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Getty McCarthy redoubles his defense of Benghazi committee

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is out with another statement defending the Benghazi committee, less than 12 hours after Hillary Clinton released an TV advertisement featuring the California Republican seeming to say it was "created for political reasons."

"The mission of the Select Committee on Benghazi is to find the truth — period," McCarthy, a California Republican, said in a statement released by his office Tuesday morning. "The integrity of Chairman Gowdy, the committee and the work they've accomplished is beyond reproach. The serious questions Secretary Clinton faces are due entirely to her own decision to put classified information at risk and endanger our national security."

Clinton released an ad Monday night, highlighting McCarthy's comments about the panel on Fox News. "Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right?" McCarthy is shown saying in the ad. "But we put together a Benghazi special committee. What are her numbers today?"

McCarthy has tried to walk back the comments, and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) also issued a statement to try to clean the remarks up.