Republicans call for depositions in Benghazi probe, amid revelation Clinton barely interviewed

Published May 12, 2013

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  FILE: Jan. 15, 2013: House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and other lawmakers on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C.AP

House Republican leaders signaled Sunday they are not finished with their investigations into the fatal Benghazi terror attacks, calling for depositions and saying more whistle-blowers are considering coming forward.

Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, told “Fox News Sunday” that more potential and self-proclaimed “whistle-blowers” might come forward after three of them – career State Department foreign service employees – testified last week before the House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee.

“We have had people come forward because of the (hearing) and say we would also like to talk," the Michigan Republican told “Fox News Sunday.” "I do think we're going to see more whistle-blowers. Certainly my committee has been contacted, I think other committees as well."

The Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, killed four Americans. Congressional Republicans have since led efforts to learn whether the Obama administration provided adequate security and if the explanation of events was altered as part of a possible political cover-up.

Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House oversight committee, said Sunday he wants to take depositions from the leaders of an earlier review board.

The California Republican told NBC’s “Meet the Press” he would like to interview under oath former Ambassador Thomas Pickering and retired Adm. Mike Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Pickering and Mullen led an investigation that examined the September attacks that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.

California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein told NBC that Congress' review seems aimed at discrediting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her potential 2016 presidential bid.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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