Hillary Clinton Said House Republican Cuts Harm National Security

Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Zennie62 outlined how House GOP leaders worked to diminish the President’s ability to use military action in Libya, where Benghazi is located. Now, comes a Washington Post report from 2011 reporting that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that House GOP budget cuts would harm national security.

“The scope of the proposed House cuts is massive,” Clinton told reporters at a Capitol news conference after attending a luncheon meeting with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). “The truth is that cuts of that level will be detrimental to America’s national security…We would be forced to scale back significantly our mission in the frontline states of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan where we work side-by-side with the American military. We would also be required to roll back critical health, food security, climate change, border security and trade promotion efforts abroad as well.”

Fox News’ incomplete and one-sided look at what happened in Benghazi’s infecting the feeble brains of right-wing-nuts and spreading inaccuracies during the Presidential race.

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