Posted on 02/07/2013 9:53:27 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Panetta: Obama Absent Night of Benghazi Daniel Halper February 7, 2013 12:05 PM
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testified this morning on Capitol Hill that President Barack Obama was absent the night four Americans were murdered in Benghazi on September 11, 2012:
Panetta said that Obama left operational details, including knowledge of what resources were available to help the Americans under siege, "up to us."
In fact, Panetta says that the night of 9/11, he did not communicate with a single person at the White House. The attack resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.
Panetta said that, save their 5 o'clock prescheduled meeting with the president the day of September 11, Obama did not call or communicate in anyway with the defense secretary that day. There were no calls about what was going on in Benghazi. He never called to check-in.
“Why didn’t you put forces in place to be ready to respond?,” Senator John McCain asked the general.
Dempsey started, “Because we never received a request to do so, number one. And number two, we —”
McCain iterrupted, “You never heard of Ambassador Stevens’s repeated warnings?”
“I had, through General Ham,” responded Dempsey, referring to the commander of AFRICOM. “But we never received a request for support from the State Department, which would have allowed us to put forces—”
“So it’s the State Department’s fault?”
“I’m not blaming the State Department,” Dempsey responded.
“I can tell you that immediately upon finding out that our folks were in danger, that my orders to my National Security team were do whatever we need to do to make sure they’re safe. And that’s the same order that I would give anytime that I see Americans are in danger, whether they’re civilian or military, because that’s our number one priority.”
How could he give that order if he was unaware of what was happening?
Wow, he really IS magic!!!!
0bama over Biden? You forgot that since Biden is a white male, he’d be accountable for his actions. 0bama is totally immune, as we’ve witnessed over the last four years.
Hillary’s ‘08 campaign ad “it’s 3 am and the White House phone is ringing” comes true. President AWOL
Maybe Hillary is going to run against Obama in 2016 the same way Obama ran against Bush in 2008....
He was probably high on coke pot chooms booze and crack
Exactly...
Panetta said the response to the attack was “timely and appropriate, but there simply was not enough time given the speed of the attacks for armed U.S. military assets to have made a difference.”
McCain, who has constantly lambasted the Obama administration’s response to the attack, forcefully challenged Panetta’s assertion that the Defense Department did everything it could.
McCain asked why the Defense Department did not send forces based at Souda Bay, Crete, to Benghazi. He said the flight is an hour and a half and that it was “simply false” for Panetta to testify that all resources couldn’t reach Libya in time.
“I stand by my testimony,” Panetta replied.
McCain testily countered, “Perhaps you can give me some facts.”
Panetta then said that a contingent was not sent because the State Department didn’t request it.
“So it’s the State Department’s fault,” McCain challenged.
Panetta was firm throughout his testimony that there were no “undue delays” in decision making and there was no denial of support from Washington or from the military combatant commanders when the attack happened.
“Quite the contrary: The safe evacuation of all U.S. government personnel from Benghazi 12 hours after the initial attack” and transfer to the Ramstein air base in Germany “was the result of exceptional U.S. government coordination.”
He said the U.S. military response helped save lives.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/07/us/panetta-benghazi-hearing/index.html
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And then Zippy goes to Vegas the next day. Intentionally. To avoid questioning. From FOX, because we all know that Stephanopoulos and company kept their ears plugged.
People don’t change. Obama never showed up for votes when he was a state senator. He was the most absent senator in the US senate. The man is lazy.
Obama is lazy because he is USED to being USED as a figure head puppet....
Panetta seems to be sticking by his story...(for now). MSM have a short memory but we don’t!
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Obama ordered that the Defense Department respond to the attack and try to protect U.S. personnel.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina asked how many times President Obama talked with Panetta and Dempsey after he knew about the attack.
Once, they answered. That conversation lasted for 30 minutes and Obama did not personally get back in touch with them to ask how the mission to help personnel in Benghazi was going.
Was it “typical to make one phone call [and] and never call back and ask, ‘How’s it going,’ Graham asked.
Panetta replied, “The president is well informed about what is going on, make no mistake about it.”
“Was any airplane launched in the world before the attack was concluded,” Graham asked.
No, Panetta and Dempsey answered.
“Was there any soldier en route before the attack was concluded,” Graham asked.
The attack ended before anyone could be deployed, Panetta said.
Orders without action
But orders to prepare had been given, the Defense secretary testified.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/07/us/panetta-benghazi-hearing/index.html
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A congressional investigation needs to be started on where the hell was he and why.
Make them trip over their latest pile of lies damn-it.
You were right....
Leon Panetta is lying for the cowardious bastard.
The worst AA hire in history should have already been removed from office.
Must we see this country COMPLETELY destroyed before this POS is legally removed? Yes, I know, it probably does.
UCMJ
808. ART. 8. APPREHENSION OF DESERTERS
Any civil officer having authority to apprehend offenders under the laws of the United States or of a State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession, or the District of Columbia may summarily apprehend a deserter from the armed forces and deliver him into the custody of those forces.
Golf? Hoops? Steam-bath? Skeet-shooting?
Feckless in the face of the enemy!
Maybe the President of the USA and Reggie Love were playing some midnight basketball
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