Boehner Finally Caves, Will Appoint Special Committee
After more than a year of resisting the calls of a vast majority of his
conference, Speaker John
Boehner is relenting and forming a special committee to investigate the
Sept. 11,
2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya and resulting
scandal.
“The administration's withholding of documents – emails showing greater
White House involvement in misleading the American people – is a flagrant
violation of trust and undermines the basic principles of oversight upon which
our system of government is built. And it forces us to ask the question, what
else about Benghazi
is the Obama administration still hiding from the American people?” Boehner
said in a statement announcing the decision.
“The new emails released this week were the straw that broke the
camel’s back,” a senior GOP leadership aide said. “The Speaker was furious to
learn that the administration withheld relevant documents from a congressional
subpoena. He’s sick and tired of this evasion and obstruction from the
administration, and wants a solution to finally force accountability, get the
truth, and provide justice.”
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon had also waged a
high-profile battle against an oversight committee hearing yesterday,
undermining the notion that the five committees investigating the issue were
working together, Republicans close to the matter said.
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) is under consideration to chair the special
panel. Gowdy, a sophomore lawmaker and former prosecutor, has been an active
participant in the House's efforts to find out more about the issue.
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) has championed his proposal to appoint a select
committee for over a year, and had obtained 190 Republican cosponsors on a bill
to do so. Wolf had recently suggested Boehner was resisting the select committee
because he had been briefed on unknown activities by the U.S. government that were occurring in Libya prior to
the attack. Boehner is a member of a group of top congressional leaders
regularly briefed on the actions of the intelligence community.
Special
Alger Hiss
was a director, Office of Special Political Affairs for the U.S. Department of State, and the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Special
Richard
C. Holbrooke was an assistant secretary, special envoy to Afghanistan, Pakistan
at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank).
James
L. Jones Jr. was a special envoy for Middle East Security for the U.S. Department of State, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank).
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank).
George Soros
is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Special
Todd Stern
is a special
envoy for climate change at the U.S. Department of State
for the Barack Obama administration, and was a
senior fellow at the Center for American
Progress.
Derek
Douglas was a special
assistant for urban affairs for the Barack Obama
administration, and an associate director of economic policy for the
Center for American Progress.
Dan Restrepo
was a special
assistant to the president for the Barack Obama
administration, and a senior fellow; former Americas Project
director for the Center for American Progress.
Peter Swire
was a special
assistant to the president for the Barack Obama
administration, is a special assistant to the president for economic
policy for the 2008 Obama-Biden transition team,
and a senior fellow at the Center for American
Progress.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for
American Progress.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, and a supporter for the Center for
American Progress.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for
American Progress.
Special
Barbara
Shailor is a special
rep, international labor affairs for the U.S. Department of State,
was an overseer at the International Rescue
Committee, and a governor at the Roosevelt
Institute.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International
Rescue Committee, and the Roosevelt Institute.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Special
Elizabeth
Frawley Bagley was a special representative for global partnerships for
the U.S. Department of State, and is an
advisory council member for the Acumen Fund.
Andrea Soros
is a director at the Acumen Fund,
and her father is George Soros.
Special
Mariano-Florentino
Cuellar was a special assistant
to the president for the Barack Obama
administration, and is a director at the American
Constitution Society.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the American
Constitution Society.
George Soros
is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Special
Raymond
G. Chambers is a special
envoy for malaria for the United Nations,
the chairman emeritus for the Millennium Promise,
and was a trustee at the Committee for Economic
Development.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Millennium
Promise, and the Committee for Economic
Development.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Special
Rajat K.
Gupta was a special
adviser on UN management reform for the United Nations,
and a director at the Millennium Promise.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Millennium
Promise.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Special
Erskine
B. Bowles was the deputy special envoy for tsunami recovery for the United Nations, and is a trustee at the Urban
Institute (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Urban
Institute (think tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Special
William
J. Clinton was a special
envoy for tsunami recovery for the United Nations,
and is the founder of the Bill, Hillary &
Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
George Soros
is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Special
Lakhdar
Brahimi was a special
representative to the secretary general for the United
Nations, and a board member for the International
Crisis Group.
George Soros
is a board member for the International Crisis Group.
Special
Kenneth
R. Feinberg was a special master for the September
11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, and is a director at Human Rights First.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for Human Rights
First.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
James D.
Zirin was a director at the Human Rights First,
and is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama
was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Alan F.
Holmer was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP,
and a special
envoy to China
for the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Special
Philip
H. Gordon is a special
assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration,
was an assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State,
and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
(think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and the Committee
for Economic Development.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Carlos
Pascual is a special
envoy, international energy affairs, assistant secretary nominee for the U.S. Department of State, was a VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a U.S. ambassador for the Ukraine.
William
B. Taylor Jr. was a special coordinator for Middle East transition at the
U.S. Department of State, and was a U.S. ambassador for the Ukraine.
Viktor
F. Yanukovich was the president for the Ukraine,
and is a Davis Manafort client.
Richard
H. Davis is a managing director at Davis Manafort,
and a trustee at the Committee for Economic
Development.
Benghazi
Thomas
R. Pickering was the chairman of review board that investigated the 2012 attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2013, the
under secretary for the U.S. Department of State,
a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations,
a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank), is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), a co-chair for the International
Crisis Group, and a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Jack Valenti
was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank), and a member of the Burning Tree Club.
John A.
Boehner is a member of the Burning Tree Club,
is the speaker for the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the House leader for the Republican
establishment.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and the Brookings Institution
(think tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, is a board member for the International
Crisis Group, and the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank).
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