re: Benghazi

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Can someone explain to me what exactly the scandal is with regards to Benghazi, and why it is grounds for impeachment?

I get that the Obama administration candy coated the initial response to it since it was an election year, but politicians do that all the time. Doesn't excuse it, but doesn't make it grounds for impeachment. All the investigations haven't turned up anything all that damning, so I'm confused why Republicans are so hell bent on this issue. I know part of it is an attempt to damage Hillary Clinton and her possible Presidential run in 2016, but the rest of it just seems like a colossal waste of time and resources. It was a tragedy, and one that probably could have been avoided, but the ongoing witch hunt is a bit much

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It isn't grounds for impeachment, but it should be damning for those involved. Hillary even more so than Obama.

The multitude of frickups that would up with a US ambassador dead were bad but that sort of thing happens (see USMC Beruit, 1983 and Mogadishu, 1993). The outright lies put forward and sometimes under oath afterwards are far worse.