The most important information that must be learned from sworn testimony is who gave the order to the military to stand down and why. There is no doubt that the 6th Fleet monitored the situation from the beginning and the area commander had an intervention ready to go within minutes. They also have preplanned contingency responses to deal with this type of situation.
Let me guess: It was the Obamanation and it was for political advantage. First, it was to avoid acknowledging that it was a terrorist attack when we'd been told Al Queda had been "decimated;" second, it was to avoid Muslim casualties which would have offended the Muslim world; and last, but not least, it was the lack of courage to make a hard, but right decision. Also, I don't believe the Obamanation had no contact with the State Department after being informed of the attack. Panetta did testify that he had only one telephonic conversation. I believe at some undisclosed subsequent contact the bogus POTUS, with Hildebeast's concurrence, gave the order to stand down.