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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tonto who wrote (145945)	10/16/2012 11:43:55 AM
From: tonto	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224884

Why is Kenneth trying to blame Republicans when the money is in the account? He is now silent on the issue...must be waiting for new talking points...This is serious. The first terrible decision was House Republicans cutting funding for embassy security by over $300 million. The State Department reportedly has $2.2 billion...it has the money to spend. What are you talking about. Why does it need more? Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) says the State Department is sitting on $2.2 billion that should be spent on upgrading security at U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide, but the Obama administration will not spend the funds. Issa made his comment during an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation" to discuss the recent attack in Benghazi, Libya, that left U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans dead. Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, held a highly partisan hearing on the incident last week. ( PHOTOS: 10 slams on Obama and Benghazi) Issa claims the State Department will not spend the already approved funds because they didn't want to the appearance of needing increased security. "The fact is, they [the State Department.] are making the decision not to put the security in because they don't want the presence of security," Issa said. "That is not how you do security." With Republicans turning the Libya into a political issue, Democrats have countered that House GOP leaders actually sought to cut funding for embassy security, which Issa tried to refute. "You can't always look to [new] money when there's money sitting there," Issa said.