While former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was testifying Thursday, the White House blasted the House Select Committee on Benghazi as a costly, partisan waste of time.
White House spokesman Eric Schultz said the committee has been investigating the Benghazi terrorist attacks since May 2014 — a total of 532 days.
“That is a longer time span than the investigations of Pearl Harbor, the Kennedy assassination, Iran-Contra and Hurricane Katrina,” Mr. Schultz said. “$4.7 million has been spent on this investigation. That number does not include the previous seven House and Senate committees that have looked at this.”
He added, “Even as Republicans concede this is a political exercise, you see Secretary Clinton and you see members of our administration cooperating.”
When a reporter told Mr. Schultz that a new poll shows more than half of Americans aren’t satisfied with Mrs. Clinton’s answers about Benghazi, the spokesman replied, “Well, I imagine some of those people are tuning in today.”
“I think if you look at her opening statement today, you saw someone who genuinely cares and is devoted to the safety and security of our men and women who serve in diplomatic posts,” Mr. Schultz said. “I’m not sure you heard that same level of commitment from Republicans who have been focused on every issue but.”
• Dave Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.
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