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Senator threatens hold on nominees

More on Benghazi demanded

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS

Posted: February 11, 2013 at 5:11 a.m.

ANN HEISENFELT
Credit: AP
 U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Sunday that he would hold up Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama’s nominees to head the Pentagon and the CIA until the White House provided more answers about the Sept. 11 attack against a U.S. installation in Benghazi, Libya.

A leading Republican senator said Sunday that he would hold up Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama’s nominees to head the Pentagon and the CIA until the White House provided more answers about the Sept. 11 attack against a U.S. installation in Benghazi, Libya.

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