Former Ambassador Bolton was on Greta last night. He said a Congressional fact finding group was told by Ham that “No one asked him to” intervene but he was prepared to do so.
That contradicts SofD Panetta’s comments yesterday that Ham was in on the decision!
“(The) basic principle is that you don’t deploy forces into harm’s way without knowing what’s going on; without having some real-time information about what’s taking place,” Panetta told Pentagon reporters. “And as a result of not having that kind of information, the commander who was on the ground in that area, Gen. Ham, Gen. Dempsey and I felt very strongly that we could not put forces at risk in that situation.”
Panetta was referring to Gen. Carter Ham, the head of U.S. Africa Command, and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/nationworldnews/ci_21857756/panetta-u-s-lacked-early-info-benghazi-attack
This news briefing on Oct. 18 was largely to have Holly Petraeus talk about the "financial health of servicemembers and their families" in her position as Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Office of Servicemember Affairs.
Holly, by the way, was nominated by no other than Elizabeth Warren to her position back in 2011.
Holly Petraeus To Be Elizabeth Warren's Pick For Top Post In New Consumer Protection Agency (EXCLUSIVE)
"Elizabeth Warren, the Obama administration appointee now establishing a consumer financial protection agency, plans to name the wife of General David Petraeus--the top American general in Afghanistan--to a new position tasked with protecting military families from predatory lenders, according to sources familiar with the planning."............
Nothing earth shattering....just interesting.