Subject: 2016 GOP HIT on HRC
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Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 11:25:26 -0700

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5/4/16 2:23 PM
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Defense Department’s #Benghazi<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Benghazi> Letter Reeks Of Democratic Coordination bit.ly/1TmO3wo<https://t.co/1rCWWVRJhh> via @ChuckRossDC<https://twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/>
Defense Department’s Benghazi Letter Reeks Of Democratic Coordination<http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/04/defense-departments-benghazi-letter-reeks-of-democratic-coordination/>
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1:42 AM 05/04/2016
[Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tours Munster Steel in Hammond, Indiana, April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young]

The Defense Department official who last week sent a pointed letter hammering the Benghazi Committee’s investigation into the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks, has deep connections to Democrats, as does the agency’s new liaison to the committee.

The direct tone of the letter, as well as the fact that it was leaked and publicized by committee Democrats, raises questions over whether the document was crafted in order to stymie the committee’s investigation.

In a letter to South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy 
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, Stephen Hedger, who serves as assistant secretary of defense for legislative affairs, accused Republicans on the committee of employing “unproductive” tactics and issuing “continuous threats” to subpoena Defense Department employees.

“The number and continued pace of these requests since February 2016 are in tension with your staff’s statements that the Committee expects to finish its investigation in the near term,” wrote Hedger in the letter<http://democrats-benghazi.house.gov/sites/democrats.benghazi.house.gov/files/documents/2016_04_28_DOD_Letter_to_Gowdy.pdf>, which is unusual for its directness.
Lauren Hendricks