. . UNITED STATES: POLITICS: John McCain Defends Clinton Aide, Chastises Michele Bachmann . . John McCain Defends Clinton Aide, Chastises Michele Bachmann July 19, 2012 Boston Globehttp://bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2012/07/18/john-mccain-defends- clinton-aide-chastises-michele-bachmann/VQS4HHDXRdqrj3z3ZWMbNI/story.html
. A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/d32sqh8 . .WASHINGTON Republican Senator John McCain strongly defended a longtime aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday against unsubstantiated allegations that her family has ties to Egypts Muslim Brotherhood, repudiating charges leveled by another Republican, Representative Michele Bachmann.
.In a speech on the Senate floor, McCain praised the work and patriotism of Huma Abedin, a State Department employee who has been a constant presence at Clintons side. Without mentioning Bachmann by name, McCain assailed the attacks on Abedin, a Muslim, as an example of ignorance and fear that defames the spirit of the nation.
.Huma represents what is best about America: the daughter of immigrants, who has risen to the highest levels of our government on the basis of her substantial personal merit and her abiding commitment to the American ideals that she embodies so fully, McCain said. I am proud to know Huma, and to call her my friend.
.Bachmann, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, made the allegations in a June letter to the State Department as well as in a letter Wednesday to fellow Minnesota lawmaker Representative Keith Ellison, a Democrat. Bachmann said Abedins late father, mother, and brother are connected to Muslim Brotherhood operatives. She added that Abedins position affords her routine access to the secretary and policy-making.
.McCain pointed out that Abedins father died two decades ago and that the congresswoman failed to provide one instance of an action, decision, or a public position that Huma has taken while at the State Department that would lend credence to the charge that she is promoting anti-American activities within our government.
. McCain criticized Bachmanns actions. .When anyone, not least a member of Congress, launches specious and degrading attacks against fellow Americans on the basis of nothing more than fear of who they are and ignorance of what they stand for, it defames the spirit of our nation, and we all grow poorer because of it, he said.
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