Elijah Cummings On His Benghazi Assignment: 'Do Not Allow Any Untruth To Go Unchallenged'

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Elijah Cummings On His Benghazi Assignment: 'Do Not Allow Any Untruth To Go Unchallenged'

by Sam Stein at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/21/elijah-cummings-benghazi-_n_5368445.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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As Cummings sees it, his strategy is three-fold. The first prong, he said, will be to "figure out exactly what they're looking for ... to focus on not who I am up against, but what I am searching for." Without a clear understanding of the questions the committee is trying to answer, he argued, Republican members will never be satisfied with the outcome.

"You basically would have a major fishing expedition," Cummings saidd. "If there's no measurement, there's no end ... This could literally go on for years unless you figure out what you're looking for. That's a problem."

The second element of Cummings' approach is, as he put it, to "constantly raise the issues." Ambiguity gives oxygen to the critics and conspiracy theories, he argued, which makes it imperative for Democrats to get the relevant facts laid out in a timely manner.

"What I've learned from the past is to actually use what I already have," he said.


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[butterfly77]

1. We all should let the DEMS..

on the panel know from day one what they aren't asking or challenging..

[longship]

2. I will like to hear about Tammy Duckworth.

I cannot think that she will let much bullshit slip by her.

I am very very glad that she will be there.

[okaawhatever]

3. K & R nt