GOP Benghazi team starts probe with long list of accusations of administration wrongdoing
FILE - In this May 21, 2013, file photo, Rep. Martha Roby, R-Ala., speaks to the reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Republicans hoping to ride Benghazi to a November sweep of midterm elections have entrusted a seven-member team, including Roby, with "getting to the truth," in the words of House Speaker John Boehner, on whether the Obama administration misled Americans about the deadly attack. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)The Associated Press
FILE - This June 18, 2013 file photo shows Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans hoping to ride Benghazi to a November sweep of midterm elections have entrusted a seven-member team, including Westmoreland, with "getting to the truth," in the words of House Speaker John Boehner, on whether the Obama administration misled Americans about the deadly attack. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)The Associated Press
FILE - This June 18, 2013 file photo shows Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans hoping to ride Benghazi to a November sweep of midterm elections have entrusted a seven-member team, including Pompeo, with "getting to the truth," in the words of House Speaker John Boehner, on whether the Obama administration misled Americans about the deadly attack.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)The Associated Press
FILE - This Feb. 6, 2014, file photo shows Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill in Washington.Republicans hoping to ride Benghazi to a November sweep of midterm elections have entrusted a seven-member team, including Jordan, with "getting to the truth," in the words of House Speaker John Boehner, on whether the Obama administration misled Americans about the deadly attack.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)The Associated Press
FILE - This May 6, 2014 file photo shows Rep. Susan Brooks, R-Ind., leaving after casting her vote in Carmel, Ind. Republicans hoping to ride Benghazi to a November sweep of midterm elections have entrusted a seven-member team, including Gowdy, with "getting to the truth," in the words of House Speaker John Boehner, on whether the Obama administration misled Americans about the deadly attack. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)The Associated Press
WASHINGTON Republicans hoping to ride their Benghazi investigation to a November election sweep have entrusted a seven-member team with "getting to the truth," in the words of House Speaker John Boehner, about whether the Obama administration misled Americans about the deadly attack in Libya.
They insist the investigation isn't political.
But several GOP members of the new House Select Committee on Benghazi have made claims about administration wrongdoing. Some have participated in previous investigations into how the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other Americans were killed on Sept. 11, 2012, and how the administration responded.
Democrats have yet to say if they'll participate in what will be the eighth investigation since the attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in the eastern Libyan city.
Republicans say they need to find out why security was insufficient, what the president did the night of the attack, why the U.S. military didn't intervene, why initial explanations focused on a protest over a YouTube video and whether the administration deliberately sought to hide evidence about its conduct.
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GOP Benghazi team starts probe with long list of accusations of administration wrongdoing