WASHINGTON — The former top lawyer for the Army will be chief counsel for Republicans on the House committee investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
Retired Lt. Gen. Dana Chipman was judge advocate general for the Army from 2009-2013.
The special committee, led by Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-Spartanburg, is preparing for its first public hearing in September.
Chipman “is a person of great character and integrity, with outstanding legal credentials, who dedicated his professional life to the apolitical service to our country and reached the highest levels of his profession,” Gowdy said Thursday through a spokeswoman.
“If you are serious about conducting a fair, thorough, fact-centric investigation devoid of gratuitous partisanship, it stands to reason you would select someone with those same characteristics to lead the investigation,” he said.
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- August 27, 2014 3:20 am
