[credit: Steve Sack, Minneapolis Star-Tribune]
The question that was not asked amid the highly partisan posturing at the House hearings held this week was: why was the embassy so lightly guarded when it was clear to the consulate staff that Libya was disintegrating in the aftermath of the removal of Muammar Qaddafi? The target of the Repugnants is Hillary Clinton, whom they believe they will have to face in the next round of presidential elections.