The Department of Defense’s recent criticism of the House Select Committee on Benghazi and headlines like “The Benghazi slow-walk: How to drag out an investigation for maximum political impact” demonstrate the level of scrutiny that has been placed on the committee’s chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy.

The left and its shills in the media have done everything they can to discredit and undermine the work of the committee. But while they attack Gowdy, it is important to remember why the investigative committee exists in the first place: We lost four Americans in Benghazi and the administration lied about it.