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Rep. Jason Chaffetz didn't have to break a sweat to win re-election to Congress from his deep red Utah district. So most of his political energy went into campaigning among his fellow representatives to win the chairmanship of the House Oversight Committee.

He won that one, too.

— Chaffetz should watch and be watched — Salt Lake Tribune Editorial

"America, get ready to see a lot more of Jason Chaffetz.

"Not that the still-young congressman from Utah has exactly been a stranger to the nation's cable TV viewers, providing a reliable stream of quips and digs at the Obama administration during his six years in the House of Representatives.

"But, come January, Chaffetz will take the gavel of the House Oversight Committee, a post that will provide him with the bully pulpit he can use to call government excesses and failures to account.

"Or to fill the air with endless nattering, finding fault with every shortcoming, real or imagined, that will make a good sound bite. ..."

— Chaffetz to head key oversight panel in U.S. House — Thomas Burr | The Salt Lake Tribune

" ... Chaffetz notes that while he's in a 'target-rich environment' with President Barack Obama in the White House, he would take the same zeal to the job no matter who is president. ..."

— Jason Chaffetz promises less personal Oversight — Lauren French and John Bresnahan | Politico

"Jason Chaffetz is now the House GOP's chief inquisitor.

"And compared with his predecessor — the colorful and controversial Darrell Issa — he is promising not to let things get too personal as the new chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Not with the House GOP leadership, other GOP committee chairmen or even his Democratic colleagues — he and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings of Maryland, are friendly ..."

— Oversight chief to put spotlight on Clinton — Cristina Marcos | The Hill

"The incoming chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee plans to put the spotlight on Hillary Clinton.

"In an interview with The Hill on Thursday in his Capitol Hill office, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) set out a broad agenda that will include hearings on embassy security in light of the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead.

" 'Secretary Clinton created a fiasco. And we're going to investigate it,' Chaffetz said of the former secretary of state. ..."

Or maybe not.

— House intel panel debunks many Benghazi theories — Ken Dilanian | Associated Press

"WASHINGTON (AP) — A two-year investigation by the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee has found that the CIA and the military acted properly in responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, and asserted no wrongdoing by Obama administration appointees.

"Debunking a series of persistent allegations hinting at dark conspiracies, the investigation of the politically charged incident determined that there was no intelligence failure, no delay in sending a CIA rescue team, no missed opportunity for a military rescue, and no evidence the CIA was covertly shipping arms from Libya to Syria. ..."