"GOP Report Acknowledges That The U.S. Military Couldn't Have Changed Benghazi Outcome"

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GOP Report Acknowledges That The U.S. Military Couldn't Have Changed Benghazi Outcome

by Hayes Brown at Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/02/11/3276171/gop-benghazi-military-hasc/

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In a new report released on Tuesday, the House Armed Services Committee concludes that there was no way for the U.S. military to have responded in time to the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya to save the four Americans killed that night. In doing so, the report debunks entirely a right-wing myth that says the White House ordered the military not to intervene.

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As Media Matters reports, Fox News cited reports of a stand-down order no fewer than 85 times during prime-time segments as of June 2013. As the new report — which the Republican majority of the committee authored –makes very clear in its findings, however, no such order ever existed. “There was no ‘stand down’ order issued to U.S. military personnel in Tripoli who sought to join the fight in Benghazi,” the report says, noting that the military was not positioned to respond to the attack.

“Given the military’s preparations on September 11, 2012, majority members have not yet discerned any response alternatives that could have likely changed the outcome of the Benghazi attack,” the report concludes.

This tracks with the repeated insistence from the White House and Pentagon over the months that everything possible had been done once the military assets in the region had mobilized. Then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, in the first Senate hearing on the military response, told panel members that it’s impossible to prepare for every possible contingency when planning, accusing the panel of believing the military was akin to a “911 service.”



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[BlueStreak]

1. Well, that should settle this once and for all.

[toddwv]

3. You have more faith than I do...

we're talking about people who still refuse to accept that President Obama was born in Hawaii...

[3catwoman3]

2. Time for Graham, Issa, Priebus...

...and a whole lotta other one-note Tonys to STFU.

[Thinkingabout]

4. The reports coming out where Chris Stevens did not want the security. Now the

House Armed Services Committee reports the military would not have been able to respond in time to save the lives. Again when Hillary ask "What difference does it make" becomes the attitude which the committees hearings should be taking, do what is necessary to prevent these tragedies in the future. They continue to prove Hillary and her department has not tried to cover up anything.

[freshwest]

5. 85 Faux Lies versus The Truth. Who will be believed? FNN will never retract The Lie. n/t

[spanone]

6. faux never lets fact interfere with their agenda. never.