I would rather you all focus on the fiscal cliff and have an independent investigation of the Benghazi mess

Our Fiscal situation should be the laser focus of our House, Senate and Executive branch. Not saying there were not mistakes made (we all realize that there were!) What I think is a shame is that MOST of the right wing media and the House Republicans are trying to spin all of this into some kind of conspiracy that even some of the Fox News Pundits have discounted.

As tragic as these deaths were, where was the outrage (and where IS the outrage) against President Bush sending us into a war in Iraq based on a combination of faulty intelligence and out-and-out lies, with all the deaths that have resulted from that? And who is the president who ended that war? It wasn't Bush! Republicans are still convinced that Iraqi leaders were responsible for the original 9/11, even though it is untrue. I would rather have a president that takes time to look at an incident -- and he said it was an act of terror from the beginning. Congressman Forbes is engaging in grandstanding -- there will be an investigation regardless. And yes, President Obama was elected for a second term -- a fact of which I am very thankful.

The relationship of the timing of the revelation of Gen. Petreus' infidelity, and the distraction it has been to getting solid, provable answers to The Bengazi Question should also be part of the Inquiry. "Something's rotten in the state of 'Denmark' " . . . "reinforces the point and tone of some of Hamlet's earlier remarks—for example, that Denmark is 'an unweeded garden' of 'things rank and gross in nature' (Act 1, scene 2). When his father's ghost tells him his chilling tale in scene 5, the prince will realize just how rotten things really are in Denmark." http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/something-rotten-state-denmark

If that is what it takes, I agree, but why does it take legislation to investigate a failure like this? The present adminstration has so failed to provide an appropriate response. This is downright criminal. The level of negligence on the part of the State Department, the Pentagon, and the Intelligence Agency is astounding. The Obama Administration appears to have intentionally left our Ambassador and Seal members to die. The Democrats should also be ashamed for being silent on this. They too have sons and daughters in harms way. I would seriously second guess recommending a young man or woman entering the Armed Forces. Our present Administatin doesn't "have their back"!

I think that the country should learn from what happened and quit always trying to point fingers at each other. If the two political parties would stop acting like a couple of 2 year olds, this country could move forward and maybe get it straightened out for the future generations to have a country they love as I do.

I believe that was this talk about an investigation into this matter is just a lot of politics. The tragedy that happened in Benghazi is no one's fault other than the terrorist that caused it. Senator McCain, Senator Graham, and other Republicans are upset about the outcome of the election and they want to make sure that the second term of the Obama administration starts off badly by going on this witch hunt. I personally believe that their calls for an investigation into this matter for political reason is an insult to the memory of the ambassador and the others who died in the attack in Benghazi. The Middle East is in such turmoil right now and the situation is so fluid right now that it is difficult for the Obama administration, or any administration, to keep up with what is happening on the ground. I do not believe that a McCain administration, had there been a McCain administration, would be doing any better in dealing with what is going on in the Middle east at the present time. Additionally, the critics of the Obama administrations actions in the Middle East are hindering the two parties from coming together to resolve the fiscal issues that are confronting this country. Again, politics is at work here and the Republicans are attempting to weaken the Obama administrations position while Congress and the administration try to hammer out a solution to the fiscal issues with which the country is having to deal.

Why is it necessary to pass legislation in order to have our President report to Congress, as soon as possible, the results of the investigation into the attacks in Libya and other Middle Eastern locations. He is our elected representative and is, therefore, accountable to us for his actions/decisions as well as those of his appointees. I'm sure if he was still in Congress, he would be demanding that his president provide answers so any shortcomings that may exist can swiftly be discovered and remedied. I feel that more and more our leaders are forgetting that they hold their position "at the pleasure of the American people". We should not have to legislate doing the right thing.

First, we do not need legislation for yet ANOTHER investigation, which can be done by standing committees already. And it is time Congress got down to legislating for the good of the nation and not their party or power......and I don't mean a Republican Congress as portrayed by many of the former White House Staffers in the media.........I would like to give them CIVICS 101......2 Houses of Congress. Lower House---House of Representatives----Republican majority. Upper House--United States Senate----Democrat majority..... TOGETHER THEY MAKE UP CONGRESS.....So contrary to the media portrayal, It is NOT a REPUBLICAN Congress............So let's begin REALLY LEGISLATING....like say an annual budget for the Fiscal Year.......or begin consolidating agencies doing duplicate work such as the DEA and ATF......HHS and Department of Education........apologies or condolences can be sent without legislating it, and we need to stop WASTING time with exploratory committees, investigating committees, feasibility committees.....We all know how well things get done by committee.....

No YES but Hell YES. For the love of Pete, what have we become? Media has totally failed us. the House of Reps is the last thin line of defense against Administration Fraud. This administration has very bloody hands in the Bengazi affair and they seem quite comfortable obfuscating the truth about what happened. "when Clinton lied, no one died". We were promised Transparency, and all we have seen from Health law forward is LIES. the staff write the lies for a teleprompter, and the president walks out like a parrot and speaks the lies. A democracy run on lies will fall into Chaos. This administration cannot even handle simple math. its budget figures are laughable and how badly they fail to add up. And this Administration is the apex of the advent of the NARs. Neo American Racists. I can FEEL the racial animus from the administration, white and black, against mainstream white America, and especially our seniors, who the president seems to view as a bother and quite expendable. Yes, Randy, you must get to the bottom of it. relying on obama media and the administration gets us nowhere. He even threw Gen Petraeus under the bus to divert attention away from his Political Crimes in Bengazi. I see PURE EVIL at work and cannot understand why so many otherwise smart Americans turn a blind eye to it. Greg Culpepper

I wonder if this issue is politically motivated, and just another distraction from the work that needs to get done. How about the Republican majority in the House showing the American people that they are willing to work with the president to resolve problems? All I see is political gamesmanship on both sides and I’m growing tired of it.

I believe an inquiry into the attck is warranted and needed to get the facts straight on what happen. However, the way the survey question is phrased is inappropriate as it states facts that have yet to be examined and validated. A more appropriate question would have been, "Do you support legislation requiring an investigation to ascertain the facts with regards to the incident on 11 Sep 2012 involving our Consulate in Benghazi?" Vice making a statement that still needs to be vetted by the investigation. The way the question is worded seems very subjective and infers vice being objective. If you have any questions regarding my comment please feel free to contact me. V/R Timothy Kirkbride, LtCol, USAF (Ret)

The investigation is motivated by political rather than security needs. The people who are responsible for the deaths of the four Americans in Libya are not other Americans, but fanatics who could have struck anywhere. It is impossible to secure every America everywhere. This issue only diverts an incompetent Congress from the real problems facing the nation.

It is important to get to the bottom of this issue; however, it should be done in a reasonable and measured way. The biggest issue is security of our diplomats and support personnel. We need to make sure that we are doing everything to keep them safe. Focus on what went wrong and how it can be avoided in the future. If a coverup occurred, we can address that separtely with due process. We have time to prosecute the guilty, but it is way more important to prevent a similar event elsewhere. Starting a media frenzy about who did not do their job is premature until we have all the facts.

Congressional hearing led by Rep. Issa was and is critical because it started asking the right questions regarding the Benghazi Massacre. In my humble opinion we must allow Issa and his team to proceed with their hearing, in addition, include the current Senators McCain, Wagner & Ayotte to join the mission of fact-finding in Benghazi. Let's follow the Constitution, pursue truth and be un-afraid of the consequences. Our Founding Fathers suffered much for their commitment to provide us liberty and justice for all; including government officials from the president to the average United States citizen. All those Americans who lost their lives or were injured in Benghazi, along with the American people need to know the truth.

No, there should be investigations held by the executive branch into what went wrong and a report delivered to the American people. There should be no legislation passed. To me, this is grand standing. What I'd really like to see is legislation by congress (a bill) that makes mandatory special elections for members of the congress when a federal budget isn't passed by the middle of November of every year. The bill would call for immediate expulsion of ALL senators and representatives with elections for new members to be held within one week of failure to pass the budget.

I agree with what Wayne Ballard posted " Just like the 911 Commission, it issued its final report on July 22, 2004. After releasing the report, Commission Chair Thomas Kean declared that both Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were "not well served" by the FBI and CIA. The commission interviewed over 1,200 people in 10 countries and reviewed over two and a half million pages of documents, including some closely guarded classified national security documents. Before it was released by the commission, the final public report was screened[by whom?] for any potentially classified information and edited as necessary." I feel we all would love to know the truth on this war on "Terror". Even in the height of the cold war with Russia we didn't have to take our shoes off to fly on a plane.

In addition to gaining information relevent to lessons learned on the Libya attack, I also feel it is important to know why Congress reduced funding for security to all of our foreign missions in light of knowing the dangers that continue to exist for our personnel overseas.

"Despite repeated requests for security assistance and increased assaults against Western interests in the Middle East, the administration has yet to explain why no U.S. armed forces were available to aid these four American citizens." "A recent statement by Senators McCain, Graham, Ayotte and others asked the President “to level with the American people and tell us what happened and why these four brave Americans were not better protected.” " I am appalled by yesterday's statements by Senators Ayotte, McCain & Graham. They smack of disrespect to the President as a person and to the office of the President of the United States. I believe they are taking out their anger on many issues out on the President and maintaining the "obstructionist" posture the Republicans have been so famous for during the President's last term of office. They are seeking to punish him before the facts are out. What is wrong with this country and the old white men who are used to running the show? Gov. Jindal got it right yesterday when he labeled the Republican party "the party of stupid." We have, as a country, long respected the workings of the FBI, NSA & CIA and the requirement for secrecy until all investigations are completed. I think we are spoiled by the "24 hour news cycles" and demand to know every shred of evidence as it is uncovered. These pieces of evidence are usually gathered in secrecy in order to protect the integrity of the investigation, prevent collateral damage and maintain the safety of the investigators and their sources. Why on earth would anyone in his right mind wish to further risk the lives and limbs of investigators and principals involved in the search for the truth? I think, instead of proposing legislation to compel the POTUS to appear at a premature hearing, your constituents' interests would be better served if you issued a clarion call for RESTRAINT until this investigation has sifted through all of the evidence. Security of the nation comes before the emotional call to provide grieving family members all of the gory details of their loved ones' death or critical injuries. There once was a time when the citizens of this country understood the meaning of phrases like "Loose lips sink ships" and other wartime admonitions to maintain secrecy regarding the inner workings of the government. A "Watergate-style" investigation, legislation to compel the President to testify and the general distribution of CIA & State Department Secrets will only serve to divide the country further. Please don't give in to the oversized egos of certain members of the US Senate and the US Congress and begin a destructive internecine war simply because you don't agree with the President's philosophy and policies. The election is over and it's time to go back to work...and not the work of small-minded politics and politicians who want to "punish" the clear winner of the election. No more "obstructionist" politics and gridlock! You are employed by the people of this great country. They have spoken. Stop wasting our financial resources on these silly games and allow the government to work the way our founding fathers envisioned it to work. The investigation will be completed in the fullness of time.

I believe there should also be an investigation done about the massive amount of voter fraud allegations coming to light right now. Concurrently, there should be impeachment proceedings started against Obama. He should be criminally prosecuted for these cowardly acts of treason. What is happening with the Fast and Furious investigation also?

Typical grandstanding from the right. Investigation is already started so this is pointless. Where is the anguish for the thousands of American troops killed when former President Bush took us into an unnecessary war in Iraq?

The investigation should go on and I believe McCain is correct in having a special investigation should be appointed if those doing the investigation now do not come up with clear precise answers. Here was a country that the President went to bat for while in Brazil and did not get approval from Congress to do so and now we have this. What is the cover-up and it appears from an outsider that the FBI was doing as much cover-up and we need to knip this before we are taken over by "Big Brotherhood". When I worked in the intel community we would have been marched out of that environment immediately and stripped of our clearance and yet people just keep doing their same old stuff while the testimonies are dragged out. Enough is enough!

Typical grandstanding coming from the right wing. And where was the congressman when President Bush took us into an unnecessary war in Iraq based upon what has been generously termed "faulty intelligence?" The investigation on this very tragic incident has already started, so Congressman Forbes should get on with trying to work across the aisle so the House can actually accomplish something before it goes on YET another vacation.

Alright already: You cannot control what others plan in their country. Miss communication. When you have Americans on foreign soil our ambassador and members of security force know that this is a risk that that they assume. I saw a clip where our ambassador was instrumental in the over -throw of the leader of that country that in its self should have been reason not to return so soon. It was truly a love of the people that took him back to soon. He was an exceptional person to put others before himself. Republicans are are still upset over the elections so self centered.

It is already under investigtion. Why keep spending unnecessary money and time on this issue. I am well aware of the incident and do understand that the U. S. has procedures that it must follow according to the Constitution and B y-Laws. Representatives should be working TOGETHER to revamp the economy instead of looking for loopholes to single out the President. We are far to advanced and civilized to continue to dwell in hindsight. If you were the President, and you had competent people in place to take care of certain issues, would you always be ready to send troops out everytime they were called upon or would you investigate first? We need to work on how we can come together as a People. That is what should be at the top of the REPUBLICANS and DEMOCRATS agenda. According to Abraham Lincoln, "A house divided cannot stand".

it is being investigated. quit wasting time and do your job. work to solve the budget crisis by raising revenue in any and many ways at your disposal. quit using sub-contractors for security at the very least. how about creating an import tax or tariff on all manufactured goods to help bring manufacturing back to our shores. how about a 50% cut in foriegn aid across the board. repeal all "free" trade agreements that cost far more jobs than they ever create. secure our borders and expell all illegals.repeal all bush era tax cuts on incomes above 150k. implement a national lottery with numerous 100k winners. legalise and tax marijuana and spend the money to fight the hard drugs, rehab and education on the consequences. inspect all incoming cargo. initiate a border crossing fee in all directions. DO SOMETHING FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITIZENS.

No, stop wasting tax dollars. It is a sad event but it already occured. Be prepared for the congressional session and solving domestic problems.

Mr. Obama has shown no indication that he abides by the Rule of Law, so why will a new law make any difference? I believe impeachment is in order when the Executive breaches the Constitution and refuses to govern or be governed by the Rule of Law. I believe this is an instance of the "increased flexibility" he promised--he's bending us over a barrel!

I believe that Benghazi should be examined to determine what went wrong and plug the security holes. Why it would require legislation to do so is beyond me. We have all kinds of committees and congressional groups that are charged with this type of situation. The legislation that I want no I need to see is dealing with the immediate fiscal crisis that we have and should be focused on immediately. There never seems to be a problem with spending millions of taxpayer dollars in the hopes of being able to point a finger at an opposing political party. The American people deserve better. Stop the circus. Get our priorities in order. Let the right people work on Benghazi and get the answers, let the legislators get to work on the people's business and let's move America forward together.

Legislation or no legislation, either a congressional investigation, an Inspector General, or an independent investigation is necessary to get to the truth. Something is very fishy, as has always been the case with this administration.

think we are beyond just having legislation to uncover what is the responsibility of senate and congressional committees. I am in favor of impeaching the President for committing crimes against the country in regards to Benghazi and his failure to perform the duties of the President as outlined in the Constitution. If you and other members of Congress do not do your duty to stop him right now, he is going to see to it the Congress will lose all of its' constitutioanl given responsibilties as he is already in the process of doing with exective orders, no budget, and disregard for including them in major policy changes affecting our Country.

There are so many other things that are more important. It is unfortunate that four...FOUR Americans lost their lives, however how many will suffer because of the fiscal cliff we're about to go over? How many Americans were killed that same week in Afghanistan? How many will be killed next week? This isn't important to me ! !

If this unfortunate incident is already being investigated, why in the world do we want Congress any more in the middle of it? Congress was hired to do the work of the all the people. I think that as unfortunate as the attack in Libya was, our economy is more important at the end of the day. And before anyone jumps on me, I am a USAF veteran, my father is retired USMC, my son is currently active duty, and I have lived in the middle east - not as part of the military, but on the economy. So, I was completely aware, as is every person who works outside the borders of the US, how dangerous it is. It is accepted! Randy - we need attention to our current economic situation! That is why you were re-elected. And, oh BTW, help your fellow elected officials stop the bickering! Bickering and one-up-manship is counterproductive.

I believe that was this talk about an investigation into this matter is just a lot of politics. The tragedy that happened in Benghazi is no one's fault other than the terrorist that caused it. Senator McCain, Senator Graham, and other Republicans are upset about the outcome of the election and they want to make sure that the second term of the Obama administration starts off badly by going on this witch hunt. I personally believe that their calls for an investigation into this matter for political reason is an insult to the memory of the ambassador and the others who died in the attack in Benghazi. The Middle East is in such turmoil right now and the situation is so fluid right now that it is difficult for the Obama administration, or any administration, to keep up with what is happening on the ground. I do not believe that a McCain administration, had there been a McCain administration, would be doing any better in dealing with what is going on in the Middle East at the present time. Additionally, the critics of the Obama administrations actions in the Middle East are hindering the two parties from coming together to resolve the fiscal issues that are confronting this country. Again, politics is at work here and the Republicans are attempting to weaken the Obama administrations position while Congress and the administration try to hammer out a solution to the fiscal issues with which the country has to deal.

No, I do not think a bill is necessary. I believe there is an on going investigation. Will Petraeus tell the truth or not? The world knows that assistance was DENIED three times. This all comes back to the Muslim fraud in our WH. Do you think he will allow the truth to be told?

Every red blooded congressman should be beating down the doors of the white house. Get together as a group and march together as a group and go to the white house and demand answers. Camp out if you have to and be arrested if you have to but someone has got to stand up for America. Danceing around the elephant in the room has got to stop. You were elected to stand for the people of our district. Now stand, if you want us to stand with you say so and put it together. Im sick of polls. What are you going to do? Present the president with a poll.......give me a break. People have died over this..........how much more bloodshed is going to be spilled to keep this country free.........Congressman you are making history, do you want to be remembered taking a poll????????????????? God help us.......

I strongly believe it was a totally political coverup by the Obama administration to protect his manufactured and false image from being tarnished and blow his ineptitude regarding his foreign policy decisions before the election! It's mind blowing to me that so many people can be so easily lead by a corrupt few! GOD BLESS WHAT'S LEFT OF AMERICA!

This tragedy of Benghazi should not be used as a political "gotcha" by any intelligent member of Congress. And to attack Ms. Susan Rice, the U.N. Ambassador, for reporting the incident as provide her by the intelligence reports, is asinine. Colon Powell (Bush Admin) did not get as much flack for convencing the U.N. and the American people (with erroneous intelligence) to go along with the invasion of the sovereign government of Irac. The Civil War is over, and the preponderant number of Republican Party members needs to move past that war.

What happened in Benghazi is a horrible incident but to try and blame it on someone is ridiculous. If Congress does not stop the stupid, childish behavior and start to work with our President our country will be in grave circumstances. Working together is not a new concept yet it is totally lost on Congress. I really hope that people start to realize that and take a step to not re-elect anyone that does not feel the need to compromise.

The issue at hand is sequestration. I would apprecite all legislative energies being directed there. Enough with the distarcttions and please do the job you were voted in for.

The Terrorist attack, not spontaneous mob action needs to be completely investigated to determine several critical issues concerning the administrations analysis and determination of embassy and consulate security requirements and concerns: 1). Explain why the security posture in a "war, terrorist zone" was lower than embassy requirements in Western European capitals; 2) why specific actions of terror and intelligence determinations of heightened terrorist activity were ignored or discarded in determining we security requirements; 3) why was the State Department, Department of Defense, CIA and the administration so ill prepared to assist when the attack occurred; 4). What political determinations were made and advanced to promote or protect the administrations political agenda; 5). Was there coercion or duress applied to the CIA dire tore to "support" the mob premise; 6) was it avoidable and who, if anyone should be held accountable. My opinion is that a massive cover-up was set in motion and continues by the Obama administration about their and the Presidents personal involvement and direction.

No more tax-funded injuiries about foreign affairs until our domestic affairs are in order! Maybe if we closed all of our U.S. military and political posts around the world in all those countries that aren't named "United States of America", we wouldn't be barreling towards financial doom. Please use logic. Please stop spending borrowed Chinese money like a drucken sailor on leave. You and your pals are killing our country. PLEASE LISTEN TO US!

I think Congress should let the State Dept. have ample time to investigate what happened and then report back to Congress and the Citizens. Being a Diplomat has risks and I regret their loss, I don't think think we should rush and be so adversary to the President. (I would say this about any president we had in office, not just President Obama).

As much as I appreciate the weekly questions congressman Forbes I remain very concerned sir that you are hopelessly disconnected from the American people. For years now your constituents, and I'm sure the new voters in the district will notice in short order, we have had to cope with weekly questions highly partisan, far out of the realm of concerns the public has, and written in a way to skew the results in order to give you cover to do what you please. This is not leadership sir and it harms our nation. Many of us have asked you to rescind that ridiculous Grover Norquist blackmail pledge of obstruction and you refuse. I must tell you sir, please read the story about Mr. Norquist published on the website of Salon. You are embarrassing Virginia and this district. The voters here are not stupid sir. I agree with Al Blank and Traci Franssen. This thing is being investigated sir. What are you doing up there anyway. Last year you voted to shove our great nation into default sir. You deliberately acted to harm our country and you harmed us sir as a result of that vote. You harmed us deeply. You harmed the very private sector you claim you act in support of. There is simply no evidence whatsoever that you have done anything at all to compensate for the harm of policy you helped to implement. The extreme positions you have taken are of very deep worry for new residents of the district. We want you to succeed, but you must stop with the obstruction sir. The answer is NO, stay out of this matter and act immediately in cooperation to address the fiscal chaos you refused to act upon for over a year now. You did nothing sir on jobs, not even voting for a bill you sit on in the House that would have created 1 MILLION jobs already. Stop voting AGAINST tax cuts for the middle class and for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires that never delivered the jobs you promised. Please sir, do not feed us more widely discredited theory about regulations, job creators and taxes using highly partisan sources. I agree with the sentiment of republican governor Jindal, you've got to grow out of being the Stupid party. I also agree with former senator Simpson of the Bowles-Simpson commission who told all of you who signed the Grover Norquist pledge that you shouldn't even be in the congress! Good grief congressman Forbes...what is it going to take to move the country beyond this insanity?

Has the "Fiscal Cliff" issue has been addressed or has that been put behind this in priority?

Yes there should be an investigation. But these need to be open meetings not behind close doors. There are to many behind close door meetings.

Yes, both the actual incident and the cover-up need to be investigated. Four Americans were under attack and nothing was done to assist them, culminating in their murders. While the technical blame for their murders fall on the terrorists, government elitists enabled the murders to occur by NOT granting assistance. Something MUST be done.

Congressman, do you not think it would be more useful to investigate why you supported and then voted for a budget that cut millions of dollars from the State Department's request for Embassy security. It would be helpful to publish the memos you exchanged with the administration and/or the party leadership to shed light on why you chose to assume this position. Could you at least explain sir why you felt your vote was an acceptable risk?

Perhaps if Republicans wanted more information on Benghazi, 5 out of 8 on the committee shouldn't have skipped the briefing in order to complain to the media about not getting more information. Why do we need additional legislation? Congress already seems able to conduct investigations through their Hindsight is 20/20 Committee.

As Scott Novak said above, investigate, "try" to find out the "actual" facts. But, with all of the lying, deceit and spin, I really doubt if we will know the truth until years down the road. All of this speaks for the condition of our government. Transparency has been a joke. As an American, I am ashamed of half of our leadership. Congressman Forbes, I am proud of what you have stood for, one of the few good ones. Please stay the course for conservatism.

Perhaps if funding had not been cut in the house for embassies (which you voted to cut, in case you forgot) the attack might not have happened. You should do your job and stop making up stuff to be outraged about and fix the financial crisis we are facing. Get real and acknowledge that we need to allow the Bush tax cuts that got us into this financial mess to expire. Stop playing political games and do the business of the people!

Yes there should be an investigation so that we can properly protect those that are protecting our rights on foreign lands, but is it really nessessary to spend time on getting a bill passed? We have so many more important issues to deal with here at home..fiscal cliff which will a huge impact on so many Americans. I have been recieving your polls for way too long, I stopped answering b/c I did not feel that I was being heard by you. Our government should not be looking to see who is scoring more points, but what is right for all American people. It is time for Americans to pay attention to what our gov't is doing and if our president is the problem, well he wouldn't be the first president to be impeached.

I don't support harrasment of your President. Do you support prosecuting Bush and Cheny for lying to the country to start the Iraq war that Obama ended or for outing Valerie Plame or for shredding the Constitution?

The Accountability Review Board (ARB) is already investigating the incident. Additionally, Sec. Clinton is scheduled to appear before congress. If you want to know what happened, attend the briefing. Please stop wasting the constituents time on partisan nonsense. If you quote a nonpartisan source instead of the Heritage Foundation, you'd know about the ARB and Sec. Clinton's appearance.

The problem is already being addressed. This is another case of a witch hunt by Congress - especially Republican members who are trying to make the Obama administration look bad. Right now, Congress needs to be focused on avoiding the fiscal cliff. The Republican party is sticking to its guns on giving a tax break to the wealthy while President Obama made it clear in the election WHICH HE WON (and the people supported by and large) that he feels it's necessary to have the wealthy carry more of the load. I agree. The wealthy got that way by investing in things to make money for them - not in being concerned about creating jobs and helping the low and middle class. If you give the breaks to the lower wage earner, more of it will go back into the economy because they NEED to spend more.

Yes, I do support legislation requiring an investigation. There is much more to this story than has been reported, I believe. I have seen news articles claiming that there is not a consulate listed for Benghazi. Sure enough, I looked at the State Department's official website, and sure enough, there IS NO CONSULATE LISTED for Benghazi. The article further reported that the CIA Compound is being used as a front for CIA covert operations for insurgents and jihadists, including al Qaeda. The article claims that one of the covert operations purpose is to kill Asad. The article also stated that there were some prisioners being held there.

Thomas G, I absolutely agree with former Senator Simpson. Which is more sacred -- the oath of office to the Constitution of the United States or a pledge to Grover?

To those who say "move on, this is just political bickering"--the "tension" in our system of government is intentional. Without a "loyal opposition" party, no one would ask the tough questions necessary to prevent the majority party from evolving into a dictatorship. Ask the questions, Congressman, and keep asking them until the answers no longer reek of cover-up. To those who say "let the administration investigate"--you didn't say that when Watergate began to unfold. Everyone knows you can't put the fox in charge of the hen house. To those who say "this was unfortunate, but you should be working on the economy"--you're ignoring government's most important duty--to defend the USA. A strong defense depends on courageous volunteer service men and women who are willing to put their lives on the line for us...BUT...they only do that because they can count on others to watch their backs. Why would any sane person volunteer to serve a country where the highest officials sit on their hands and do nothing for 7 hours while our ambassador and 3 other Americans are methodically murdered? The State Department's budget wasn't an issue. Military assets were available and not used. If we can't get to the truth and fix what's wrong with a system that permitted our ambassador to be tortured, sodomized, and murdered, you can kiss our volunteer military goodby. Then, who will defend us?