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House Report Finds No Attempt to Mislead Over Benghazi

November 22, 2014 at 9:15 am EST By Taegan Goddard 38 Comments

“A House report on the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, concludes that the Central Intelligence Agency and U.S. military responded properly and that Obama administration ‘talking points’ were flawed, but didn’t find that administration officials attempted to mislead the public,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The two-year-long investigation by the Republican-led House intelligence committee is the latest congressional probe to examine the attacks, and its conclusions deflate allegations suggesting misconduct by the Obama administration.”

[speech_bubble type=”std” subtype=”a” icon=”pwdome.jpg” name=””]An interesting Friday news dump from House Republicans.[/speech_bubble]

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