[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 7048-7049]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                BENGHAZI

  (Mr. COLE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, the sad tale of Benghazi is a story of 
complacency, incompetence, and coverup: complacency in the face of 
repeated warnings by the CIA and diplomats on the ground that the post 
was in danger; incompetence in preparing for a potential attack in a 
region in turmoil in a place where we had multiple military assets and 
on a day where we had every reason to believe trouble would occur; and 
an attempted coverup of a successful terrorist attack with talk about 
videos and spontaneous riots when the State Department, the CIA, and 
top officials in the administration knew the truth.
  Mr. Speaker, it's time for the administration to take responsibility, 
come clean, and dismiss those associated with this debacle that cost 
the lives of four brave Americans.

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