Reporting from Washington —
Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) (click here) said Friday that he would form a House select committee to
investigate the September 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in
Benghazi, Libya.
At the same time, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, subpoenaed Secretary of State John F. Kerry to testify before another panel over the issue, which continues to drive conservatives before the midterm elections.
Boehner said he had little choice but to begin a House investigation after the State Department
released a previously undisclosed email showing that a top White House
aide had coordinated talking points about the attack for then-U.S.
Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice....