[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 62 (Monday, May 6, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2415]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TERRORIST ATTACK IN BENGHAZI, LIBYA

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, ``Benghazi happened a long time ago.''
  ``What difference does it make?''
  ``Let's get done with this, folks. I don't think anybody lied to 
anybody. I do not want to spend the next year coming up here talking 
about Benghazi.''
  Mr. Speaker, these are statements made by the President's Pinocchio 
puppet press secretary, Jay Carney, and both the current and former 
Secretaries of State.
  Americans are learning the White House bungled Benghazi, and now it 
faces accusations by whistleblowers of intimidation and hiding the 
facts.
  Fearful of a terrorist attack, Ambassador Stevens asked for more 
security; calls for help were ignored; the cavalry never came; and he 
and three others were murdered. But the White House spinmaster said 
after the attack it was a ``spontaneous protest'' caused by a video. 
That was a made-up yarn. The attack was a carefully coordinated and 
calculated terrorist attack.
  So why did the administration intentionally and knowingly mislead 
Americans?
  The President told a graduating class over the weekend to reject 
those who say our government can't be trusted. Well, Mr. Speaker, 
Benghazi is a perfect example of why the national motto is not ``In 
Government We Trust.''
  And that's just the way it is.

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