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Sen. Graham: GOP-led Benghazi report 'full of crap'

"I think the report is full of crap," Graham told host Gloria Borger on CNN's State of the Union, a Sunday morning news show.

By UPI Staff

ATLANTA, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- During an appearance on CNN, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., flatly refused to accept the conclusions of a GOP-led report clearing the Obama administration of wrongdoing or coverup in the 2012 Benghazi attack.

"I think the report is full of crap," Graham told host Gloria Borger on CNN's State of the Union, a Sunday morning news show.

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Later in the interview, Graham called conclusions reached by the report "a bunch of garbage." He said he doesn't believe the report is accurate.

When Borger asked Graham why the Republican chairman of the Intelligence Committee would be "buying a bunch of garbage," Graham simply replied, "good question."

The report was released Friday by the GOP-led House Intelligence Committee. Its Chairman is Mike Rogers, R-Mich. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., is a ranking member.

Following a two-year investigation the GOP-controlled House Intelligence Committee cleared the CIA of any failure in the 2012 attack on the American embassy in Benghazi that killed U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.

The CIA "ensured sufficient security for CIA facilities in Benghazi and ... bravely assisted the State Department," the report concluded. The panel also said there was no delay in sending a CIA rescue team and no missed opportunity for a military rescue.

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