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Topic: Congress wants answers on Petraeus affair |
Congress wants answers on Petraeus affair
Associated Press, by Anne Flaherty*
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Posted By:earlybird, 11/11/2012 9:06:51 PM
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| WASHINGTON — Members of Congress said Sunday they want to know more details about the FBI investigation that revealed an extramarital affair between ex-CIA Director David Petraeus and his biographer, questioning when the retired general popped up in the FBI inquiry, whether national security was compromised and why they weren´t told sooner. (Snip) Staffers for Petraeus said Kelley and her husband were regular guests at events he held at Central Command headquarters. In a statement Sunday evening, Kelley and her husband, Scott, said: "We and our family have been friends with Gen. Petraeus and his family
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Comments: *Kimberly Dozier and Adam Goldman
Kelley was given an appreciation certificate naming her an "honorary ambassador" by the coalition countries represented at CENTCOM.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
rational, 11/11/2012 9:15:00 PM (No. 9008064)
Mr. "I WON" and Mr. E. Holder say screw Congress.
Case Closed.
Thanks Darrell ISSA.....you my dear have always been WORTHLESS!!!
Fast and Furious was allowed to die on the vine as this disaster will too. No responsibility at all.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
WyoEagle, 11/11/2012 9:16:11 PM (No. 9008065)
Were the intelligence committees required to be notified? I can see pros and cons, but what is th law or the SOP?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Muncsdad, 11/11/2012 9:25:53 PM (No. 9008072)
I want answers about why our ambassador was killed in Libya and our government did NOTHING to help.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Bubbasuncle, 11/11/2012 9:27:29 PM (No. 9008075)
Shouldn´t this headline have been published on 4/1? Please, nothing, and I mean nothing will come of this. The Regime will stonewall and the press will run interference. Let´s just get used to it folks, the Dark Side has won, all we can do is keep our heads down and try to survive.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Italiano, 11/11/2012 9:35:01 PM (No. 9008085)
They may want to check out Hillary / Huma while they´re listening at bedroom doors. Who knows what they´ll learn?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Cleanhousein2012, 11/11/2012 9:36:57 PM (No. 9008086)
Congress wants answers? Hahahaha
Congress is irrelevant. They´ve ensured it already.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
so_free_me, 11/11/2012 9:43:07 PM (No. 9008093)
Well at least we know who the other other woman is. Or not. I don´t trust any of this.
To have any sense of what really happened, you would have to have a person of honor, a person you can trust to tell the truth come forward and talk openly to us. And where would we stumble upon such a mythical person in this sad and sorry debacle?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
LouD, 11/11/2012 10:23:50 PM (No. 9008123)
I´m with #3. I too want answers about Benghazi, and not some of that shuck and jive excuses. Someone must pay, and we want the perps responsible punished NOW!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Stopstoreload, 11/11/2012 10:44:53 PM (No. 9008139)
This whole mistress thing is a smear to cover up the facts. Anyone in a congressional committee hearing who brings the mistress issue into question when he or she should be bearing down on the Benghazi issue is a paltroon or a fool... or a Democrat, which may include one or the other or both of the foregoing.
They are not to be trusted because they have no standards.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
janylou, 11/11/2012 11:20:44 PM (No. 9008161)
I want to know if Petraeus was blackmailed into giving that information to congress regarding that video causing a riot when he knew all along that it was a terrorist attack. I hope he voluntarily comes before congress-especially if he has any honor at all.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 11/11/2012 11:25:58 PM (No. 9008164)
Shouldn´t Benghazi be #1 on the list
The rest of US want answers on Benghazi.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Polecat49, 11/11/2012 11:29:47 PM (No. 9008166)
Once again our republican house of representatives is being played for a bunch of FOOLS. They should have gone back into session over Libya, but were played like violins by zero and company. Republicans, the only political party in History to continually pull Defeat out of the jaws of victory.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
radrelic, 11/12/2012 2:28:55 AM (No. 9008252)
Hope Petraeus has Vince Foster insurance. And don´t bother calling Hillary-she really can et away with not remembering or recalling once more?
Broadwell has no blue dress for life insurance.
So what does the General have that makes these women think with their lady parts? The must be married to liberal men.
Out of the facetious tone...feminize your menfolk ladies and that is who you sleep with (or should resign yourself to)--although I´m not sure I want to mock the victim husband or husbands? Not too sure want to defame Kelley but if she was also actively engaged with Petraaeus´ mystique, what is with these Doctors´ wives? When is enough enough in this generation of lovers of self?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Spidey, 11/12/2012 3:51:37 AM (No. 9008268)
If the woman sent a nasty e mail,she´d be a fool for not making her bio of signing up a complete fake. Otherwise how could the FBI track her down using her e mail account.
Because of what Ms. Broad ell potentially knows, she´s a real menace to the Obama administration.Wouldn´t surprise me if she got book and movie offers.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
JAN, 11/12/2012 4:53:38 AM (No. 9008281)
Ozero to congress
Shove It
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Kansas Conservative, 11/12/2012 5:35:20 AM (No. 9008296)
Congress is a weak eunuch. It never pushes back against executive branch excesses. Time to man up, little congressional pubbies! Don´t be a weak cuckold like Paula Broudwell´s wussie husband!
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