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Obama Did Not Deny Requests For Help In Benghazi: Aide
The Ticket - Yahoo News ^ | 27 Oct 2012 | Oliver Knox

Posted on 10/27/2012 1:07:27 PM PDT by edpc

The White House on Saturday flatly denied that President Barack Obama withheld requests for help from the besieged American compound in Benghazi, Libya, as it came under on attack by suspected terrorists on September 11th.

"Neither the president nor anyone in the White House denied any requests for assistance in Benghazi," National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor told Yahoo News by email.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amateur; benghazi; benghazigate; cia; grossneglicence; libya; obama; stevens; waronterror
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To: edpc

“nor anyone in the White House”

Oh what fun, another linguistic puzzle. Where they standing outside with Obama having a smoke? That’s not in the White House.


41 posted on 10/27/2012 1:31:24 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: edpc

Where are the interviews with the survivors?


42 posted on 10/27/2012 1:32:18 PM PDT by Jumpmaster (Defund the Left!)
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To: barryobi

And they have one more parse. “Neither the president nor anyone in the White House denied any requests for assistance.”

Could also mean, “Neither the president nor anyone in the White House denied [there were] any requests for assistance [to the media].

See how easy that was? Or to add another, the President says to a State Dept official, “I am giving no order to engage” and the State Dept official [who is outside the White House] is the one who issues the denial of assistance. The CIA never got the request.

But your parse is the most likely - they sat and watched and ignored them.


43 posted on 10/27/2012 1:33:01 PM PDT by mongrel
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To: barryobi
" Neither the president nor anyone in the White House denied any requests for assistance in Benghazi "

BINGO !!

STOP THE PRESSES ! STOP THE PRESSES FOLKS....

HEADLINER NEWS !

WHITE HOUSE CAUGHT IN A BOLD FACE LIE !

Joe Biden in the 2nd Debate said " we didn't know ".

And now ?

They claim ?

That they didn't deny any requests for help ??

FOX NEWS ?

RUSH ?

DRUDGE ?


STOP THE PRESSES !


MAJOR HEADLINE NEWS !

BEFORE THEY LIED THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW, and NOW THEY SAY THEY DIDN'T DENY ANY HELP !

NOW THE WHITE HOUSE ADMITS THAT THEY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN BENGHAZI AFTER JOE BIDEN'S LIE THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW !!
44 posted on 10/27/2012 1:33:16 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: barryobi

“Defense officials say they did not receive a request for military support from the State Department as the attack unfolded.

You have to parse the words these weasels use. CIA says they never told anybody NOT to help. Defense Dept. says they never got a request for assistance from State Dept.”

Sure thing.
AFRICOM 4-Star and Mideast Strike Group Admiral are relieved of command.


45 posted on 10/27/2012 1:33:16 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: Grampa Dave
"Buy or rent an Iridium Sat Phone and put Fox News Desk, Rush, Drudge, Rush and Free Republic on your speed dial, to text or call when you don’t want to be slaughtered and need help."

A good response - troops should have these phones, too.

They sure couldn't count on Obama, or his administration, to have their back when they are in combat.

46 posted on 10/27/2012 1:33:32 PM PDT by hummingbird (Obama campaigns right in our faces. Doesn't bother him at all-it bothers me.)
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To: American Constitutionalist

Good one. Attaboy


47 posted on 10/27/2012 1:35:32 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: Sleeping Freeper
"“At that point they will be VERY dangerous.”...

My thoughts too."

Had not thought of that but you can't put anything past this stealth Islamist.

48 posted on 10/27/2012 1:35:50 PM PDT by hummingbird (Obama campaigns right in our faces. Doesn't bother him at all-it bothers me.)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael
YES IT CAN BE PROVEN BART SIMPSON !

By Joe Biden's bold face lie in the 2nd debate " we didn't know " ......
Now ? they claim they did know and didn't deny any help...
49 posted on 10/27/2012 1:35:50 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: hummingbird

the kenyans strategy on this is blanket denial on all things libya for the next 10 days hoping that the evidence doesnt bury them


50 posted on 10/27/2012 1:36:41 PM PDT by jneesy (rough seas make skillful sailors)
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To: molson209

“he was passed out drunk”

He would’ve bolloxed it up even worse were he conscious.


51 posted on 10/27/2012 1:36:49 PM PDT by Senator Goldwater
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To: edpc
"Neither the president nor anyone in the White House denied any requests for assistance in Benghazi,"

You can always tell when a lawyer is lying because they resort to semantics to wiggle out of questions.

Maybe they didn't deny it but they didn't approve it either.
Or maybe the WH had someone else deny it.

52 posted on 10/27/2012 1:38:40 PM PDT by oldbrowser (An empty chair attracts a stadium full of empty chairs.)
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To: milagro
Plausible deniability....


Obama DID NOT DENY them....... he simply IGNORED it.
53 posted on 10/27/2012 1:39:30 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: molson209
"he was passed out drunk"

Maybe he came across some "blow. He had a self-described affinity for it in the past - maybe he hasn't given it up.

So maybe there was no "fog of war" - maybe it was "fog" of blow or he couldn't get any cigarettes because Michelle was watching him.

54 posted on 10/27/2012 1:39:30 PM PDT by hummingbird (Obama campaigns right in our faces. Doesn't bother him at all-it bothers me.)
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To: edpc

Oh, well, if a SPOKESMAN for Obama says it, then CLEARLY it must be true!


55 posted on 10/27/2012 1:39:52 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Diogenesis

So General Ham follows protocol which is to help which is the standing order. WHO TOLD HIM STAND DOWN IF THE WHITE HOUSE SAID THEY DID NOT? He ignores the stand down order and is replaced. WHO MADE THAT DECESION?

We need General Ham on capital hill on Monday to fill us in on who didn’t make all these non decisions. I bet he can shed some light on it.


56 posted on 10/27/2012 1:40:31 PM PDT by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: penelopesire

Ping


57 posted on 10/27/2012 1:42:18 PM PDT by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: milagro

is it so hard ot ask the white house where obama was during this and if asleep why was he not woken up and if he was there then did he watch the attack and then go to sleep?
Why go to Vegas the next day?

He is the only one who can give that order to stand down and who gave the orders to move men , and ships but then do nothing.

This attack was weeks ago and still we do not know where oabma was or if he watched the attacks and did he go to sleep knowing what was going on.

The media could have got this info weeks ago but instead they are now using this storm as cover knowing the election is days away.

.


58 posted on 10/27/2012 1:43:41 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Chaguito
Or, 3. Obama wasn’t in the room, but in bed asleep, so technically he couldn’t “deny” anything.

We have a winner!

59 posted on 10/27/2012 1:43:53 PM PDT by Sirius Lee
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To: edpc

Hold on...


60 posted on 10/27/2012 1:44:25 PM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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