| Clearing The Names Of John Brow And Brooks Gruber |
May 21, 2013 |
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Walter Jones, R-NC
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"I contacted you in hopes that leaders of integrity, free of bias, would have both the intelligence and the courage it takes to decide the facts for themselves. If you do that, you will agree the “human factor/pilot error” findings should not stand as it is in military history. Again, I respectfully ask you for your support. Please do not simply pass this matter along to General Jones without offering the support my husband and his comrades deserve. Please remember, these 19 marines can no longer speak for themselves. I certainly am not afraid to speak for them, and I believe someone has to. Even though it is easier put to rest and forgotten, please join me in doing the right thing by taking the time to address this important issue."
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| Statements On Introduced Bills And Joint Resolutions |
May 16, 2013 |
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Robert Menendez, D-NJ
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"Let’s make that very clear. One of the very first things we did, despite a pending nomination of a new Secretary, and the sitting Secretary’s medical concerns, was to hold a hearing on this topic and air the facts. Prior to that, Chairman Kerry held a hearing of the committee on December 20 on the events that transpired in Benghazi with Deputy Secretaries Burns and Nides. There were also two classified briefings in December specifically on the circumstances surrounding the attack. The December 13 briefing included a video of the attack with high level officials from State, the Joint Staff, Defense Department, the FBI, and the intelligence community. They included Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary of State for Management at State; Matthew Olsen, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center; Maj. Gen. Darryl Roberson, Vice Director of Operations at the Joint Staff; Gary Reid, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict; Jenny Ley, Deputy Assistant Director at the "
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| Additional Statements |
May 16, 2013 |
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Bob Casey, D-PA
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"As chairman of the Near Eastern and South Central Asian Affairs Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I have worked closely with LTG Barbero in an effort to stem the flow of IED precursor materials from Pakistan into Afghanistan. These homemade explosive, HME, materials pose the biggest threat to our service men and women and are responsible for far too many casualties. Under General Barbero’s leadership, JIEDDO has made significant strides in working with various departments, the interagency, the intelligence community, and the Government of Pakistan, to create a whole-of-government approach to combat these dangers by not only reducing the flow of HME, but also by helping to eliminate the enemy networks that seek to use these materials for the nefarious purposes of harming our troops, attacking civilian populations, and furthering instability."
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| Tribute To Peggy Evans |
May 15, 2013 |
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Dianne Feinstein, D-CA
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"Peggy is leaving the Senate as the budget director of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. During her 4 years on the committee, Peggy has been integral to the development and passage of four annual intelligence authorizations bills, including three within a span of 15 months. She oversaw the committee’s budget staff in drafting the classified annexes to the bills, worked collaboratively with the intelligence community agencies and the Office of Management and Budget, and negotiated legislation with other Senate and House committees."
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| The Irs |
May 15, 2013 |
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Scott Perry, R-PA
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"And, of course, there’s Benghazi, which information continues to come out even as we speak, including emails today that show that the State Department and the White House changed the intelligence talking points. Changed them why? Why change them? Why not tell the American people what happened, especially when apparently you know what happened? Is it because it shouldn’t have happened and it didn’t have to happen, but there was inaction when something could have changed? We heard that, well, we couldn’t get folks there in time. We can do a lot of things in this town, but one thing I haven’t seen anybody be able to do is to predict the future."
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