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And when Obama requested more funding for the State Department for embassy security from the GOP-controlled House of Representatives, what did they do? From CNN:
According to Democratic House Oversight Committee staff, the amount that the GOP-led House passed for two accounts that pay for embassy security in fiscal 2012 ($2.311 billion) was $330 million less than the Obama administration had requested ($2.641 billion).
A GOP House Appropriations Committee aide confirmed the House bill had less in these accounts than what the administration requested.
However, the final bill, after being worked on by the Democratic-led Senate, put in more money than what had passed in the House. The final bill, which passed with bipartisan support, gave a total of $2.37 billion to these accounts for fiscal 2012 -- about $270 million less than what the administration had requested.
Conclusion: The GOP-led House did initially approve about $330 million less than what the administration requested, but in the final bill, passed with bipartisan support after adjustments by the Senate, put the amount a little closer to the administration's target.
But it was STILL $270M less than what the administration had requested. When there's not enough funding to provide security at all embassies, the State Department is FORCED to not have enough security. "We're not going to give you enough money to provide more security, but if anything happens, it's still your fault!"
In other words, the GOP didn't want to sufficiently fund the security of the embassies, but sure as hell wanted to point the finger when it turned out that the security was insufficient.
So, why didn't the State Dept., under Secretary Clinton's "leadership," close the Embassy and bring our people home. Other countries did.