

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Democrats have derided the report as a political vendetta against the former secretary of state. Republicans said the committee’s work would not wrap up until materials related to the report are reviewed for classified information and potential perjury claims, which would be referred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

“If you thought a vote today would be the end of this partisan chapter of our history, you would be wrong,” Representative Elijah Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the panel, said in a statement.

“The Select Committee is poised to last for months – perhaps until right before the presidential election – and that appears to be the Republican plan,” Cummings said.

Republicans plan more interviews, including one next week with Stephen Hedger, the head of legislative affairs at the Department of Defense, Cummings said.............

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