Jason Chaffetz Admits House Republicans Cut Funding For Embassy Security

Submitted by William

Republican Jason Chaffetz of Utah admits that the GOP-led House consistently cut funding to the State Department for embassy security since it took over leadership in 2010.

On Wednesday morning, CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien asked the Utah Republican if he had “voted to cut the funding for embassy security.”

“Absolutely,” Chaffetz said. “Look we have to make priorities and choices in this country. We have…15,000 contractors in Iraq. We have more than 6,000 contractors, a private army there, for President Obama, in Baghdad. And we’re talking about can we get two dozen or so people into Libya to help protect our forces. When you’re in tough economic times, you have to make difficult choices. You have to prioritize things.”

By: William

retired military , former cop, lifelong gym rat and doting grandfather alive and living in Maine