WASHINGTON –House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today made the following statement on the capture of Ahmad Abu Khatallah for the attacks on the US diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya:

WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today responded to the Department of Defense’s reports on the security clearance process. The DOD reports, ordered in the wake of the Navy Yard shooting, demonstrate that Aaron Alexis held a security clearance despite a background full of red flags that should have been spotted in the clearance process.

WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today responded to the Department of Defense’s reports on the security clearance process. The DOD reports, ordered in the wake of the Navy Yard shooting, demonstrate that Aaron Alexis held a security clearance despite a background full of red flags that should have been spotted in the clearance process.

Each year, the federal government offers billions of dollars in small-businesses contracts to service-disabled veterans so that they can grow their company while providing the government with needed services and goods.

Unfortunately, sometimes unscrupulous individuals seek to take advantage of veterans’ initiatives.