Monday, April 14, 2014

Current Events - April 14, 2014


Hillary Clinton ‘All But Erased” from Benghazi

Hillary Clinton has been “all but erased” from reports and documents of what happened in Benghazi, with multiple inquiries into her role in the incident hitting dead ends, according to the Washington Times.
Over the past 18 months, there have been at least seven public congressional hearings and three fact-finding reports on the terrorist attack. If not invisible, Mrs. Clinton is certainly portrayed as being only in the background during Benghazi, unaware of key events. [...]
On key questions, there is a dead end. For example, the nation’s two most senior military officials said they never spoke with Mrs. Clinton during the eight-hour crisis in Benghazi, Libya.
The State Department refused to cooperate for a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence investigation, Republicans say, and her name is not in the final report.
Mrs. Clinton testified that she was never informed about how susceptible the Benghazi diplomatic mission was to attack or about requests for more security officers. On the infamous Benghazi talking points, that process was carried out below her level, she said.
Obama Proposed 442 Tax Hikes Since Taking Office

President Barack Obama has proposed 442 tax hikes since taking office in 2009, according to an Americans for Tax Reform analysis.
Those 442 proposed taxes do not include 20 tax increases that became law when Obama signed the Affordable Care Act. It also does not include the tobacco tax hike Obama signed in 2009.
“History tells us what Obama was able to do. This list reminds us of what Obama wanted to do,” said ATR president Grover Norquist.
Obama proposed the taxes in his budgets for fiscal years 2010 through 2015.
ATR notes that the lowest proposed tax increases were included in the budgt released during an election year.



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