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Threats of another Government Shutdown
Hillary’s emails
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count for government business
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material (whether it was classi-
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ed government secrets through a
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trying to make it seem like the
greatest act of treason since Ben-
edict Arnold tried to sell out West
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give her and forget about it, right?
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also Benghazi.
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our recent history. A U.S. ambas-
sador and three of his aides were
murdered in a terrorist attack on
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of Benghazi in 2012. Clinton led
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Republican-controlled standing
committees in Congress have
conducted no fewer than eight
investigations into the matter so far,
all fallow.
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everywhere she went.
That’s lame. A secretary of
state is constantly surrounded by
dozens of minions who can carry
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their chief.
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slightly off-center move we’ve
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Their transgressions never seem
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you wondering if there’s some-
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It was by any measure a classic
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much is made of it unless Hillary
Clinton is secretary of state.
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cans can’t let go of it. Rumors
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interfering with the security at the
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to stand down, even running guns
out of the facility. All garbage, of
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time to go ethical.
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committees in Congress have con-
ducted no fewer than eight inves-
tigations into the matter so far, all
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vestigate the incident.
That was 16 months and $4
million ago. Now they’ve discov-
ered that some of Hillary’s emails
mentioned — you guessed it —
Benghazi. That means more hear-
ings on the way.
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come off one of its interminable
vacations and given itself 12 days
to vote on the Iran nuclear deal,
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on vacation again so they can go
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Oh, I forgot. There’s Planned
Parenthood, too.
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is threatening to refuse to vote
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vides federal health care money
for Planned Parenthood, which
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with federal funds).
They say that if their demands
aren’t met, they’ll shut down the
government.
That’s it, then. Hillary Clinton’s
emails, Benghazi, and Planned
Parenthood. Solve those and all
our troubles are over.
Not.
OtherWords columnist Donald
Kaul lives in Ann Arbor, Mich.