Congressman: Hillary Agreed To Testify Before Benghazi Committee

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the ... Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has agreed to testify before the House’s special committee on Benghazi if asked, a Democratic congressman told CNN on Tuesday.

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the ranking member on the committee, said chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) had asked Cummings to check if Clinton would be willing to testify.

“She immediately said she would and that she wanted to come in December, but if December did not work, she would come in January,” Cummings said. “She said I’ll do it, period. The fact is she was very clear. She did not hesitate for one second.”

Asked to confirm Cummings’s statement, Clinton spokesman Nick Merril told TPM: “I’ll leave it to the committee to address their plans.”

Gowdy has signaled that the committee’s investigation could extend into 2016, leading many Democrats to view the probe as a political ploy to trip up Clinton’s presumed presidential candidacy.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who has argued that the Benghazi attack that killed four Americans “precluded” Clinton from becoming president, has urged the committee to subpoena Clinton.

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  1. They’re still yammering about Benghazi!11!?

    She’ll eat 'em alive.

  2. You don’t run from these jokers. You go STRAIGHT at 'em.

    “And I oughta know. I won both of 'em.”

    Just like that.

  3. Avatar for pfair pfair says:

    Hillary is smart and has a good heart. Perhaps the ongoing Benghazi Committee hasn’t read their own report yet and she is going to read it to them as their copy was most probably just mislaid.

  4. Avatar for don don says:

    You can’t possibly use reason or logic with republicans, they’ll miss it every time and go for
    her jugular just like vampires.

  5. DRINK!!!

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