Democrats Wednesday pooh-poohed charges of a cover-up of the Benghazi terror attacks last year, saying charges from Republican lawmakers and State Department employees were overblown and had been answered.
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"I don't think there's a smoking gun here today," said Rep. Mark Pocan, Wisconsin Democrat. "Not even a lukewarm slingshot."
Mr. Pocan is a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which held a hearing Wednesday to take testimony from State Department officials, including one who was one the ground in Libya during the attack, which killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
While Republicans on the panel raised questions about the Obama administration's handling of the attack and its aftermath, many Democrats in their questions rushed to the administration's defense.
Democratic Rep. John Tierney of Massachusetts said the House Intelligence Committee had already looked at the issue of controversial "talking points" prepared by officials a few days after the attack.
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