Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, today I've come to the floor to raise the seventh in a series of critical but unanswered questions about the terrorist attacks on the U.S. consulate and annex in Benghazi last September 11. Despite a year of investigation in a number of committees, the American people still do not know the answers to these questions, nor do they know if they have even been asked. With only 5 legislative days remaining before the Congress departs for August recess, I'm increasingly concerned that none of these questions will be answered by the one-year anniversary of the Benghazi attack. According to a recent excerpt in the forthcoming book, ``Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi,'' which was published in this month's Vanity Fair magazine, Ambassador Stevens made several calls for help after reaching what he believed was a safe room on the consulate compound. As we well know now, one call was placed to his Deputy Chief of Mission, Gregory Hicks, who was at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli. In May, Hicks provided powerful testimony about that final conversation with Stevens. He also called ``local militia and public-security commanders in Benghazi, pleading for help.'' What I found interesting in the Vanity Fair excerpt is that Stevens also made calls to ``nearby consulates'' on the BlackBerry of someone on his security detail.…”