Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Thanks for proving my point, apparently you can't read, they cut their request, not the spending itself! Democrats cut the request when they were in power, the funds have been going up every year.

Oct. 10, 2012 hearing:
QUESTION: It has been suggested that budget cuts were responsible for a lack of security in Benghazi. And I'd like to ask Ms. Lamb, you made this decision personally. Was there any budget consideration and lack of budget which led you not to increase the number of people in the security force there?
DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE CHARLENE LAMB: No, sir.