Here is the Select Committee that will investigate Benghazi:
Chairman: Rep. Trey Gowdy
Rep. Jim Jordan
Rep. Peter Roskam
Rep. Martha roby
Rep. Susan Brooks
Rep. Mike Pompeo
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland
I’ll be honest, other than Jim Jordan and Trey Gowdy, I’m not terribly familiar with the rest. I expect this committee has been put together in such a way to avoid the look of politics, which is why I suspect Jason Chaffetz didn’t get a place on the committee.
UPDATE: For those of you who are like me and aren’t very familiar with most of these members, here is how The Hill describes those on the Select Committee:
The Speaker announced his picks to serve under Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on the special committee on Friday, selecting a mix of junior and senior members and adding an additional former federal prosecutor in freshman Rep. Susan Brooks (R-Ind.).
In addition to Brooks and Gowdy, Boehner’s appointees are Reps. Peter Roskam (Ill.), Jim Jordan (Ohio), Lynn Westmoreland (Ga.), Mike Pompeo (Kan.) and Martha Roby (Ala.).
Roskam is the highest-ranking member and serves now as the GOP’s chief deputy whip, while Jordan and Westmoreland are staunch conservatives who have been deeply involved in the Benghazi investigations to date. Pompeo is the only military veteran, while Roby led a probe into the Benghazi attack as a subcommittee chairwoman on the House Armed Services Committee.They will join Gowdy, who served as a prosecutor for 16 years before his election to Congress in 2010.
“This investigation is about getting answers for the families of the victims and for the American people,” Boehner said in a statement. “These members have each demonstrated a commitment to this goal, and I have confidence that they will lead a serious, fact-based inquiry. As I have expressed to each of them, I expect this committee to carry out an investigation worthy of the American lives lost in Benghazi.”