[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15351]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE ANSWERS REGARDING BENGHAZI

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, members of the 
House Foreign Affairs Committee, led by Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, 
heard testimony regarding the terrorist attack on our United States 
consulate in Benghazi, Libya. This resulted in the death of four 
American heroes. Sadly, no substantial information was revealed.
  The American people have legitimate questions and deserve answers as 
to what happened on the evening of September 11, 2012. Why did the 
administration not make an immediate response in the area of the 
consulate as requested during the 6-hour attack? Why did the 
administration place blame on a video rather than reveal that it was an 
organized terrorist attack? Why has the administration failed to 
provide answers to valid questions after 2 months of inquiry, as 
requested by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon?
  It's my hope that the appropriate officials of this administration 
will appear before Congress and provide answers the American people 
deserve.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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