BuzzFeed - "If you are making the point he can't talk about such topics because he wasn't at these two hearings that is utterly ridiculous," a Cruz spokeswoman told BuzzFeed News. Carolyn Kaster / AP Republican Senator Ted Cruz skipped two Senate Armed Services committee hearings earlier this year in favor of speeches and TV appearances, a BuzzFeed News review has found. On February 26, the Texas senator missed an Armed Services committee hearing about worldwide threats, which featured testimony from National Intelligence Director James Clapper. The discussion covered an array of national security issues, including the threat of the Islamic State and the Iranian nuclear talks. Cruz mentioned many of the same issues when he spoke at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference that afternoon. "If a candidate says that they oppose Iran acquiring nuclear weapons capability, fantastic. When have you stood and fought?" Cruz said in his speech. "Actions speak far, far louder than wo
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