Larry Ward of Special Operations Speaks hold Hillary Clinton sign outside the hearing. Photo by The Hill reporter Joshua Altman.
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.
Then they could not even get authorization to evacuate the survivors??
Another bombshell.....?????
OMG..can’t you moderators boot these people off this thread
I don’t want to hear about the kidnapped girls in post after post while we are watching this testimony.
Obama should be impeached and tried for treason, as well as Hillary Clinton!!! Susan Rice shoud be tried for treason and sentanced to life imprisonment!!! They and all Democrats that defend the Obamabots are traitors!!!
“.....Hicks is riveting.”......
Plane landed in Bengazi about 7:30 (Hicks said)
Did he just say”They wouldn’t let the planes go????”
“I heard somewhere that he died of smoke inhalation.
The OFFICIAL cause of death has never been released -— nor has the autopsy results.
He probably was. Encouraging the Libyans to make sure there were no survivors, of course.
Can you imagine the coverage of something like this if it had been Bush 43 in office? ALL the major networks would be wall to wall, not to mention the cable channels (Hell, probably even ESPN for that matter)
Who is the white haired man sitting behind Mr. Hicks? Why do I see Obama features peeking outta that face? Where is Obama today?
Hicks is riveting.
He sure is... he’s laying it all out detail by detail....
Hey it was dropped long ago. What’s YOUR problem.
Could you imagine having to keep such an awful truth INSIDE you?
Heck, I can’t even last 2 minutes before I confess & tell! No wonder he is so upset.
If I wanted to hear about those girls, I’d turn to any other news channel.
2AM ping
We all believe that but, seriously, what will come of all this?
Oh, damn. Now Fox is taking a break..... oh, wait. Cummings is ranting again. We’re okay to break.
Rice might be a harder conviction, when all is said and done. Seems like she was chosen to spread talking points precisely because she didn't know what really happened, and would just stick to whatever the official script was.
Yes!!! Seems the plan from the CIC was not to even rescue survivors....that is sure what it sounded like.
IMPEACH!!
Cummings is not going to be able to spin that testimony....no way!!
a-hole is speaking now....going to go have a quick butt. I want to hear NOTHING from this POS!!!
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