Ted Cruz: “I thank my friend from Kansas for his leadership and for his reasonable call that we ascertain the truth on this very…”

“I thank my friend from Kansas for his leadership and for his reasonable call that we ascertain the truth on this very important matter. As we do every year, last week as a nation we marked the somber anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. For the first time this year we also remembered the victims of Benghazi: Foreign Service officer Sean Smith, former Navy SEALs Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, and Ambassador Christopher Stevens, who was our first Ambassador murdered while serving since Adolph Dubs in 1979. The anniversary of the Benghazi attacks, however, should not simply be an act of remembrance; it should serve as a wake-up call. An entire year has gone by since these American heroes lost their lives in the service of our Nation, and we still have far too many unanswered questions: Why was the State Department unwilling to provide the requested level of security in Benghazi? Why were no military assets mobilized while the attacks were going on even if they might not arrive before the attacks were over? If then-Secretary Panetta had ``no question'' in his mind that this was a coordinated terrorist attack while it was going on, why did Ambassador Rice, Secretary Clinton, and President Obama all tell the American people that the cause was a spontaneous demonstration about an Internet video in the days after September 11, 2012?…”