Graham told The Daily Beast in a Tuesday interview that the GOP will also use the Nuland nomination to get answers to several other outstanding questions about the Benghazi attack that may have nothing to do with her. For example, GOP senators want to know the names of the survivors of the Benghazi attack, the names of the attendees at the September 15 meeting to change the talking points, and the exact whereabouts and actions of President Obama on the night of the attack.

“Let me tell you, that’s one of the leverages we have here. They’ve stonewalled us,” Graham said. “I think people will use the nomination to extract from the White House relevant information. And they should, quite frankly.”

Several Democratic senators told The Daily Beast on Tuesday that the Republicans are wrong to keep the Benghazi scandal alive, and to relate Nuland’s nomination to it.

“I would certainly hope [the Nuland nomination] wouldn’t get held up,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D–California), the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. “I think Benghazi has been an extraordinarily divisive issue and that we need to put it to bed and get back to work.”