(NOTE Gen al Sisi, 58, received a masters degree from the U.S. War College in Carlisle, Pa, in 2006. The General is revered by Egyptians for routing the Muslim Brotherhood which Egyptians consider a terrorist organization.)
Although officials would not discuss the specifics of the military-to-military talks, the US would have needed Gen al-Sisi's approval to move through Egyptian air space if Washington decided to send Marines to aid in the evacuation of U.S. personnel in the post-Morsi chaos.
READY TO ROLL About 550 Marines and their tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey aircraft are at bases in Spain and Italy on standby if they are needed. A Navy Amphibious Ready Group with 4,000 Marines and sailors aboard, led by the helicopter assault ship Kearsarge, was also in the region following completion of the Eager Lion training exercises in Jordan.
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AIN'T KARMA A *ITCH, HILLARY? the US helicopter assault ship Kearsarge, WAS in the region, ready to airlift Benghazi personnel to safety. If Hillary did not know the Kearsage was ready to roll, she's as incompetent as the rest of them..... her all-girl State Dept and the venal Obama admin.
Fact is, Americans were lied to----we were told men and materiel were not available to help endangered Americans in Benghazi. REALITY CHECK-- The New York Times reports a year later Hillary’s private email account contained official info termed “sensitive but unclassified” (SBU).
According to the May 2015 NY Times article, Secy of State Hillary had '“information that included the whereabouts and travel plans of American officials in Libya as security there deteriorated during the uprising against the leadership of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in 2011.”
Even more egregiously, Hillary was getting sub rosa emails from her henchman, Sidney Blumenthal, an individual who was banned from govt employment by Obama.
BENGHAZI HISTORY (hat tip TigersEye)
•Numerous requests for added Benghazi security denied. (Hillary)
•Security scaled back from inadequate to less than inadequate. (Hillary)
•Protocols for at-risk facilities by-passed. (Hillary)
•F.E.S.T cut out of loop by WH. (0bama)
•Rescue force in Tripoli ordered to stand down. (???)
•Gen. Ham never receives ‘go’ order for forces ready to go at Sigonella, Aviano, Germany, Croatia and other bases with in-extremis forces. (now we know it was more than that) (0bama)
•Standard Marine guard for diplomatic missions replaced by poorly funded British contractor and local Feb. 17th Martyrs Brigade with Al-Qaeda ties. (Hillary)