Democrats Divided Over Participation In Benghazi Panel
House Democrats remained divided Friday over whether to participate in the GOP-led investigation into the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012. The attack killed the U.S. ambassador and three others.
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said negotiations were continuing with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, over a Democratic role in the investigation. As we told you yesterday [Thursday], the House voted mostly along party lines to establish a new investigative committee to look into circumstances surrounding the attack. NPR's Scott Neuman reported:
"Republicans accuse the White House of misleading the public about the nature of the Sept. 11, 2012, attack and stonewalling efforts by Congress to investigate. Democrats see the creation of the new investigative committee as an election-year political ploy to raise money and motivate the party's base.