AP
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has agreed to testify before a House committee on the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi. But the leader of the select committee probing the attack insists Kerry's obligation won't necessarily end there.
The State Department said appearing before the House Oversight Committee should preclude Kerry from having to testify before a select congressional committee established earlier this month to investigate the attack.
The State Department was clearly perturbed the House Oversight Committee's chair, Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, subpoenaed Kerry for testimony and continued to request his presence despite the department's assertion that there were more suitable witnesses. The select committee, which is being chaired by Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy, is taking the lead from Issa on the Benghazi investigation.
In a letter obtained by Business Insider, Julia Frifield, the State Department's assistant secretary for legislative affairs, asked Issa to remove a May 29 subpoena and let Kerry testify before the committee on June 12 or June 20. (Issa accepted the June 12 offer, a spokesman said.)
Frifield suggested this would remove Kerry's obligation to appear before the other committee.
"We believe this would remove any need for the Secretary to appear before the Select Committee to answer additional questions," Frifield wrote.
"The Benghazi Select Committee will talk to all material witnesses as many times as necessary to discover all relevant facts and answer all relevant questions in a manner consistent with fair practice and respectful of the witnesses' other responsibilities," Duvall said in an email.
and so it begins the very thing the new inquisitor said would not happen opening day at the circus the elephants are trumpeting while holding each others tails no different then the last performance, Issa still crazed with power now lost asserting himself in a leadership position not fully relinquishing the throne, reminiscent of the clown car pulling up center ring and all the republican clowns pile out trying to be the first one.
this is republicans dragging out the still warm from last beating the dead horse to take whack number 8 and already stepping on each others toes as to who gets the first whack and who will be the exposer of their elusive conspiracy of guilt too many times have the republicans been guilty of what they are trying to pin on the donkeys that that tale now in their fevered attempt they see it everywhere except where it is, reminds me of the voter fraud dead horse they whipped to the bone and are now picking over those bones, also reminds of WMD, like Bush said "those WMD must be somewhere", try looking at home.
