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    Panetta: Obama Absent Night of Benghazi

    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 seize, "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 the what was going on in Benghazi. He never called to check-in.
    Panetta: Obama Absent Night of Benghazi | The Weekly Standard

    Wonder if Hollywood will make a movie about Obama and his oversight during this event? Looks like a lot of people were unconcerned about what was going on there that day.
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    No Word from Hillary During Benghazi Attack

    Neither the secretary of defense nor the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke to the secretary of state during the 8-hour attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012. At a Thursday hearing in the Senate, Republican Ted Cruz asked both Leon Panetta and Martin Dempsey, "In between 9:42 p.m., Benghazi time, when the first attacks started, and 5:15 am, when Mr. Doherty and Mr. Woods lost their lives, what converations did either of you have with Secretary Clinton?"

    "We did not have any conversations with Secretary Clinton," Panetta responded.
    No Word from Hillary During Benghazi Attack | The Weekly Standard
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    General on Benghazi: 'We Never Received a Request for Support from the State Department'

    General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the State Department never requested "support" in Benghazi:"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--"
    General on Benghazi: 'We Never Received a Request for Support from the State Department' | The Weekly Standard
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    Re: Panetta: Obama Absent Night of Benghazi

    and we still have silence from the main stream media
    Since the Obama Administration is hacking and monitoring everything and everybody. IRS/FBI I did not vote for Obama , I did contribute to Romney and I do criticize the administration. AUDIT AWAY!
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    Re: Panetta: Obama Absent Night of Benghazi

    Quote Originally Posted by Rakkasan View Post
    and we still have silence from the main stream media
    They just wish this would go away. It casts a bad light on their 2 favorite people and patrons: Obama and Hillary.
    If a man were behind four months on his mortgage and was talking to you about his plans to build an addition on his home you would think him daft and delusional. But in Washington, ignoring a current crisis to discuss grand dreams is called “boldness” and “vision.”
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    Re: Panetta: Obama Absent Night of Benghazi

    Anybody reading about this in the MSM? I doubt it.
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    Re: Panetta: Obama Absent Night of Benghazi

    So this testimony states that Panetta knew about this, but his department did not communicate with Clinton or Obama about the situation. In spite of this they both should have been involved and so Clinton and Obama should have checked in and asked "by the way, has anybody attacked one of our embassies today?" What am I missing here?
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    Re: Panetta: Obama Absent Night of Benghazi

    Quote Originally Posted by hermanboo View Post
    So this testimony states that Panetta knew about this, but his department did not communicate with Clinton or Obama about the situation. In spite of this they both should have been involved and so Clinton and Obama should have checked in and asked "by the way, has anybody attacked one of our embassies today?" What am I missing here?
    Just what kind of environment exists in this administration when the Secretary of Defense knows that one of our Ambassadors is being attacked and no one notifies the President or the Secretary of State?
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    Just what kind of environment exists in this administration when the Secretary of Defense knows that one of our Ambassadors is being attacked and no one notifies the President or the Secretary of State?
    I haven't seen a transcript. Was this question raised in the hearing about why neither was notified?
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    Re: Panetta: Obama Absent Night of Benghazi

    ...so Obama and Clintoon spent their time trying to back-fill their story about what they knew and when they knew it instead of just coming clean, acknowledging the mega-screw up that sacrificed the life of those Americans.

    Yeah, I guess that's politics as usual.
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    Re: Panetta: Obama Absent Night of Benghazi

    Quote Originally Posted by hermanboo View Post
    I haven't seen a transcript. Was this question raised in the hearing about why neither was notified?
    I don't think anyone has seen a transcript and are going by edited bits and pieces which can be misleading. I'd like to see a transcript but have been unable to find one. Anyone have a link? If not I will have to watch the over 4 hour video on CSPAN.
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