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Showing Original Post only (View all)Rep. Joaquin Castro rips Issa on Benghazi: He ‘crusaded for over a year on a fairy tale’ [View all]
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/29/rep-joaquin-castro-rips-issa-on-benghazi-he-crusaded-for-over-a-year-on-a-fairy-tale/Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) lashed out at House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) on Sunday for spending over a year on what he said was a crusade on a fairy tale after a New York Times report showed that Al-Qaeda had no role in the 2012 Benghazi attacks.
In an interview with NBC on Sunday, Issa was pressed about a New York Times investigation published over the weekend that revealed that Al-Qaeda did not plan or carry out the attacks at the U.S. outpost in Benghazi, undercutting the foundation of Republican arguments, hearings and accusations against President Barack Obama for the last year.
Why use the term Al-Qaeda? MSNBCs Andrea Mitchell asked Issa. When you say Al-Qaeda, people think central Al-Qaeda. They dont think militias that may be inspired by [Osama bin Laden] and his other followers. So, it is a hot button for political reasons.
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Video at the link.
I am waiting to hear what Darrell Issa's role in the CBS hoax was.
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Rep. Joaquin Castro rips Issa on Benghazi: He ‘crusaded for over a year on a fairy tale’ [View all]
deminks
Dec 2013
OP
I love the twins and their family story and am glad Joaquin has a national platform. n/t
freshwest
Dec 2013
#24
Maybe--but I think his brother is the one being groomed for POTUS at this time.
tblue37
Dec 2013
#20
So far, every one of the Repub attacks meant to cause some sort of "scandal",
Benton D Struckcheon
Dec 2013
#3
I'm glad Issa is being questioned about this, I feared he would get a pass like the rest of the
monmouth3
Dec 2013
#4
someone ask him who put the sub-titles on that b-grade 'film' and posted it on youtube ...
Sunlei
Dec 2013
#16
...and there is MUCH MORE Issa should be interrogated on! Thanks to the Castros for all they do!!
hue
Dec 2013
#22
Did then-freshman Congressman Issa throw as big of a hissy-fit over the Bush administration's
indepat
Dec 2013
#29
Joaquin Castro for President in 2024, and his twin Julian Castro for Veep.
Zen Democrat
Dec 2013
#38