The puerile fireworks notwithstanding, the loudest noise coming from the Benghazi hearing was a low hiss. It was the sound of air coming out of the Republican balloon.
Yes, Hillary Clinton faced tough questions and had no good answers for them. But those questions have been asked and unanswered for more than three years.
Why was the US in Libya, why were security requests denied, why was the military not ready to respond on the 11th anniversary of 9/11, and why did the Obama administration falsely claim the terror attack was a spontaneous response to an anti-Muslim video?
“These questions linger because previous investigations were not thorough,” committee chairman Trey Gowdy said in his opening statement.
At the end of a very long day, they still linger, for Gowdy’s probe failed to answer them. If he’s surprised, he’s alone.
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