[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5795-5796]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE US

  (Mr. ISSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, the House just recently released a five-
separate committee report requested by the Speaker of the House on the 
aftermath of Benghazi. It tells the American people a story that needs 
to be told and has not yet been completed. The story is that we did not 
protect our people in Benghazi.
  The Embassy asked for more security. Secretary Clinton cabled back, 
``No,'' in April of 2012. On the very day, September 11, that the 
Ambassador was killed along with three of his colleagues, he said:

       It is not a question of if, but when this attack will come.

  Today, Congress has not yet seen a plan that ensures this will never 
happen again. The safety of our men and women all over the world in the 
State Department and other agencies needs to be assured.

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  Mr. Speaker, the House needs to address this in a way that we can 
have confidence that people who serve us abroad will be properly 
protected.

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