Posted on 05/01/2014 7:19:13 AM PDT by Whenifhow
Witnesses testified about the 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and the Obama administration’s response.
Brigadier General Robert Lovell, U.S. Air Force (Retired) Former Deputy Director for Intelligence and Knowledge Development Directorate (J-2), U.S. Africa Command Former Deputy Commanding General of Joint Task Force Odyssey Guard Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Ph.D Senior Fellow Foundation for Defense of Democracies Dr. Kori Schake, Ph.D Research Fellow Hoover Institution Dr. Frederic Wehrey, Ph.D. Senior Associate, Middle East Program Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Chaffetz saying that CIA and Dept. of State telling Libya at the time it’s the terrorist group.
Chaffetz on fire.
General says desperation in the room trying to get situational awareness. Says our assets did not go to the sound of the guns.
Was deference to State Dept.
Did State ever say: go help them?
General: No.
Chaffetz asks General if we could get there in time?
Gen.: We will never know—we didn’t try.
Eleanor Holmes-Norton up now. D from DC.
Chaffetz - we did not run to the sounds of the guns! We didn’t try!
What a disgusting pathetic show.
This is all meaningless lies.
Mr. General is just nicely agreeing with “we did all we could”.
Ok, let’s have lunch.
Sorry, families of those lost, this is just more lies, coverup.
Both parties.
Dems and Repubs: “Let’s just agree on the talking points we’ll use as campaign fodder in the upcoming elections”.
Ok, let’s have lunch. Buh-bye. Sick. Disgusting. They are all CRIMINALS.
I would ask him whether they didn’t try or weren’t ALLOWED to try.
Eleanor Holmes-Norton up now. D from DC.
She started with a laugh and is reading a statement question ,I say prepared by the White House and she is very very boring
This guy is trying to clear his conscience. Guy was a brigadier general and had no guts. Blame it on Hillary. They should confiscate this guy’s retirement
Gen.: We will never know—we didn’t try.
Issa should never have allowed these liberal PHds on the panel to dilute the General’s testimony!
Jordan up! he is good!
Thank you General ... We could not run to the sound of the guns because State Department failed us.
Come, on tell him, what thighness ordered!
Holmes-Norton yields back.
Issa says vote will be coming up. Will break for vote, but now Jim Jordan(R) is up.
Jordan says military could not react because no word from State Dept. General says could not do what military does.
Jordan asks—first time in your 33 year career you could not go to the sound of the guns.
Jordan on fire in questioning.
General says State did not call for stronger action like in past. State has the lead, military is in support at Africom.
Why they couldn’t do what the military has always done -— go to he sound of the guns
What specifically kept them ( state dept didn’t come forth with request for action)
State Dept was in the lead. (Hillary)
This retired AF General talks painfully slow and low.
Seems very disengaged from the discussion.
Don’t understand why.
I would be steaming mad.
Tammy Duckworth(D)—and former miltary vet-— up now.
Was different. Didn’t employ “counter terrorist “ techniques
Is this supposed to put the whole matter to rest so that Hillary won’t have to answer any questions about it during her campaign, do you think?
Maybe he’s trying to control himself. Am listening from another room his voice showed signs of stress at several points
Frederic Wehrey of Carnegie Endowment for Peace testifying.
Being questioned by Duckworth.
Egghead talk—not talking about night of Sept. 11, 2012.
That’s not an excuse for me. The guy was more worried about his retirement than he was doing his job and “going to the sound of the guns”
Chaffetz gets a gold star today.
Agree about the stress comment.
He’s retired—why not say what you think at this point?
He sounds like he is definitely on a leash.
A short one at that.
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