"Republicans" as if Democrats had nothing do with the decision.
However, the reason Benghazi didn't get the additional embassy funding was because it WASN'T an EMBASSY yet....it wasn't even a consulate yet. That's what hilLIARy's agenda was about.....creating one. It would have been an easy thing to give that extra security funding to Tripoli as stated in the budget, and put those agents on loan to Benghazi (it's a practice that's done all the time around the world, JP), but she and her Dept ignored it.
As for your politico link, you do know they are left leaning, don't you? They have become more so over the last ten years so I don't see them as a very credible source anymore for fact checking....however, read the following paragraphs taken from my link that has the actual Congressional hearing statements and the factual numbers regarding security budgets (I don't think you bothered to read my link since you were so frenzied to prove me wrong)...and pay attention to the second paragraph showing that the budget BALLOONED except for the years 2011 and 2012, so there was plenty of money available as Lamb testified to. Then read the last two paragraphs from Lamb's testimony. MONEY was never an issue. IT WAS NEGLECT ON THE PART OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND HER DEPARTMENT THAT GOT THEM KILLED.
"Democratic New York Rep. Eliot Engel claimed Congress "slashed" diplomatic security requests over the past two years.
Budget numbers, though, show the overall diplomatic security budget has ballooned over the past decade. While there were modest decreases in funding in recent years -- and Congress has approved less than was requested -- the overall security budget has more than doubled since fiscal 2004.
For that year, the budget was $640 million. It steadily climbed to $1.6 billion in fiscal 2010. It dipped to $1.5 billion the following year and roughly $1.35 billion in fiscal 2012.
Slightly more has been requested for fiscal 2013.
It's difficult to tell how much was specifically allocated for Benghazi. Tripoli was the only post mentioned in the department's fiscal 2013 request -- funding for that location did slip, from $11.5 million in fiscal 2011 to $10.1 million the following year. Slightly more has been requested for fiscal 2013.
Still, then-Deputy Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security Charlene Lamb testified in October that the size of the attack -- and not the money -- was the issue.
Asked if there was any budget consideration that led her not to increase the security force, she said: "No."