Graham urged the House to form a joint committee and 'get away from this blame game.' Graham to block picks over Benghazi

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday he will hold up “every appointment” in the Senate until more questions are answered on Benghazi.

“I’m going to block every appointment in the United States Senate until the survivors [of the attack in Benghazi] are being made available to the Congress,” Graham said on Fox News’s “Fox and Friends.” “I’m tired of hearing from people on TV and reading about stuff in books.”


Graham (R-S.C.), who also tweeted about wanting to talk to those survivors, said Congress needs to “up its game”. He called for a joint select committee and addressed House Republicans on their efforts to continue pressing the administration on Benghazi.

“If we don’t have a joint select committee to get out of this stove piping problem, we’re never going to get the truth,” Graham said.

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“To my House colleagues, [Rep.] Darrell Issa has done great job. To Speaker [John] Boehner, please for God’s sakes, form a joint committee to get away from this blame game and find out exactly what happened,” Graham said.

Graham also said that he thinks information has been classified for “political reasons more than anything else” and that Congress will continue to push this issue.

“We’re just beginning on Benghazi,” the senator said. “And to the families, we’re not going to let this go.”

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney responded to questions on Graham’s comments during Monday’s press briefing and said Republicans were “playing politics” on the issue.

“When it comes to I think the evident politicizing of Benghazi, it is as unfortunate today as it was last year and since then,” Carney said.

Carney also added that the Senate needs to move on nominations and that the administration has been cooperative.

“We obviously believe very strongly that the Senate needs to move expeditiously to consider and confirm the many qualified presidential nominees whose nominations are pending,” Carney said.

“I think it’s unfortunate to hold up any nominee or any nomination process. And when it comes to doing so for this reason, I think I’ve noted the considerable cooperation that the administration has provided on these issues,” Carney said.