Graham seeks delay to confirmation of Brennan until Benghazi questions answered

Professor Peabody · Jan 8, 2013

Graham seeks delay to confirmation of Brennan until Benghazi questions answered

Published January 07, 2013

FoxNews.com

A top Republican senator called Monday for a delay in the confirmation of President Obama's pick for CIA director until more questions are answered on the deadly attack last year on a U.S. consulate in Libya.

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina didn't single out Obama's nominee, John Brennan, for criticism, but he accused the administration of ignoring requests for more information about the Sept. 11 attack, which also targeted a CIA annex in Benghazi.

"I have not forgotten about the Benghazi debacle and still have many questions about what transpired before, during and after the attack on our consulate," Graham said. "In that regard, I do not believe we should confirm anyone as director of the CIA until our questions are answered."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...nfirmation-until-benghazi-questions-answered/
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Now Hillary's boo boo is all better, when will she testify under oath? Give her to the end of the month, then file "Contempt of Congress" charges against her.

The criminal offense of "contempt of Congress" sets the penalty at not less than one month nor more than twelve months in jail and a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.[10]

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If she doesn't appear in 30 days have her arrested. Schlubs like her must think they are above the Law somehow. That's why this country is is such a bloody mess. She'd willingly testify after cooling her heels in DC Jail.

Pred · Jan 8, 2013

They just want to keep delaying it and delaying it until people forget or its deemed unimportant or a bigger catastrophe happens. The only thing that won't change is passing the blame. Obama should demand some answers, but since it makes him look bad, he's burying it too. When was it when gov officials were hanged in the town squares when they continued to ^%&$*$ with the people?

Gorn Captain · Jan 8, 2013

Lindsay wants to prove to Repubs back home he's "tough on Obama"....so nobody will challenge him in the GOP Primary in 2014.

Seems to be working.....Fox Newsers are buying it.

trucker · Jan 8, 2013

Professor Peabody said: ↑

Now Hillary's boo boo is all better, when will she testify under oath? Give her to the end of the month, then file "Contempt of Congress" charges against her.
If she doesn't appear in 30 days have her arrested.
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shes a ex lawyer i say we should have her hooked up to one of these , just to be sure she wont lie.

waltky · Jan 10, 2013

Brennan flamin' pro-Islam lib'ral...

Islam ‘Helped to Shape’ CIA Nominee John Brennan’s World View
January 9, 2013 – As a college student in the 1970s, John Brennan, President Obama’s nominee for CIA director, traveled in Indonesia where – he recalled in a speech in New York in 2010 – “despite my long hair, my earring and my obvious American appearance, I was welcomed throughout that country, in a way that is a reflection of the tremendous warmth of Islamic cultures and societies.”

Brennan’s Feb. 13, 2010 address to a meeting at the Islamic Center at New York University, facilitated by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), provided an insight into his views on Islam, a faith which he said during the speech had “helped to shape my own world view.” Travels around the world over more than three decades had taught him about “the goodness and beauty of Islam,” said Brennan, whose 25-year career at the CIA until 2005 included a stint as station chief in Riyadh. “Like the president during his childhood years in Jakarta, I came to see Islam not how it is often misrepresented, but for what it is – how it is practiced every day, by well over a billion Muslims worldwide, a faith of peace and tolerance and great diversity.”

In the speech, during which he drew applause after speaking in Arabic for more than a minute, Brennan used terms evidently designed to appeal to his audience, such as “Al-Quds” for Jerusalem, “Palestine” and “as the Qur’an reveals” – in keeping with the Muslim belief that the Qur’an was “revealed” directly by Allah to Mohammed through the angel Jibril (Gabriel). He condemned what he said were negative stereotypes in the U.S. about Muslims and hostility towards Islam, adding that government actions and policies had contributed to the problem but saying this would change under Obama. “Ignorance is a threat to our national security, prejudice is a threat to our national security, discrimination is a threat to our national security. And those who purport to be religious are frequently the most egregious purveyors of ignorance, prejudice and discrimination – and it must stop,” he said.

“We must also acknowledge that over the years the actions of our own government have at times perpetuated those attitudes,” Brennan continued. “Violations of the Patriot Act; surveillance that has been excessive; policies perceived as profiling; over-inclusive no-fly lists subjecting law-abiding individuals to unnecessary searches and inconvenience; creating an unhealthy atmosphere around many Muslim charities that made Muslims hesitant to fulfill their sacred obligation of zakat [an Islamic tithe or tax] – these are challenges we face, we face together as Americans, and President Obama and his administration are pursuing a comprehensive approach to address them,” he said.

As Obama’s counterterrorism adviser, Brennan – a Jesuit-educated Catholic – has played a prominent role in the administration’s outreach to Muslims, American Muslims especially. He has also been a leading proponent of the effort to stop using terms many Muslims find offensive, such as “jihadist” as a descriptor for terrorists acting in the name of Islam. “They are not jihadists,” he told the NYU audience in 2010, “for jihad is a holy struggle, an effort to purify, for a legitimate purpose. And there is nothing, absolutely nothing holy or pure or legitimate or Islamic about murdering innocent men, women and children.”

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CIA Nominee John Brennan Has Touted Hezbollah’s ‘Moderate Elements’
January 9, 2013 – CIA director-designate John Brennan’s stated views on the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah at times has appeared to be out of step with others in the Obama administration, which he has served as White House counterterrorism adviser since 2009.

Even before President Obama’s election, Brennan – who was Obama’s chief intelligence adviser during the 2008 presidential campaign – was promoting a shift in the U.S. approach to Hezbollah. The Iranian- and Syrian-sponsored Shi’ite group, which also participates in Lebanese parliamentary politics, is blamed for attacks included a series of suicide bombings in Beirut in 1983 which killed more than 300 people, including 241 U.S. servicemen and 58 French troops.

In a July 2008 journal article suggesting policy on Iran for the next administration, Brennan wrote, “It would not be foolhardy, however, for the United States to tolerate, and even to encourage, greater assimilation of Hezbollah into Lebanon’s political system.” He argued that the best hope for “reducing the influence of violent extremists within the organization – as well as the influence of extremist Iranian officials who view Hezbollah primarily as a pawn of Tehran – is to increase Hezbollah’s stake in Lebanon’s struggling democratic processes.”

Brennan wrote that doing so would require the U.S. to persuade Israel to drop its “aim of eliminating Hezbollah as a political force.” (Like Obama’s nominees for secretaries of state and defense, Brennan is on record as supporting engagement with Tehran. In the same 2008 article he urged the next president to “implement a policy of engagement that encourages moderates in Iran without implying tolerance for Tehran’s historic support of terrorist activities.&#8221 Brennan took his views on Hezbollah into the administration, telling an August 2009 event in Washington that the group had “a terrorist core,” but adding that “a lot of Hezbollah individuals are in fact renouncing that type of terrorism and violence and are trying to participate in the political process in a very legitimate fashion.”

The State Department denied that the comments signaled a policy shift. “We do not make any distinction between the political and military wings, and that is our policy,” said then-spokesman Robert Wood in response to questions about Brennan’s remarks. “Until Hezbollah decides that it’s going to change and stop carrying out the acts of terrorism and other acts that are causing instability in the region, there's no reason for our policy to change.”

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Professor Peabody · Jan 10, 2013

trucker said: ↑

shes a ex lawyer i say we should have her hooked up to one of these , just to be sure she wont lie.
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I'm not so sure that would work, they believe the crapola they're shoveling.

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