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Father of Benghazi Victim Learned of Son’s Death on CNN… Before Being Contacted by State Dept.
Red Pill Report ^ | 10/29/12 | Candice Lanier ⋅

Posted on 10/31/2012 10:37:31 AM PDT by Nachum

Last month, Ray Smith was hoping to get together with his son, Sean, whom he had not seen for 15 years. But, it became devastatingly apparent, after seeing a story on CNN about the four Americans killed in Libya, that he would never see his son alive again. “I seen all these coffins come off the plane,” Smith recalled. “Four of them. Then I saw his picture in the corner. They mentioned Sean Smith was one of those killed.”

Smith received this gut-wrenching news via television, prior to receiving a call, a form letter and a flag from Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy. But, the call did little to assuage Smith. Sean Smith, 34, was killed during the Sept. 11 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, along with Ambassador Chris Stevens and ex-Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty.

Outraged by hearing about Sean’s death on TV, he contacted his congressman, Rep. C.W. “Bill” Young (R-FL). “He blew up when he saw that,” the congressman said. “I went to [Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton to see if she could talk to him about his son. She and his son were friends.”

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Full title: Father of Benghazi Victim Learned of Son’s Death on CNN… Before Being Contacted by State Dept.
1 posted on 10/31/2012 10:37:35 AM PDT by Nachum
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2 posted on 10/31/2012 10:39:32 AM PDT by Nachum (The List was hacked- www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

They were probably too busy trying to cover things up. Incompetents.


3 posted on 10/31/2012 10:45:06 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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He hadn’t seen his kid in 15 years. Maybe his dad wasn’t listed in the notification paperwork.


4 posted on 10/31/2012 11:21:08 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Nachum
Last month, Ray Smith was hoping to get together with his son, Sean, whom he had not seen for 15 years.

“He blew up when he saw that,” the congressman said. “I went to [Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton to see if she could talk to him about his son. She and his son were friends.”

He hadn't seen his son in 15 years. Hillary! was friends with him? Something's not right about this.

5 posted on 10/31/2012 11:38:56 AM PDT by arasina (Communism is EVIL. So there.)
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Very fishy smelling. With everything turning around the hunt/dispertion of arms, makes you wonder what his assignment was.


6 posted on 10/31/2012 12:38:15 PM PDT by bgill (Evil doers are in every corner of our government. Have we passed the point of no return?)
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To: USNBandit

Hilliary and Obama are real pieces of trash. Most who have been in the miltary here are aware that certain all volunteer TS units have a special NOK form. That form for notification of NOK (Notification of Next of KIN)basically asks? 1. In the event I am wounded and expected to live do or do not notify my parents/family member(s)listed.

2. Now, if you are KIA they WILL notify your NOK.They will not tell them what country you were in if classified.

I have a letter here with my late mother’s tears on it smearing the ink from almost a few weeks after being shot twice on 26 Apr 69.

I cannot imagine this man hearing about his son on CNN?


7 posted on 10/31/2012 1:17:15 PM PDT by Lumper20
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To: Nachum

Sean’s mother is said to have raised him alone. The fact that it had been 15 years speaks volumes.


8 posted on 10/31/2012 2:18:29 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: USNBandit

Sounds like a more than likely explanation. IF he was estranged from his father that many years, he probably didn’t put his father on any notification paperwork.

While I feel bad a bit for the father, IF what I’ve said is the case, the last thing we need are his father’s public complaints about something that is really caused by a family issue, to be muddying the water.


9 posted on 10/31/2012 9:18:44 PM PDT by Kimberly GG ("Path to Citizenship" Amnesty candidates will NOT get my vote!)
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