(Corrects paragraph 5 to say Gowdy is from South Carolina, **t Pennsylvania, and inserts dropped words in paragraph 15 to read "... presidential **minee Mitt Romney's ...) By Steve Holland and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - Benghazi is back. The controversy over the deadly 2012 attack in the Libyan city has resurfaced with Republicans accusing the White House of creating a political *****screen in the aftermath of Benghazi to protect President Barack Obama's re-election. Republicans hope to gain election-year traction on the issue, but could face a voter backlash if they push it too hard. Until a 2012 email on Benghazi from top Obama foreign policy aide Ben Rhodes surfaced last week, the events surrounding the attacks on a U.S. compound in Benghazi had largely faded from media attention.
05-07-2014, 03:02 PM
Benghazi: The issue that lives on, and on, and on
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