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It appears the lies are strarting to catch up to the great and mighty orator.
"Senate Democrats joined Republicans Thursday in questioning the Obama administration's handling of the fatal Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya and why the administration refused for days to acknowledge that it was a terrorist attack linked to al Qaeda. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., circulated a bipartisan letter addressed to Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides, asking for an "accounting of the attacks against U.S. missions in Egypt, Libya and Yemen," according to a copy obtained by The Washington Examiner.
The lawmakers are also demanding to know whether the administration had any advance warnings of the Libyan attack and, if so, whether it had shared that information with U.S. personnel on the ground.
The letter marks the first time congressional Democrats have so directly expressed their dissatisfaction with the administration's response to inquiries about the attacks, which resulted in the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others and raised questions about U.S. security throughout the Middle East and Northern Africa.
A Kerry aide confirmed that the committee intended to enlist the support of Republicans and Democrats and said the letter would likely be sent Friday. Another aide told The Examiner that the panel's 10 Democrats and nine Republicans plan to sign it."
I never have understood this. We know what happened. Why do we need to spend millions of dollars to have the government dodge and weave?
The administrations incompetence got another public official killed and they tried to deflect the blame. We've seen it before it's just this time they couldn't blame Bush.
State Dept said they would investigate and could have a report ready by Spring 2013.
Congress has demanded all cables regarding Benghazi and the Ambassador now.
IMHO the State Dept will win out. Congress has wimped out for the past 4 years regarding issues under their authority.
They sat quietly when other agencies and branches made decisions that were theirs to make.
We have a runaway Executive branch and the Legislative branch can't control them.
I never have understood this. We know what happened. Why do we need to spend millions of dollars to have the government dodge and weave?
The administrations incompetence got another public official killed and they tried to deflect the blame. We've seen it before it's just this time they couldn't blame Bush.
Don't claim most people are aware of this. I guarantee most are not. The media has not covered this to the level they do of something anti Romney and you know it
The bias slanted a-- media, will not cover anything important that is negative about obama, and that is wrong on many fronts.
We have that right to know when the administration and PRESIDENT are involved in wrong doings, don't we!
A wimpy story about Romeny and they will run with it, the slanted bias a-- media need to grow some bal-s and for once, bring us the negative, stories about this administration.
The media, the Hollywood Celebrities, the Rockers, all do not lead normal everyday lives. The women actresses supporting Obama, they ain't anything but normal, and never will be, although they try to fool us.
Whistleblowers say Obama's State Dept. cut security in Libya over last six months
Plenty of people wonder why the Obama administration didn’t do more to secure our consulate in Benghazi — but did they do less? Did the State Department reduce security in Benghazi and Libya over the last six months? Eli Lake at the Daily Beast reports that whistleblowers allege that State cut the protection around its missions, including in Benghazi, where a terrorist attack killed four Americans, including the US Ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens:
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In the six months leading up to the assault on the United States consulate in Benghazi, the State Department reduced the number of trained Americans guarding U.S. facilities in Libya, according to a leading House Republican investigating the Sept. 11 anniversary attacks. The reduction in U.S. security personnel increased America’s reliance on local Libyan guards for the protection of its diplomats.
This is the latest charge from Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Utah Republican leading a House investigation on the Benghazi attacks, regarding alleged security defects in Benghazi. Chaffetz said the information comes from whistleblowers who have approached the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
That’s an explosive charge. It got a tacit confirmation when Lake contacted the State Department, where the response amounts to a defense of reductions based on their estimation that the end of the war against Qaddafi had improved conditions in eastern Libya:
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The State Department on Wednesday didn’t respond to requests for comment. However, a senior State Department official said an independent review panel was examining the charge. This official said it was routine to reduce the number of U.S. personnel serving in new diplomatic posts such as Benghazi over time. When the U.S. established its official presence in Benghazi in 2011, it was the middle of a war, and even routine jobs such as drivers were handled by U.S. personnel, this official said.
This demonstrates the kind of cluelessness that went all the way to the top of the administration when it came to Libya. Even when wars end in dominating occupation, such as in Germany in World War II, the danger doesn’t decrease for a long time, as the occupying force has to root out partisans and hold-outs. We certainly saw that in Iraq in 2003-8, where we went in with a lighter footprint and ended up paying a price for it.
In Libya, we didn’t have any footprint at all. We decapitated the Moammar Qaddafi regime and left no order at all behind. That left a huge power vacuum in Libya.
If the State Department cut security while Stevens demanded more, and while other countries (the British especially) fled Benghazi, that would be a dereliction of common sense, if not duty. It’s certainly not “smart power.”
It just gets worse and worse. Can't wait for foreign policy debate
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obama ignored a cry for help from diplomats in Libya
