Posted on 05/08/2013 6:00:25 AM PDT by kristinn
Hearing details:
WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today announced three witnesses who will appear at a full committee hearing, “Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage,” on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at 11:30 AM in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
“I applaud these individuals for answering our call to testify in front of the Committee. They have critical information about what occurred before, during, and after the Benghazi terrorist attacks that differs on key points from what Administration officials – including those on the Accountability Review Board – have portrayed,” said Issa. “Our committee has been contacted by numerous other individuals who have direct knowledge of the Benghazi terrorist attack, but are not yet prepared to testify. In many cases their principal reticence of appearing in public is their concern of retaliation at the hands of their respective employers. While we may yet add additional witnesses, this panel will certainly answer some questions and leave us with many new ones.”
Witnesses: Mr. Mark Thompson
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism
US Department of State
Mr. Gregory Hicks
Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Chief of Mission/Chargé d’Affairs in Libya
US Department of State
Mr. Eric Nordstrom
Diplomatic Security Officer and former Regional Security Officer in Libya
US Department of State
In October 2012, the Oversight Committee held the first hearing on the Benghazi attacks, which exposed denials of security requests and forced the Administration to acknowledge that the attacks were not sparked by a protest of a YouTube video, contrary to claims made by Obama Administration officials.
*** NOTE: Press seating will be reserved, but limited. Please arrive early (hearing room will open to press at 10:30 AM) to guarantee a seat. An overflow area will be available. ***
Hearing Details:
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
“Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage”
Full Committee, Chairman Darrell Issa, (R-CA) 11:30 a.m. in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building and streaming live at oversight.house.gov.
The hearing is also scheduled to be shown live on C-SPAN 3 and Fox News.
Live stream at C-SPAN.
Also check Fox News live stream.
Cummings: Where’s the military? Where’s the special forces? Where’s the fighter jets? These are legitimate questions.
Then Cummings says all military commanders say they could not get there in time.
Cummings says we have a duty to investigate these claims.
I am not questioning the motives of our witnesses, but I am questioning political accusations.
He’s now accusing Issa of being political. Pot calling kettle black? Cummings needs to go dance in traffic.
Cummings calling Hicks a liar already - saying military commanders have already told Congress the military could not have gotten there in time.
He’s shameful and BTW, his time is UP!
Issa must respond or let the witnesses have at him.
When all else fails, blame...REPUBLICANS.
Shocker.
I agree Issa should cut him off by turning off his mic. He is spouting only lies.
Time is divided equally.
CNN and MSNBC are not even covering the hearing. Covering the Ohio story... one of the women is about to make a live statement.
I'm very happy for the 3 women and child who were freed in Ohio, but what a perfect "distraction" for the MSM to ignore the Benghazi hearing...
I wish this blowhard would STFU!!!
hey, I’m in Illinois - I out-embarrass all y’all!
Wow! Cummings is wound up! Someone is running scared right now!
Issa needs to cut him off..he’s filibustering
If Cummings is already this close to a meltdown...this is gonna be good...ROTFLOL!!
Four pinnochios.....Now that’s classy.
This is like watching a graduation from the Tokyo Rose school of propaganda...
What a sick joke our government has become..
Doing what he can (actually, what he’s been told to do) to impugn the testimony before they’ve even testified. Says attacks against Rice are “unfair”.
He’s such a hot headed troll.
Making a damned fool of himself..
He’s referencing the Washington Post Pinnochio rating system...
Can they please cut his mic?
He’s on the verge of throwing the race card.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.