The congressmen sitting on that panel are part of the same congress that cut the state department budget.
Semper Fi
The issue is whether or not there was an air asset with a Pave Penny pod capable of engaging the mortar crew that Ty Wood was illuminating with his laser designator. It doesn't matter how much was spent or misspent else where if the POTUS wouldn't allow the attackers to be engaged during the election. The sky could have been darkened by Predator drones loaded with missiles, but what does it matter now if they were ordered not to engage?
That is what matters. It mattered then. It mattered during the POTUS election. It matters to the families of those that died because they were not given air support. It matters because it involves telling the truth rather than running with a lie for weeks that it was all about a movie that wasn't seen by any of the attackers. It matters because the man involved in that attack was also involved in the recent Algerian refinery attack. It matters to those of us that wore a uniform and had a code of 'NO MAN LEFT BEHIND'. How about Semper Fidelis to that? Don't leave your combat troops out to die because it would inconvenient in an election. That is what matters now. If throwing out trite Latin phrases is in vogue; what about
Sic Semper Tyrannis Curabitur Semper Fidelis[
Always faithful to the quote ever thus to tyrants]? It matters in that we have a POTUS that is now ruling by fiat and mob rule of what is current on FaceBook, and has long since abandoned the rule of law.