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Steve King
@steveking· Republican · IA· Sep 12, 2013

Exactly. And as I draw a comparison to Benghazi and the takedown of Osama bin Laden, those circumstances would have been similar, except that we initiated the operation against Osama bin Laden, so I presume there were some people that got…

Congressional Record · 2013-09-12
Steve King
@steveking· Republican · IA· Sep 12, 2013

I thank the gentleman from Virginia. And reclaiming my time, I appreciate having the dialog to this extent. And I know that the gentleman from Pennsylvania has a real focus on Benghazi. We've had some of this dialogue before, and so I…

Congressional Record · 2013-09-12
Steve King
@steveking· Republican · IA· Sep 12, 2013

I thank the gentleman from Virginia. That's my understanding as well. And this colloquy that we've had here, I think, illuminates the questions, some of the questions that can be answered with a special select committee that would be…

Congressional Record · 2013-09-12
Steve King
@steveking· Republican · IA· Sep 12, 2013

Do we have a timeline that sets down events that took place from its inception to its relative conclusion in the operations and the cleanup that also correlates with a timeline of the situation room in the White House, and who was in the…

Congressional Record · 2013-09-12
Steve King
@steveking· Republican · IA· Sep 12, 2013

Let me pick up on that. I have a measure of classified rating as a member of the Judiciary Committee. Those are the rules that we are bound by when we go into a classified setting. What we speak about there, what we learn there, even if we…

Congressional Record · 2013-09-12
Steve King
@steveking· Republican · IA· Sep 12, 2013

The information you provided here, especially information as to the numbers of survivors and the numbers of wounded, where they were picked up, and by a Libyan plane, not a U.S. plane, was that information that was forthcomingly delivered…

Congressional Record · 2013-09-12
Steve King
@steveking· Republican · IA· Sep 12, 2013

Reclaiming my time, I thank the gentleman from Virginia and ask if the gentleman could stick around for a moment. I have a couple of questions that occurred to me as I was listening to his presentation. I would like to ask for the record…

Congressional Record · 2013-09-12
Steve King
@steveking· Republican · IA· Sep 12, 2013

Madam Speaker, it is my privilege to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, and to do so the day after the anniversary of the tragic attack on America that took place September 11…

Congressional Record · 2013-09-12
Steve King
@steveking· Republican · IA· Sep 12, 2013

Just wondering. When the assault went on in the compound that took out Osama bin Laden, and I would ask the gentleman, did you see any pictures from inside the Situation Room, and did you see a timeline of the events that took place on…

Congressional Record · 2013-09-12
Steve King
@steveking· Republican · IA· Sep 12, 2013

And have you seen a timeline that shows what happened in Benghazi from beginning to end, one that is credible, that you have confidence in?

Congressional Record · 2013-09-12
Steve King
@steveking· Republican · IA· Sep 12, 2013

And so, Mr. Wolf, is it possible that the Select Committee on Intelligence could have had testimony before the committee, and because they are bound by the confidentiality of classified information, that even if they learned something from…

Congressional Record · 2013-09-12
Steve King
@steveking· Republican · IA· Sep 12, 2013

Do we know, has any of that information been entered into the record under oath, so far as witnesses are concerned, before the five committees that have jurisdiction?

Congressional Record · 2013-09-12
Steve King
@steveking· Republican · IA· Sep 12, 2013

And so the American people need to know this. Do you have any knowledge of who had custody of the body of Ambassador Stevens from the moment he was killed until such time as he turned up at the hospital in Benghazi?

Congressional Record · 2013-09-12
Steve King
@steveking· Republican · IA· Sep 10, 2013

Reclaiming my time, I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Dent). I would add that there was some dialogue in that breakfast meeting with the Syrian Christians that took place the day before yesterday, in the morning, about how there…

Congressional Record · 2013-09-10
Steve King
@steveking· Republican · IA· Sep 10, 2013

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 7 o'clock and 27 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at 10 a.m. for…

Congressional Record · 2013-09-10