Americans to Congress: Don’t Give Up on Benghazi

President Obama Speaks On The Death Of US Ambassador In Libya Christopher Stevens. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

President Obama Speaks On The Death Of US Ambassador In Libya Christopher Stevens. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

 

 

Helle Dale
The Foundry
Heritage.org
4/24/2014

Americans are still outraged at what happened in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012.

They know that four brave Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, died at the hands of terrorists. They know American diplomats did not receive the protection and the support they deserved.

But what remains incomprehensible is why no one at the White House has done anything about these terrible acts; why none of the guilty parties have been punished; or why Congress has not managed to force officials—from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on down—to come clean about what really happened that night.

Americans do know, however, that the lack of answers to these questions is wrong.

A new opinion poll by Fox News reveals that most Americans continue to distrust the Obama administration’s handling of the Benghazi affair. While President Obama had hoped he could brush off Benghazi as a “phony scandal,” there is no sign the issue will go away. A full 60 percent of American voters surveyed want Congress to continue to investigate Benghazi, believing the White House is “trying to cover-up” the truth, rather than “being open and transparent.”

Indeed, across the political spectrum, Americans want Benghazi investigated…

 

 

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