Congresswoman Foxx Agrees with Getting Benghazi Committee

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement regarding Speaker John Boehner’s announcement that the House of Representatives will empanel a select committee to investigate the September 11, 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi. “Recently released emails suggest that the White House was intimately involved in the media response to Benghazi. I support Speaker Boehner’s decision to set up a select committee to investigate whether the White House initiated politically-motivated spin about this critical lapse in our diplomatic security,” said Rep. Foxx. Last week, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the White House released a series of emails from the days after of the attack. In the emails, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes edited early talking points in an attempt to ensure the attacks were blamed on “[An] Internet video, and not a broader failure or policy.”